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The Russian Navy is, still today, the third most powerful on the planet. What is more important, Moscow is fully aware of the importance of taking care not only of its ships and submarines but, increasingly, of its civil and military shipyards or its merchant fleet. After the Soviet collapse and the dramatic decline experienced until approximately 2001, a stabilization phase began that would last several years and would be followed by another revitalization with different attempts, especially starting in 2008, aimed at recovering naval capabilities. Since then, many of the programs in place have moved forward in fits and starts, with numerous problems still to be overcome. Some projects, such as the construction of the Leader class destroyers or hypothetical aircraft carriers, may never come to fruition. However, this may be good news for a country with very limited resources. [Keep reading…]

Julian Corbett defined mastery of the sea as the ability to control maritime communications of all interested parties. Since the spring of 2014, it is clear that the maritime space located between Crimea, in the east, and the Strait of Gibraltar, in the west, has been the scene of a successive increase in the presence of Russian Navy units. A renewed presence that represents an important challenge both for NATO as a whole, and for the members of the EU, especially those coastal states that are concerned about Russia's growing activity in the Mediterranean. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

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Innovations, new contexts, new weapons and new lessons constitute a whole that conditions the outcome of conflicts. Much has been said, in the case of the Chechen rebels, especially after their victory in the Battle of Grozny, about their ability to innovate, some authors even stating that what happened there was a true revolution. Throughout this article we are going to try to find out which innovations - in a broad sense - influenced both the First Chechen War (1994-1996) and the Second Chechen War (1999-2009). Also to make an assessment as aseptic as possible, trying to clarify whether the main tactical, doctrinal or technical changes seen in the two wars in Chechnya really represented true innovations, with important effects on the final outcome of the war or whether, on the contrary, Its importance has been exaggerated. (Continues…) Dear reader, this [Keep reading…]

Russia has been formulating its own solutions to the enormous strategic challenges it must face, taking into account its internal problems, its economic and demographic weakness, and the power of its rivals. Actions in the gray zone and, more generally, hybrid warfare, are some of them. Throughout the following article we will address both the theoretical debate about the Russian version of hybrid warfare and the practical applications it has had to date. Also the ways and places in which new Russian operations - subtle or perhaps not so subtle - could take place, since this conception of war is here to stay... (Continues...) Dear reader, this article is exclusive for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

By now, all our readers know what the concept of "predictive maintenance" encompasses and what advantages it offers over traditional or reactive maintenance. The Spanish company EM&E (Escribano Mechanical & Engineering) intends to go one step further with its weapons stations, adding to this embedded learning and supervision, which will allow those in charge of carrying out first and second echelon maintenance and repairs. can carry out tasks until now reserved for the upper echelons. A project initiated after a proposal from the MALE (Army Logistics Support Command) and whose success will be key for the future Technical Life Cycle Support Office (OTACV) of the VCR 8×8 Program. During the Cold War, the presence of tens of thousands of Warsaw Pact tanks was one of the main threats to which member states of the Warsaw Pact [Keep reading…]

On April 23, 2021, after years of rumors, sometimes false and sometimes reliable but incomplete information, the first Chinese Type 075 (Yushen class according to NATO code) helicopter landing ship (LHD or Landing Helicopter Dock), was accepted for active service. Thus, a new stage opened for the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), although this had already begun to be intuited a decade and a half earlier, with the beginning of the construction of the LPD (Landing Platform Dock). ) Type 071. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusive for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

For two decades, troops from Western countries have carried out countless operations in a counterinsurgency campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan. In addition, they have trained and trained tens of thousands of Afghans who were part of the police forces and the national army. The cost of the mission has been very high, with thousands of deaths and injuries, in addition to billions of dollars spent. The final result could not be more discouraging, currently reaching a situation where the insurgents have taken over the country in just a few weeks and with hardly any opposition. It was inevitable? In this article we will analyze the only type of counterinsurgency campaign that had any chance of success and the reasons why it was not attempted. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want access to the full text, you can subscribe to [Keep reading…]

The British New Medium Helicopter program aims to replace, with a single model, some of the most widespread aircraft in the Royal Air Force's helicopter fleet. After two decades of unsuccessful attempts, no decision has yet been made. It is even likely that the British will not opt ​​for any of the models that the market offers, pending the conclusions of the American Future Vertical Lift program. Meanwhile, several candidates, with the Airbus H175 and Leonardo AW149 and UH-60M in the lead, are bidding to become the substitute, among others, for the veteran Puma. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.