Russia MAY use massive fires on Ukrainian cities. It will undermine their strategic goals so let’s dive into Russian doctrine and discuss why they are using operational objectives that undermine their strategic goals.
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Obviously Russia’s operations didn’t force a quick and simple surrender like Putin expected.
Now caught in a corner and looking for a way out Russia may default to their love of artillery “fires” warfare to create leverage and pain during negotiation.
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Now caught in a corner and looking for a way out Russia may default to their love of artillery “fires” warfare to create leverage and pain during negotiation.
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The 🇺🇸 military uses precision fires to support maneuver.
Russia relies on more massive fires than the 🇺🇸
Artillery and rockets are used as their decisive weapon using large scale bombardments making up for their inability to combine “war fighting functions” for operations
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Russia relies on more massive fires than the 🇺🇸
Artillery and rockets are used as their decisive weapon using large scale bombardments making up for their inability to combine “war fighting functions” for operations
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Russia’s historical doctrine will fail a 21st century battlefield.
Ukrainians casualties as devastating as they could be doesn’t mean they are losing. These old tactics will prove counter-productive and is simply and attempt for Putin to create leverage.
Ukrainians casualties as devastating as they could be doesn’t mean they are losing. These old tactics will prove counter-productive and is simply and attempt for Putin to create leverage.
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