The Russia-Ukraine War Towards Resilient Fighting Power
This book provides a systematic analysis of the Russian-Ukraine war, using the concept of resilient fighting power to assess the operational performance of both sides during the first year of the full-scale invasion. The Russian war in Ukraine began in 2014 and continued for eight years, before the...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York
Routledge
2024
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Taylor & Francis Group |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Defence Studies |
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| ISBN: | 1032398434, 9781032398433, 9781032398419, 1032398418, 9781040007310, 9781003351641, 1003351646, 1040007317 |
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Table of Contents:
- Ukrainian Army Aviation and Close Air Support (CAS) -- Russian Long-Range Missile Attack Campaign -- On Air Defences -- Drone Warfare -- Personnel, Training and Skills of Ukrainian Military Aviation -- Russian Pilots Training and Experience -- Points for Consideration -- Notes -- 7 The Maritime Domain -- The Context -- Preparation -- Objectives and Actions -- Unmanned Sea Vessels (USVs) -- Russian Blockading of Seaports and Hunger Tactics -- On Mines -- On the Future of the Ukrainian Naval Fleet -- Points for Consideration -- Notes -- 8 Information and Cyber Aspects of the War -- Information Segment of the War -- The Ukrainian Approach -- NAFO Phenomenon -- Russian Propaganda -- Open-source Intelligence (OSINT) -- The Cyber Aspect -- Points for Consideration -- Notes -- 9 The Resilience of the Ukrainian People -- Ukrainian Approach to Resilience -- Volunteering Movement -- Sources of Ukrainian Resilience and Total Defence -- On Innovations -- Notes -- 10 International Military Assistance -- The Case of a No-Fly Zone (NFZ) Over Ukraine That Never Was -- The Overall International Military Assistance to Ukraine -- Training Courses -- Points for Consideration -- Time and Timeliness -- Mass -- Interoperability of Military Equipment and Relevant Skills -- Notes -- 11 Final Considerations: Modern Warfare and Resilient Fighting Power -- Land-centric Warfare, Asymmetry and Innovation -- Jointness Or Interservice Integration: How to Proceed and Not to Proceed -- Mass, Cutting-Edge Technologies and Force Multiplication -- People -- Civil-military Relations and Total/comprehensive Defence -- Towards Resilient Fighting Power -- Physical Component: People and Equipment -- Materiel -- The Moral Component -- Notes -- Conclusion -- Note -- Bibliography -- Index
- Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Disclaimer -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Analytical Framework -- The Concept of Fighting Power -- The Wider Concept of Resilience and Resilient Fighting Power -- Key Trends/themes in Modern Warfare -- People, Technologies and Political Will -- The Theme of Total/comprehensive Defence -- The Theme of Mass and Structuring of the Armed Forces -- Cross-domain Integration, Interoperability and Combined Arms Approach -- Notes -- 2 The Conceptual Component: Soviet Strategic Thinking and Military Doctrine in the Post-Cold War Reforms -- Soviet Strategic Thinking and Military Doctrine -- Ukrainian Military Doctrine and Post-Cold War Reorganisation -- Russian Military Doctrine and Post-Cold War Reorganisation -- Comparison of the Two Approaches to Doctrines -- Notes -- 3 Historical Context -- Chronology of Events 2014-2015 -- The Russian Side in this Period -- The Ukrainian Side -- Reinforcement Period of 2016-2022: 'Less Fire Than a Ceasefire' -- Russian Build-Up and Militarisation of Crimea During this Period -- Ukrainian Transformation During this Period -- Issues and Scandals -- Notes -- 4 Combatants -- The Ukrainian Armed Forces -- Azov Regiment -- The Ukrainian Foreign Legion -- The Georgian Legion -- Chechen Foreign Battalion -- Kastus Kalinouski Regiment -- The Russian Armed Forces -- Russian Private Military Companies (PMCs) and Mercenaries -- Comparison of the Ukrainian and Russian Combatants and the Battlefield Requirements -- Notes -- 5 The Land Domain -- The Initial Stage -- The Siege of Mariupol -- Artillery -- The Counteroffensives -- Bakhmut Holds -- Points for Consideration -- Notes -- 6 The Air Domain -- Stages of the Air War -- Effects, Posed Objectives, Targeting and Precision