Thursday, August 20, 2015

A Look At How The Russian Military Plans To Fight Future Wars

© Sputnik/ Valeriy Melnikov

Dmitry Gorenburg, National Interest: This Is How the Russian Military Plans to Fight Future Wars

Russia is actively seeking out areas of relative strength to compensate for its military’s overall weakness.

Given the amount of attention paid over the last year to the capabilities of the Russian military, it is worth considering how the evolving character of warfare over the next 10-20 years is likely to affect Russia’s military capabilities when compared to leading Western states.

The trend toward greater automation, including the use of remote control weapons and AI-driven autonomous warfare, will increasingly put the Russian military at a disadvantage. Russia does not have the technology to match Western automated systems and lacks the capabilities to develop such systems on its own in the foreseeable future. Russia’s defense industry is well behind Western militaries in automated control systems, strike drones, and advanced electronics of all kinds.

WNU Editor: A brief analysis .... but it accurately points out all the faults and advantages in the Russian military.

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