Russia’s Strategy for Fighting the Wars of the Future

By Dave Majumdar,The National Interest

Russia is developing new long-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to enable long-range precision strikes.

Essentially, in the Russian view, the future of war lies in a combination of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and space-based systems coupled with next-generation cruise missiles and other long-range weapons. But future wars will also include economic, political and information warfare components in addition to traditional military power.

“The objects of the economy and the state administration of the enemy will be subject to immediate destruction, in addition to the traditional spheres of armed struggle, the information sphere and space will be actively involved,” chief of the Russian General Staff Gen. Valery Gerasimov told an audience at a defense conference according to the TASS news agency [3].

Recommended:We Went Aboard the Most Powerful Aircraft Carrier Ever Built[4].

Recommended:This Is How China Would Invade Taiwan (And How to Stop It)[5].

Recommended:The Story of the F-52 Fighter[6].

To fight a new kind of war, Russia will have to integrate ISR capabilities with long-range precision strike weaponry.