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100	1		_aDALSJO Robert
700			_aJONSSON Michael
700			_aNORBERG Johan
245			_aA brutal examination: _bRussian military capability in light of the Ukraine war/ _cRobert Dalsjö, Michael Jonsson & Johan Norberg
260			_c2022
520			_aRussian armed forces' lacklustre performance in Ukraine has surprised military analysts. Shortcomings have included breakdowns in logistics, poor equipment and morale, abysmal communications, and muddled command and control, as well as a weak showing by the Russian Aerospace Forces, air defence, and cruise and ballistic missiles. Chief among the contributing factors are wishful political thinking, overreliance on esoteric doctrine and endemic corruption. War, however, brutally exposes peacetime cheating. Consequently, estimates of Russian military capabilities - in particular, for large-formation combined-arms operations, logistics, air defence and intangibles such as morale - need to be carefully reassessed. Earlier analyses of a Russia-NATO conflict appear to have overstated the challenge of defending Europe. Looking ahead, the conventional threat from Russia seems less daunting than previously thought, and the country faces a formidable task in repairing depleted capabilities. That said, President Vladimir Putin's appetite for risk is greater than anticipated.
650			_aAIR DEFENCE _xBALANCE OF POWER
650			_aCAMPAIGN ANALYSIS _xCOMBINED-ARMS OPERATIONS
650			_aLOGISTICS _xMORALE
650			_aNATO _xVLADIMIR PUTIN
650			_aRUSSIAN MILITARY CAPABILITY _zUKRAINE
773			_aSurvival: _gVol.64, No.3, June-July 2022, pp.7-28 (106)
598			_aNATO, RUSSIA, MILITARY, UKRAINE
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00396338.2022.2078044 _zClick here for full text
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