Operational Art Reborn – Part Two
“I was raised on Russian military doctrine, and I still think that the science of war is all located in Russia.” General Valerri Zaluzhny, Commander-in-Chief of...
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Learning to Hate: New Russian Nationalism
Almost nobody today remembers Bernhard Rust. From May 1934 until May 1945, when he committed suicide, he was the Reichsminister of Science, Education and National...
Loitering munitions – a revolution in Russian warfare?
The war in Ukraine is shaping the way the Russian Army fights and it is changing the country’s industrial priorities with significant effort being spent...
Portrait of Ukrainian Advances.
3rd Separate Assault Brigade (3 OShBr) is one the most successful brigades in the Ukrainian Army. Since the beginning of May it has advanced about...
Alanbrooke vs Gerasimov: Morale Crisis Redux
Introduction Recent studies of wartime morale focus on the intersection of combat effectiveness, and morale. This is important, considering the large role that conscription played...
Tactical Lessons: The Battle at Orikhiv
Has the Ukrainian counter-offensive started? We don’t know at the time of writing. Contradictory statements are being made. The Kremlin, keen to point to the...
Russian airpower in Ukraine – Nuisance or Menace?
Introduction and Purpose – After Hubris came Nemesis One year after Vladimir Putin unleashed his war machine for what he thought would be a short...
The Russian Army rethinks defence doctrine
The April edition of the Russian Army’s house journal Voennaia mysl’ (‘Military Collection’) included an article entitled ‘Prospects for Improving the Efficiency of Army Defensive...
1,500 new and modernised tanks – really?
In the last week of March 2023 the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, travelled to the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant to chair a meeting...
‘An extremely big threat’: Russian glide bombs make their debut in the war
On 24 March 2023, ten Su-35Ss, the Russian Air Force’s most advanced fighter, conducted a bombing raid against several border settlements in Sumy province. The...