Scott Boston & Dara Massicot, RAND Corporation: The Russian Way of Warfare
Russia has recently carried out substantial reforms to its military forces, increasing capability in several key areas. Russia's military has improved to the extent that it is now a reliable instrument of national power that can be used in a limited context to achieve vital national interests. Russian strategists, concerned about the capability of an advanced military adversary to carry out a large-scale conventional aerospace campaign against the Russian heartland, focus on preserving Russian influence in buffer states along its borders and on reinforcing a series of defensive bulwarks. Russian operations will show a high degree of coordination across a wide range of military units, using deception and simultaneity to achieve objectives quickly and minimize periods of vulnerability to an adversary's most dangerous capabilities. Russian tactics will continue to heavily emphasize gaining and maintaining fire superiority over an adversary; leveraging improved ISR capabilities and a wide range of fires platforms; and using speed, surprise, and integrated combined arms in maneuver forces to disrupt and overwhelm enemies once encountered.
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WNU Editor: The bottom line from this report .... Russia does not have the means to launch a protracted conventional war against the West.
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I honestly hope Russia doesn't see us, the "west" as a threat. In my 30+ years of traveling in Europe and the US, I have yet to meet someone who wishes harm to Russians, or who would want their territory. Sure, in history Nazi Germany was a main aggressor to the former Soviet Union. But that was 70+ years ago and Germany is one of the few countries in the world that truly, extensively and believably has owned up to its history and has implemented extensive sets of measures to prevent any such recurrence, including demilitarization, education and a general preference of pacifism. What is it with Russia and their fear of the West? We see Russians as our neighbors, brothers, not as enemies. We do not like the incursion in Ukraine, or the war that was forced on Georgia by Russia. Nor do we like Russia's support for the Assad regime. But are any of those points truly indefensible? See it from our perspective for once. I hope that Russians do not fall for politics, come visit Europe or the US and see for yourself how welcome you are.
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