| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 36 pages) : illustrations |
| Summary |
When the Russian army stormed into Georgia in August 2008, we lacked detailed knowledge of its capabilities. Our technical systems were even challenged to locate the limits of the Russian advance. In 2014 the Russians, their "little green men" and their concept of hybrid war surprised us again with the rapid seizure of Crimea and the occupation of part of the Donbas region in Ukraine. This same Russian army is today in a position to threaten the Baltic states and NATO's entire eastern flank. The time for surprises should be over. Thankfully, the International Centre for Defence and Security in Estonia has created a detailed, fact-based study on one critical aspect of Russia's growing capabilities: Electronic Warfare (EW). Moscow relies on--and has heavily invested in--EW as an asymmetrical response to NATO's technological edge across the spectrum of conflict and as an integral part of its anti-access/area denial strategy. If Moscow can negate NATO's command, control and intelligence systems, it will make the Alliance's defence of its new members problematic and costly. Thus, ICDS's study could not be more timely. This is a professional work that catalogues the seriousness of the threat without being unduly alarmist. It is fact based, from the detailed descriptions of Russian equipment and investment; through Moscow's development of organisation and command structure; to accounts of training, tactics and operations. There is also a great discussion of Russian doctrine and how Russian EW fits into broader questions of cyber and psychological operations and how that convergence will further challenge NATO's concepts and practices |
| Notes |
"Publication date: September 2017." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF cover page (ICDS, viewed October 26, 2017) |
| Subject |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- Military policy
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| SUBJECT |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization. fast (OCoLC)fst00529467 |
| Subject |
Electronics in military engineering.
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Military planning.
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Electronics in military engineering -- Russia (Federation)
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Electronics in military engineering.
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Military planning.
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Military policy.
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Russia (Federation)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Centre for Defence and Security (Tallinn), publisher
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| ISBN |
9789949997206 |
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9949997208 |
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