Articles by Francisco José Matías Bueno

Erdogan's Turkey is very different from that of just two decades ago. In a short space of time it has been involved in nearby conflicts, such as that in Syria. Increasingly, however, its power has been felt in scenarios far from its borders, as is the case in Libya, but also in Qatar or Somalia. To maintain this trend, Ankara must have a capacity to project military power much higher than the current one... [Keep reading…]

The War in Donbass began in 2014. Since then it has witnessed the use of the most modern technologies, such as electronic warfare by Russia or increasingly advanced drones on the Ukrainian side. At the same time, such ancient weapons, the Maxim M1910 machine guns, have been seen in operation. It's not a coincidence. In many aspects, the Ukrainian battlefields have kept interesting parallels with those of the Great War: Trenches, snipers, bunkers, sieges and the massive use of artillery have formed a conflict that is less modern than the term “hybrid war.” ” suggests. [Keep reading…]

Until this changes, Russia will continue to lag behind in its attempt to provide itself with truly autonomous systems for ground combat and it matters little if they continue to develop models such as the Uran-9, or more recently the Marker, or the Shturm or the Soratnik. Their real problem is not in barges, weapons or optronics, but in situational awareness, an aspect in which they are at least a decade behind and which turns good vehicles into little more than mere targets. [Keep reading…]

Electronic Warfare, as an element capable of compensating for the Russian conventional imbalance with respect to the United States and its allies, has become in recent years the most worrying of the tools in the hands of some Armed Forces. AA. Russians that consider "information" as the raw material and the true center of gravity of any modern army. To the extent that it continues to lead advances in this area, it will maintain the capacity to considerably reduce the capabilities developed under the RMA of Information, severely limiting the effectiveness of Western systems. [Keep reading…]

Drones, whether air, land or sea, are a fundamental part of present and future warfare, especially in combination with Artificial Intelligence. This is something that is not foreign to Russian theorists and that is why, especially since the South Ossetia War of 2008, the country has been making a very important investment and effort aimed at both developing the necessary industrial capacity and achieving self-sufficiency in this critical area, to adapt their FF. AA. to the use of these devices, essential in Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance tasks, as increasingly, in attack. Although the first steps are being very complicated, with various failures from which to draw lessons, the change that has occurred in recent years in Russia is worthy of consideration and speaks to us of a country dedicated to the modernization of its [Keep reading…]

Since it appeared in 2014, the Wagner company has gradually gained relevance in the media due to the increasingly common use of this company by the Russian state. Wagner, along with other minor private military and security companies (PMSCs), is the latest in an extensive list of armed non-state actors that Russia - and before it, the USSR - has used to face the different challenges that arise. have been raised, both inside and outside its borders. (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.