Articles by Roberto Gutiérrez

Technical advances, transferred to the battlefield, have given rise to a new multi-domain operational environment that forces armies to undertake numerous changes, both doctrinal, organizational or in material terms, to adapt to it. In the case of land operations in the multidomain environment, many of the lines to follow are still being outlined, with a clear role on the part of the US Army, an institution that is leading the introduction of changes in all the aforementioned aspects. Along the following lines we will try to expose both the state of the art and the challenges that land forces face when operating in this new environment. (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.

In this second chapter dedicated to the fundamentals of tactics, we will leave behind the most basic notions related to the concept of "Battle Group" to focus on the use of light armored forces, dealing with the composition of a Cavalry Group (CGAB). to the functions that correspond to it, such as reconnaissance and intelligence gathering. This type of units, although they are well known in the material aspect, are affected by serious conditions in their mode of use, given their particularities, which clearly distinguishes them from the rest of armored units, something that well deserves this article. (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.

Since the consecration of air power during the Second World War, all navies have adapted to operating with the permanent threat of attacks from the air. They have done so to the point that this need to provide a capable anti-aircraft defense has decisively influenced the design and classification of warships. Since then, this threat has only evolved, as manned attack aircraft have been joined by anti-ship missiles, either launched from the air or by other ships (as the main naval combat weapon), as well as an increasing variety of unmanned devices. (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.

Tactics can be defined as that series of foundations on which small units - up to battalion level - are structured to carry out combat exercises. Despite being a term in common use, about which dozens and dozens of explanations have been offered in recent centuries, its terminology and meaning are still largely unknown beyond the military sphere; even more than the doctrines on which the use of superior units and the principles of strategic action are based. (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.

If there is something that differentiates the most powerful navies on earth from the rest, it is undoubtedly nuclear propulsion. Reviled for its risks of environmental pollution, the truth is that it is essential to wage war in and from the sea, given the persistence it gives to ships to fight along the great oceanic expanses; For no ship is this more important than for a submarine. (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.

Every military institution with combat responsibilities is subject to the arbitrariness of international geopolitics, and therefore must prepare to face the changes that arise from it. If there is a force capable of assuming this task without complexes, leaving behind outdated theories, historical values ​​and traditions in pursuit of modernity, it is the US Army, immersed in a program of unparalleled doctrinal and material changes. (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.

The Spanish defense industry has, in relation to land systems, important capabilities as well as great potential that for various reasons is not fully exploited. In fact, it is in danger. It is not just the lack of investment on the part of the Ministry of Defense, which divides the always scarce funds between a multitude of programs and initiatives, trying to help everyone, but without really succeeding with anyone. All in all, in Spain we still enjoy a good number of companies, some of them leading in their fields, as well as interesting projects, a good export capacity and, if we know how to take advantage of it, a great future. (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.

The acronym A2/AD or Anti-Access/Area Denial has become very popular in recent times, mainly because it has been used by many North American analysts to study the new challenges that Chinese (and Russian) defenses pose to projection forces. own. Given the geostrategic pulse that confronts both countries, it is difficult to understand the obsession that the different levels of the North American Armed Forces seem to have in what, in mundane terms, we could define as China's coastal defenses. (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.

The war in Ukraine has shown us once again the importance of Strategic Transportation. In the Russian case, given the enormous distances to travel through a country that is the size of a continent. In Ukraine, due to the amount of supplies, systems and platforms sent by its allies throughout the world. However, there are many armies, including the Spanish Armed Forces, that neglect a fundamental capacity, especially when they are part of organizations such as the European Union and NATO, as is our case. (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.

A new conflict in the heart of Europe has once again awakened the ghosts of war in capital letters. A war where the intensity of the fighting, the attrition and resilience of the armies once again gains an almost forgotten relevance. A war in which the Heavy Forces have regained a role that they had artificially lost to the Light and Medium Forces. In effect, peacekeeping operations or the already famous fight against terrorism that led the West to wage a series of wars or interventions against dissimilar enemies, called asymmetric or hybrid conflicts (depending on the capacity of the force at hand), are far away. they faced) and that were classified by the intensity of the operations, being mostly low or medium, but rarely of a high operational tempo; On the contrary, they were based on an action [Keep reading…]