Simplicius: Dissecting West Point Think-tank's New Analysis of Russia's Military Evolution Archived Message
Posted by sashimi on June 21, 2023, 6:21 am
The Modern War Institute at West Point - a sort of think tank chaired by Mark Esper and which is a part of the Department of Military Instruction - released a very interesting in-depth analysis of Russia's battlefield innovations in the SMO, called: THE RUSSIAN WAY OF WAR IN UKRAINE: A MILITARY APPROACH NINE DECADES IN THE MAKING.
It's fascinating enough to do a full breakdown on because much of the analysis confirms not only many things we've been discussing here for months, but also that Russia is adapting, evolving, and arguably revolutionizing modern warfare. And more to the point, it validates the assertions long held by those in the know that Russia's current - sometimes mystifying - frontline tactics are precisely intentioned choices, rather than the haphazard bricolage of a fouled-up or directionless command.
The article begins with a cautionary note about how Russia's perceived shortcomings or 'blunders' - like the Kharkov retreat, etc. - have been over-simplified into a false narrative of a weak or failing armed forces. The author immediately establishes that Russia is actually 'ahead of [its] time' in terms of conceptual military strategic advancement. He goes on to develop the thesis that the modern battlefield has devolved into one characterized by dispersed and fragmented units, where dense troop concentrations are extremely vulnerable to precision strikes: -- Cont'd at https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/dissecting-west-point-think-tanks