Russian Planning Visions for Large Scale War: "Planetary, Theater, and Territorial" Considerations

Abstract

Due primarily to geographic and threat variances, Russias military conducts geostrategic planning differently from the United States. Russia is faced with a set of threats, real and imagined, from several vectors across a huge expanse of territory with a rather small population, factors which the U.S. does not confront. This directly impacts the style of planning for the Russian military, as US and NATO planning models do not directly apply. Those seeking to understand Russia ignore these differences at their own peril.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1157108

Entities

People

  • Timothy L. Thomas

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Apogees
  • Combat Readiness
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Command And Control
  • Continents
  • Employment
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • United States European Command
  • United States Strategic Command
  • Warfare
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design