Deep Operations in the 21st Century

Abstract

Beginning in the interwar period between World War I and World War II the Soviet Union endured massive social, military, and political changes. G.S. Isserson and Mikhail Tukhachevsky innovated Soviet doctrine to encompass all the advances in military technology such as the tank, the airplane, and an improved military-industrial complex. The Soviets focused on Deep Operations Theory built from historical data from the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and the Bolshevik revolution during the interwar period between World War I and World War II. Moving into the twenty-first century, Russia is taking advantage of the "Gray Zone" of competition in the Baltics and Black Sea regions, extending Russia's sphere of influence, buttressing itself against NATO's sphere. The adoption of protracted and/or sponsored warfare in today's tension filled diplomatic sphere, the doctrine of Deep Operations has gone from three domains; land, sea, and air; to now include cyberspace, and space operations. Still focused on Deep Operations to affect the enemy's warfare architecture, Russia is using its advances in technology, and manipulation of information to bolster and launch attacks and aid in the destabilization of NATO and the United States. The US is not comfortable with definitions of war that do not comply with U.S. norms. Additionally, as success is determined against NATO, other adversaries can benefit. By understanding the logic of Russian military strategy and its operational art Americans can organize themselves in such a way to maintain a competitive advantage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 21, 2020
Accession Number
AD1159469

Entities

People

  • Tony E. Nicosia

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Civil War
  • Combat Operations
  • Cyberattacks
  • Department Of Defense
  • Information Operations
  • Information Warfare
  • International Law
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Space Force
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Cyber
  • Space