posted on 2024-04-17, 10:53authored byEduardo Munhoz Svartman, Augusto WM Teixeira Junior, Tamiris SantosTamiris Santos
The Russia-Ukraine war presented an unintended chance to assess the British strategic posture regarding deep fires. The deployment of guided rocket artillery systems by Ukrainian forces in 2022 altered the land battle dynamics significantly, especially with the modern Western deep fires by the US, UK, and France. This study analyses the evolution of the UK defence policy and land force structure and the impact of deep fires in the first phase of the war, and discusses challenges ahead of Britain due to the ongoing conflict. This perspective might apply to other cases, including Brazil, as we drew upon critiques mainly directed to the over-reliance on technology over combat mass due to the re-emergence of conventional warfare.
Funding
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - Brasil (CAPES) - Finance Code 001. Project Procad Defesa, entitled “Mísseis e Foguetes na Defesa Nacional: o Sistema ASTROS 2020 como elemento de Transformação Militar”
History
School
Social Sciences and Humanities
Department
International Relations, Politics and History
Published in
Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
Volume
67
Issue
1
Publisher
Centro de Estudos Globais da Universidade de Brasília
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