Hybrid warfare
Since Russia’s military operation in Syria commenced in September 2015, a number of features indicated a degree of experimentation with advanced weapons and hardware. These have promoted speculation that Moscow is trying to develop such systems as part of its alleged hybrid warfare capability or, at a rudimentary level, that it is rehearsing operations against a more technically advanced adversary. Some aspects of these experimental components in Russian military operations are emerging as Russia’s military specialists reflect on the relative success of the intervention in Syria. Uniting themes in such observations are the conceptual approaches of applying well-known Russian military theory such as reflexive control or testing the advances in adopting network-centric warfare capability. According to Igor Korotchenko, the editor of Natsional’naya Oborona, Russia’s military strength in its Syria operation is rooted in more than new aircraft, cruise missiles, helicopters and other platforms: it actually lies in its advances in communications, data transmission and electronic warfare (EW) (Moskovskiy Komsomolets, April 7; see:EDM, October 13, 2015).
Since Russia’s military operation in Syria commenced in September 2015, a number of features indicated a degree of experimentation with advanced weapons and hardware. These have promoted speculation that Moscow is trying to develop such systems as part of its alleged hybrid warfare capability or, at a rudimentary level, that it is rehearsing operations against a more technically advanced adversary. Some aspects of these experimental components in Russian military operations are emerging as Russia’s military specialists reflect on the relative success of the intervention in Syria. Uniting themes in such observations are the conceptual approaches of applying well-known Russian military theory such as reflexive control or testing the advances in adopting network-centric warfare capability. According to Igor Korotchenko, the editor of Natsional’naya Oborona, Russia’s military strength in its Syria operation is rooted in more than new aircraft, cruise missiles, helicopters and other platforms: it actually lies in its advances in communications, data transmission and electronic warfare (EW) (Moskovskiy Komsomolets, April 7; see:EDM, October 13, 2015).
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