Old methods in the New War: advanced technologies have not made revolutions in military affairs in Ukraine - expert
However, there was no revolutionary breakthrough in military affairs, and, as practice shows, even with the latest means of observation and fire, the war in Ukraine is more reminiscent of the First World War, not Hollywood fiction. About why modern technologies did not significantly affect the course of the Russo-Ukrainian War, said in Military Times, published on August 17.
Professor of Columbia University Stephen Bidl writes that there are some experts who note the presence of advanced observation systems through which the traditional tactics of large -scale offenses becomes inappropriate. Indeed, such means of fire exposure as a tank or artillery in combination with reconnaissance drones become more deadly. But in other respects, this war is reminiscent of the First World War - artillery duels, infantry battles in the trenches and more.
And numerous minefields and millions of artillery shells produced are the response of World War II. The author of the publication wonders - why did advanced technologies be on the front line with such echoes of the distant past? The answer lies in the countermeasures of each of the opposing parties.
"The armies are adapting to new threats, and the counter -arrches, adopted by both parties in Ukraine, have dramatically reduced the pure effect of the use of new technologies, resulting in the war in many ways more similar to the past than the imaginary high -tech future," Beldl emphasized.
For example, the Armed Forces use long -range managed Himars artillery systems, which are used to guide GPS signals, but the Russians use the EWS systems to muffle these signals, which dramatically reduces the accuracy of the missiles. But the most important measures of adaptation are often behavioral in nature: dispersion of forces, shelter and masking. Together, these measures can dramatically reduce the theoretical mortality of new weapons in real fighting.
Therefore, methods such as massive artillery blows, but with the correction of the UAV, are still relevant, so as a result, the evolution of military affairs, not the revolution, has occurred in Ukraine. "Even evolutionary changes still remain changes, although the concept of" revolution "requires sharp, jumping changes, not the usual renewal of doctrines and equipment.
However, the war in Ukraine in the form in which it really is conducted, gives weaker arguments in favor of such transformation, Many people assume, "the Bag summed up. Earlier it was reported that according to Western experts, during the fighting in the framework of the counter -offensive, the fighters of defense forces over the last two weeks have changed the situation in their favor. This was facilitated by the high efficiency of Ukrainian artillery and the use of cassette ammunition.