power projection

Early examples of power projection include Roman dominance of Europe and the wider Mediterranean basin: the ability to project power is tied to the ability to innovate and field such innovations. Roman engineering innovations such as machines (pile driver), concrete, aqueducts and modern roads provided the footing for an economic engine that powered a military that was unmatched in its day. Examples of Roman power projection include Julius Caesar constructing the Rhine bridge in 10 days to demonstrate the ability to march his 40,000 troops as he saw fit: the local inhabitants enjoyed the natural protection of the river and fled when this natural protection was overcome. Although Rome is far from the center of modern power, its influence can be seen in the architecture of modern capitols around the world (domes, arches, columns). The demonstration of an extraordinary innovative military capability will signal power and, when properly applied, terminate conflicts summarily.{{Cite journal |last1=Lyall |first1=Nicholas |last2=Brizhinev |first2=Dmitry |last3=Bradbury |first3=Roger |date=2020 |title=Rome as a Hegemon: A Portrayal and Database of its Power Projection over Seven Hundred Years |url=https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4tr2b5v0 |journal=Cliodynamics |language=en |volume=11 |issue=2 |doi=10.21237/C7clio11248308|s2cid=234267958 |doi-access=free |hdl=1885/295557 |hdl-access=free }}

During the Ming treasure voyages in the 15th century, the Chinese treasure fleet was heavily militarized to exercise power projection around the Indian Ocean and thereby promote its interests.{{cite book |last1=Wang |first1=Yuan-kang |title=Responding To China's Rise: US and EU Strategies |date=2015 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-10033-3 |chapter=The Myth of Chinese Exceptionalism: A Historical Perspective on China’s Rise| pages=59–62}}

The modern ability to project power and exert influence on a global scale can be tied to innovations stemming from the Industrial Revolution and the associated modernizations in technology, communications, finance and bureaucracy; this finally allowed the state to create unprecedented amounts of wealth and to effectively marshal these resources to exert power over long distances.Ostrovsky, Max (2018). Military Globalization: Strategy, Geography, Weaponry, (New York: Edwin Mellen Press), p 2-3, https://archive.org/details/military-globalization/page/n9/mode/2up?view=theater

As the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, Britain was the first to utilize its industrial-technological power advantage to dominate rivals and greatly expand its global Empire throughout the 19th century. As a maritime power, the Royal Navy played a central role in providing Britain the strength and ability to dominate world trade and project power globally to further its interests. A worldwide system of naval bases and coaling stations, a large logistical bureaucracy to oversee shipbuilding, the supply of coal, food, water, and sailors, and an industrial base for the manufacture and technological enhancement of the fleet were among the essential ingredients for this capability. During the First Opium War (1839–1842), it was this capacity that enabled a British expeditionary force of 15 barracks ships, 4 steam-powered gunboats and 25 smaller boats with 4,000 marines to successfully defend its interests {{convert|6,000|mi}} from the fleet's home port.{{London Gazette|pages=2990–2991|issue=19930|date=15 December 1840}}

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The Anglo-French expeditionary force sent to shore up the Ottoman Empire against Russian aggression during the Crimean War (1853–1856) was one of the earliest modern examples of a planned expeditionary power-projection campaign. It was the first campaign to use modern technology, including steam-powered warships and telegraph communications.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Another illustrative example of industrial power projection, was the British Expedition to Abyssinia in 1868 as a retaliation against Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia's imprisonment of several missionaries and British government representatives. The expeditionary force sent was a tremendous logistical and technological challenge at the time. Commanded by Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Napier of the Bombay Army, military intelligence was used to estimate the required size of the army and the difficulties of traversing the inhospitable terrain.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

A force of over 30,000 was shipped from British India to Zula on the Red Sea on a fleet of more than 280 steam ships, while an advance detachment of engineers built a large port with two piers, warehouses and a lighthouse, and constructed a {{convert|20|mi|adj=on}}-long railway towards the interior.{{cite book|last=Moorehead|first=Alan|title=The Blue Nile|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_DsNWK_RkYC|publisher=New York: Harper and Row|year=1972|page=266|isbn=9780060956400}} A road was also built for the artillery to be moved along with the help of elephants. After three months of trekking, the British force repelled an Ethiopian attack and launched an artillery bombardment against the fortress of Magdala which led to its capitulation; Tewodros committed suicide.Rubenson, Survival, p. 268{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JBZBWQo3whQC|title=Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power|last=Ferguson |first= Niall|year=2008|publisher=Basic Books|isbn=9780465013104}}

In the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, the Japanese destruction of the Imperial Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet demonstrated Imperial Russia's inability to project force in the East. This immediately diminished Russia's diplomatic sway in that region. At the same time, Russia's western armies became less credible, as mobilization exposed organizational flaws and threw the western armies into chaos. This led analysts in Europe, such as German chief of staff Count Alfred von Schlieffen, to conclude that Russia would prove inept at projecting force in Europe, thus demoting Russia in European diplomatic relations.

Many other actions can be considered projections of force. The 19th century is full of incidents such as the 1864 Shimonoseki campaign and the Boxer Rebellion. More recently, the Falklands War provided an example of the United Kingdom's ability to project force far from home. Other recent examples of power projection include the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The ability of the U.S. Navy, the British Royal Navy, and the French Navy to deploy large numbers of ships for long periods of time away from home are notable projection abilities. See § Power projection capabilities.

The globalization of power projection was long avoided in the research with the subject of globalization mostly channeled to economic field, but in 2018 Historian Max Ostrovsky broke the path. In prehistory, he wrote, power was not projected behind entrance of a cave.Ostrovsky 2018: p 270, https://archive.org/details/military-globalization/page/269/mode/2up?view=theater In history, empires and colonies projected power ever farther, creating world system c. 1900. World Wars were expressions of power projected on global scale.Ostrovsky 2018: p I-II, https://archive.org/details/military-globalization/page/I/mode/2up?view=theater

The potential of power projection can be estimated mathematically by calculating the speed of transportation and communication relatively to the extent of contemporary power projection. Roman troops moved 50 km per day; today Globemasters move troops 20,000 km per day. The speed of communication in the largest Empire in Americas (Inca) was 20 km per hour (running man); today it moves with the speed of light. Multiplying the range of power projection in those empires by increase in the speed of transportation or communication, Ostrovsky estimated the present power projection potential to exceed the size of Earth multiple times.Ostrovsky 2018: p 273-274, https://archive.org/details/military-globalization/page/273/mode/2up?view=theater

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The U.S. Department of Defense defines power projection as the "ability of a nation to apply all or some of its elements of national power—political, economic, informational, or military—to rapidly and effectively deploy and sustain forces in and from multiple dispersed locations to respond to crises, to contribute to deterrence, and to enhance regional stability".United States Department of Defense. J1-02: Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. [http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/p/04211.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522012656/http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/doddict/data/p/04211.html|date=2011-05-22}}Jeremy Herb, Jennifer Hansler and Ellie Kaufman, CNN (28 January 2022) [https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/28/politics/us-russia-ukraine-invasion-warning/index.html Top US general warns of 'horrific' outcome if Russian forces 'unleashed' on Ukraine] Secretary of Defense Austin puts 8,500 US troops on alert for EUCOM engagement

As distance between a fighting force and its headquarters increases, command and control inevitably becomes more difficult. Modern-day power projection often employs high-tech communications and information technology to overcome these difficulties, a process sometimes described as the "Revolution in Military Affairs".

While a few long-range weapons such as the intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and some unmanned combat aerial vehicles (drones) are capable of projecting deadly force in their own right, it is military logistics that is at the heart of power projection. The ability to integrate naval and air forces with land armies as part of joint warfare is a key aspect of effective power projection; airlift and sealift capabilities facilitate the deployment of soldiers and weapons to a distant theater of war.

The aircraft carrier strike group, strategic bomber, ballistic missile submarine, and strategic airlifter are all examples of power projection platforms. Military units designed to be light and mobile, such as airborne forces (paratroopers and air assault forces) and amphibious assault forces, are utilized in power projection. Forward basing is another method of power projection, which, by pre-positioning military units or stockpiles of arms at strategically located military bases outside a country's territory, reduces the time and distance needed to mobilize them.

Scholars have disaggregated military power projection into nine different categories based on political goals and level of force. Four of these employ "soft" military power (securing sea lanes of communication, non-combatant evacuation, humanitarian response, and peacekeeping) and the rest are primarily concerned with "hard" military power (show the flag, compellence/deterrence, punishment, armed intervention, and conquest).{{cite journal|last1=Ladwig III|first1=Walter C.|title=India and Military Power Projection: Will the Land of Gandhi Become a Conventional Great Power?|journal=Asian Survey|date=November–December 2010|volume=50|issue=6|pages=1162–1183|doi=10.1525/as.2010.50.6.1162|url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/india-and-military-power-projection(2d6b8b59-21e8-4c30-a57c-7873260fc827).html}} There is a § continuum in these capabilities.{{efn|name= deglobalization}}

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Examples of soft power projection include:

• Securing sea lanes of communication: the protection of shipping lanes from attack by hostile states or irregular threats.
• Non-combatant evacuation operations: the evacuation of citizens or friendly third-country civilians from a foreign country when they are endangered by war or civil unrest.
• Humanitarian response: the use of military forces abroad to assist in the aftermath of a natural disaster.
• Peacekeeping: military operations designed to support diplomatic efforts to reach a long-term political settlement to an ongoing dispute.Zachary B. Wolf, Curt Merrill and Ji Min Lee, CNN [https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2022/03/politics/ukraine-zelensky-congress-speech-annotated/ (16 Mar 2022) Zelensky’s address to Congress, annotated] Volodymyr Zelenskyy [https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/promova-prezidenta-ukrayini-volodimira-zelenskogo-pered-kong-73609 (16 Mar 2022) Address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy to the US Congress]
• Establishing trust, as the basis of cooperation among allies and partnersE. John Teichert [https://warontherocks.com/2022/03/the-hard-power-of-security-cooperation/ (24 Mar 2022) The Hard Power of Security Cooperation] Jim Garamone, DOD News [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3227040/austin-nations-support-rules-based-orders/ (22 Nov 2022) Austin: Nations Support Rules-Based Order] ASEAN conference

:This section has been [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=United_States_Army_Futures_Command&type=revision&diff=1065705346&oldid=1065704814 split from] US Army Futures Command § Other armies

The gray zone between cooperation and conflictShashank Joshi [https://www.economist.com/technology-quarterly/2022/01/29/the-technology-of-seeing-and-shooting-your-enemies (29 Jan 2022) The technology of seeing and shooting your enemies] has expanded due to the competition in power projection capabilities of the world's armies, as well as in the competition for economic power among the world's nations. James Graham [https://www.onthisday.com/world/power.php Military Power vs Economic Power in History] Compares nations James Graham [https://www.onthisday.com/world/power2.php Military Power vs Economic Power in History (Part 2)] "[I]t is economic power that allows military power to be built up in the first place". [https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-facing-most-difficult-situation-104627011.html (7 Apr 2022) Russia facing most difficult situation in three decades, PM says] after 6 weeks of economic sanctions, Mikhail Mishustin: "the current situation could be called the most difficult in three decades for Russia".BILL GREENWALT and EMILY COLETTA [https://breakingdefense.com/2023/03/1t-in-new-defense-spending-pledged-by-key-us-partners-in-1-year-analysis/ (23 Mar 2023) $1T in new defense spending pledged by key US partners in 1 year: Analysis] "In the last year, 37 nations have combined to announce defense spending increases of over $1 trillion, to be spent during the next five years, according to a new American Enterprise Institute analysis"Jen Judson [https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/2023/03/28/us-army-eyes-six-fold-production-boost-of-155mm-shells-used-in-ukraine/ (28 Mar 2023) US Army eyes six-fold production boost of 155mm shells used in Ukraine] Army is spending $1.45 billion on capacity in 2023 to increase production from 14,000 per month, to 24,000 per month in 2023, to 85,000 155mm howitzer shells per month by 2028.

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The US, Russia, China, Britain, and France have renounced the use of nuclear weapons in 2022.NBC News [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/no-one-can-win-nuclear-war-russia-china-britain-us-france-say-rcna10829 (4 Jan 2022) Russia, China, Britain, U.S. and France say no one can win nuclear war] However, in the face of threats of nuclear war (say from Russia, as threatened during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine),Reuters [https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-says-western-weapons-ukraine-220334307.html (25 Apr 2022) Russia's Lavrov: Do not underestimate threat of nuclear war] {{efn|name=esperNote|1= When asked about countering tactical nuclear weapons which Russia might possibly use against Ukraine, Mark Esper the US' 27th secretary of defense suggested that US and NATO allies agree to put an 'air cap' over Ukraine, to counter any Russian aircraft capable of delivering a tactical nuclear bomb (most likely a 1-10 kTon gravity bomb, or via Iskander cruise missile), and to warn Russia not to fly such an aircraft at Ukraine.CNN New Day [https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2022/10/05/russia-ukraine-putin-nuclear-weapons-esper-newday-sot-vpx.cnn (5 Oct 2022) Ex-US defense secretary says if Putin resorts to nukes, he's likely to use this weapon] 1-10 kTon gravity bomb, or Iskander cruise missile{{rp|min 1:30}} }} NATO keeps about 100 B61 nuclear bombs in storage in Europe.Dan Zak [https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Meet-the-nuke-the-U-S-keeps-in-Europe-just-17028878.php (25 March 2022) Meet the nuke the U.S. keeps in Europe, just waiting to not be used]Robbin Laird [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/04/time-to-relearn-nuclear-escalation-management-for-the-21st-century/ (11 Apr 2022) Time to relearn nuclear escalation management for the 21st century] Reuters [https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-says-risks-nuclear-war-125050584.html (30 Apr 2022) Russia says risks of nuclear war must be kept to minimum -TASS] Gen. (USA Ret.) Barry R. McCaffrey [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/gen-mccaffrey-putins-threat-of-nuclear-weapons-is-horrendously-unsettling/vi-AAWD12R (26 Apr 2022) "Putin's threat of nuclear weapons is horrendously unsettling"] {{rp|4:50, 5:55}}Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press [https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/10/28/north-korea-fires-two-short-range-ballistic-missiles-toward-sea/10622477002/ (28 Oct 2022) North Korea fires missiles toward sea as US warns over nukes] "The Pentagon's National Defense Strategy report issued on Thursday stated that any nuclear attack by North Korea against the United States or its allies and partners will result in the end of [the DPRK (Kim)] regime".PBS NewsHour [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwRO18QrQDs (28 Oct 2022) WATCH LIVE: Defense Secretary Austin holds news briefing to announce 2022 National Defense Strategy] Unclassified. Integrated deterrence— Strategy Across all domains Certain F-35As were certified to carry the B61 nuclear bomb on 12 October 2023.Michael Marrow [https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/exclusive-f-35a-officially-certified-to-carry-nuclear-bomb (8 Mar 2024) EXCLUSIVE: F-35A officially certified to carry nuclear bomb] B61-12

The British Army is investigating innovations, such as robots and drones,Jaspreet Gill [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/11/how-project-convergence-is-informing-british-australian-military-modernization/ (14 Nov 2022) How Project Convergence is informing British, Australian military modernization] § Project Convergence 2022 including 70 technologies funded by the £800 million (US$1 billion) Defence Innovation Fund launched in 2016.{{citation |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/army-start-biggest-military-robot-exercise-in-british-history-defence-secretary-announces |title=Army start biggest military robot exercise in British history, Defence Secretary announces |publisher=Ministry of Defence |date=12 November 2018 }} Two hundred troops will engage in "surveillance, long-range, and precision targeting, enhanced mobility and the re-supply of forces, urban warfare and enhanced situational awareness".{{citation |first=Charlotte |last=Jee |url=https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612409/the-british-army-is-carrying-out-a-massive-test-of-military-robots-and-drones/ |work=MIT Technology Review |date=13 November 2018 |title=The British Army is carrying out a massive test of military robots and drones}} The British Army is reducing size by about 10,000 troops as well, by 2025.{{citation |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56477900 |title=Defence review: British army to be cut to 72,500 troops by 2025 |work= BBC News |date=22 March 2021}} The British Army will have Integrated Operating Concept (MDI—like MDO) for "gray zone" operations across domains, using a synthetic operating environment, with repeatable hard and soft strike capability.{{citation |url=https://breakingdefense.com/2021/09/three-objectives-for-the-uk-militarys-future/ |first=Andrew |last=White |date=15 September 2021 |title=Three Objectives For The UK Military's Future |publisher=Breaking Defense }} The UK, Germany, and France respectively have established a joint command for space United Kingdom Space Command, a Space Situational Awareness Centre (Germany), and Commandement de l’espace (France).Vivienne Machi [https://www.defensenews.com/space/2021/07/13/germany-establishes-new-military-space-command/ (13 Jul 2021) Germany establishes new military space command]Rameesh Cheema [https://finance.yahoo.com/news/15-most-advanced-countries-military-203341021.html (17 Dec 2022) 15 Most Advanced Countries in Military Technology] Israel; Hellenic Republic; Brazil; Taiwan; Saudi Arabia; India; Italy; Republic of Türkiye; Japan; France

• Rameesh Cheema [https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/5-most-advanced-countries-in-military-technology-1096385/ (17 Dec 2022) 5 Most Advanced Countries in Military Technology] UK; RoK (So. Korea); PRC (China); Russia; US In light of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine NATO members are implementing new stockpile guidelines for their arsenals.Vivienne Machi [https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/02/13/eyes-on-ukraine-nato-preps-new-ammo-guidelines-to-boost-production/ (13 Feb 2023) Eyes on Ukraine, NATO preps new ammo guidelines to boost production] "Orders placed today will only be delivered two-and-a-half years later". —Jens StoltenbergAndrew White [https://breakingdefense.com/2023/02/nato-must-collaborate-be-smarter-about-rebuilding-munition-stockpiles-official/ (15 Feb 2023) NATO must collaborate, be ‘smarter’ about rebuilding munition stockpiles: Official] Ukraine is expending more than 5,000 artillery rounds daily.

"By 2020 the Army's programs for modernization were now framed as a decades-long process of cooperation with allies and partners,[https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/DefenderEurope Defender-Europe 20] videos, images and storiesLt. Col. Travis Dettmer [https://www.army.mil/article/232549/us_army_futures_and_concepts_center_teaches_multi_domain_operations_to_nato_allied_land_command (9 February 2020) U.S. Army Futures and Concepts Center teaches Multi-Domain Operations to NATO Allied Land Command] for competition with potential adversaries who historically have blurred the distinction between peace and war"Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2020/01/infinite-games-war-by-other-means-ryan-mccarthy/ (January 13, 2020) Infinite Games & War By Other Means: Ryan McCarthy]:

"We must be engaged in constant competition, versus an episodic engagement strategy" —Secretary Ryan McCarthy—from: § Reorganization plan of the United States Army

1. In 2020, one measure of § military power projection ranks the competition between the armies of the world (after the US Army, which is ranked atop this list).Greg Norman [https://www.foxnews.com/world/5-most-powerful-armies-in-the-world (22 Feb 2020) The 5 most powerful armies in the world]The Hon. David Norquist, Deputy Secretary of Defense, DoD [https://conference.defensenews.com/recap#21 (10 Sep 2020) Closing Keynote: Day 2] Defense News Conference 2020 : Sept 9 - 10 22:00 minutes{{efn|name= unclMdoConcept |1= The US Army's unclassified Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) concept is "the combined arms employment of capabilities from all domains that create and exploit relative advantages to defeat enemy forces, achieve objectives and consolidate gains during competition, crisis, and armed conflict".Jen Judson [https://www.defensenews.com/land/2022/03/23/multidomain-operations-concept-will-become-doctrine-this-summer/ (23 Mar 2022) Multidomain operations concept will become doctrine this summer] }}Zamone Perez [https://www.defensenews.com/global/the-americas/2022/10/18/us-military-in-decline-threats-from-china-formidable-report-says/ (18 Oct 2022) US military in decline, threats from China 'formidable', report says] Heritage Foundation report for the case of 2 major wars (as opposed to 1.5 wars, rated as Favorable)C. Todd Lopez, DOD News [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3192565/us-can-support-ukraine-while-meeting-its-own-security-commitments/ (18 Oct 2022) U.S. Can Support Ukraine While Meeting Its Own Security Commitments] The list of armies, a mixture of allies, partners, and competitors is estimated to be:
2. {{anchor|russia}}{{anchor|GPS}}Russia jammed the GPS signal during NATO exercises in November 2018.[https://tech.slashdot.org/story/18/11/14/164225/russia-jammed-gps-during-major-nato-military-exercise-with-us-troops (4 November 2018) Russia Jammed GPS During Major NATO Military Exercise With US Troops ]Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2019/06/army-fields-anti-jam-gps-to-germany-this-fall/ (6 June 2019) Army Fields Anti-Jam GPS In Germany This Fall][https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/russia-has-figured-out-how-jam-u-s-drones-syria-n863931 Russia has figured out how to jam U.S. drones in Syria, officials say]{{efn |name= gerasimovKilled |1= "All types of Russian precision munitions are seeing high failure rates".Tara Copp [https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/03/forces-halt-kyiv-advance-russia-says-donbass-was-only-goal-all-along/363650/ (25 Mar 2022) Russian Forces Halt Kyiv Advance as Kremlin Says Donbass Was Only Goal All Along] "Pentagon official rebuts Moscow's claims about war aims, casualties; adds that Russian precision munitions are failing at high rates". (20 to 60 %) Connectivity to GLONASS is a factor in the lack of Russian PGM availability,Tobias Naegele [https://www.airandspaceforces.com/qa-the-new-chief-of-space-operations-on-empowering-the-force/ (27 Nov 2022) Q&A: The New Chief of Space Operations on Empowering the Force] "one B-2 hits 80 independent targets because of GPS".—Gen. B.Chance Saltzman, Space Force and the use of 3G/4G cell towers for Russian encrypted communications (Era)

Rob Waugh (8 Mar 2022) [https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-military-being-hacked-after-its-own-soldiers-destroy-3-g-internet-towers-104303881.html 'Idiots': Russian military phone calls hacked after own soldiers destroy 3G towers] 3G/4G Towers Needed For Russian encrypted communications (Era) at the beginning of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.Caroline Vakil [https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/599747-us-officials-russia-behind-hack-of-ukrainian-satellite-communications-at (25 Mar 2022) US officials say Russia behind hack of Ukrainian satellite communications at invasion start: report] Apparently GRU-instigated: 'compromise of tens of thousands of satellite modems provided by Viasat's KA-SAT service' at the beginning of the invasion "On February 24, 2022 between 5 and 9 AM, just as Russian forces were starting their missile attacks, hackers targeted satellite modems that communicate with Viasat's KA-SAT".Not What You Think [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4T1gz_0EHg (25 Mar 2022) Are Tanks Obsolete? The Future of Warfare]{{rp|min 15:01}} This weakness was unearthed during the use of open communication ("Russian commanders are sometimes piggybacking on Ukrainian cell phone networks to communicate")Mehul Srivastava, Madhumita Murgia, and Hannah Murphy, Financial Times (3/9/2022, 8:33 AM) [https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/03/the-secret-us-mission-to-bolster-ukraines-cyber-defences-ahead-of-russias-invasion/ The secret US mission to bolster Ukraine’s cyber defences ahead of Russia’s invasion ] European official: "instead of communicating solely through encrypted military-grade phones, Russian commanders are sometimes piggybacking on Ukrainian cell phone networks to communicate, at times simply by using their Russian cell phones.

'The Ukrainians love it—there is so much data in simply watching these phones, whether or not they are using encrypted apps,' he said.

The Ukrainians then block Russian phones from their local networks at key moments, further jamming their communications. 'Then you suddenly see Russian soldiers grabbing cell phones off Ukrainians on the street, raiding repair shops for sims,' he said. 'This is not sophisticated stuff. It’s quite puzzling." when FSB was discussing the deaths of their generals: Vitaly Gerasimov, killed 7 Mar 2022;Rob Picheta and Jack Guy, CNN [https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/08/europe/russian-general-killed-ukraine-kharkiv-intl/index.html (8 Mar 2022) Ukraine claims Russian general has been killed in Kharkiv] Andrei Sukhovetsky, killed 28 Feb 2022.Doug Cunningham [https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2022/03/03/ukraine-russia-invasion-chechen-magomed-tushayev-killed/9981646322278/ (3 Mar 2022) Ukraine forces say Chechen commander Magomed Tushayev killed near Kyiv]Jamie Ross, who cites Christo Grozev of Bellingcat: (Tue, March 8, 2022, 5:32 AM) [https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-officer-complains-dead-general-113255353.html (7 March 2022) Russian Officer Complains About Dead General and Comms Meltdown in Intercepted Call] FSB (Federal Security Service, successor agency to the KGB) officers discuss Gerasimov's death amid the destruction of 3G/4G cell towers in Ukraine, and the loss of Russian encrypted communications (Era), which compromised the FSB officer's sim-card-enabled phone call.MSNBC Morning Joe [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz7SBfr1Wu0 (28 Mar 2022) 'Astounding' Number Of Casualties: Why The Invasion Is Proving Deadly For Russia ]Elizabeth Howell, Space.com [https://tech.slashdot.org/story/22/04/13/2252258/russia-is-jamming-gps-satellite-signals-in-ukraine-us-space-force-says (14 Apr 2022) Russia Is Jamming GPS Satellite Signals In Ukraine, US Space Force Says ] "When four satellites are available, GPS receivers can use their signals to calculate the user's position, often to within just a few feet" —Navstar being jammed}} In 2014 the DoD's research and engineering chief Alan Shaffer warned that the 'US lost dominance of the electromagnetic spectrum' (EMS), in part due to the US government selloff of EMS radio frequencies, and also due in part to the proliferation of digital technologies which allow for low-cost jammers.Sydney Freedberg, Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2014/09/us-has-lost-dominance-in-electromagnetic-spectrum-shaffer/ (3 September 2014) US Has Lost ‘Dominance In Electromagnetic Spectrum’: Shaffer] (See: meaconing)Stephen Clark [https://spaceflightnow.com/2019/11/25/russia-launches-space-surveillance-satellite/ (25 November 2019) Russia launches space surveillance satellite] Kosmos 2542, in a polar orbit—"[To] monitor the condition of other Russian satellites in orbit."Joseph Trevithick [https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32031/a-russian-inspector-spacecraft-now-appears-to-be-shadowing-an-american-spy-satellite (30 January 2020) A Russian "Inspector" Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy Satellite] USA 245 is a KH-11 series satellite; Cosmos 2542 is now tailing the USA 245's movements with a precision of 150 to 300 kilometers. See Hall thruster General Valery Gerasimov advocates hybrid warfare, a "blend of political, economic and military power to bear against adversaries".Andrew E. Kramer [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/world/europe/russia-hybrid-war-gerasimov.html (2 March 2019) Russian General Pitches ‘Information’ Operations as a Form of War]Paul McCleary [https://breakingdefense.com/2019/05/dunford-first-nato-strategy-okd-in-decades/ (30 May 2019) Dunford: Leaders Mull First NATO Strategy In Decades] Neil Hauer [https://asiatimes.com/2020/02/russia-may-have-met-its-match-in-libya/ (26 February 2020) Russia may have met its match in Libya] Is unable to tip the balance, as it has in Syria. So Russia is escalating its involvement. Russia took Crimea without firing a shot.Andrew Goodman [https://warontherocks.com/2022/04/putin-the-planner/ (26 Apr 2022) Putin the Planner] Worked alongside Putin when he was Deputy Mayor of St. Petersberg. "Whatever happens on the ground now, there is good reason to think that Putin will continue to pursue a solution on his terms as long as he remains in power".{{efn|name= speedScopeOfLogisticAid}}Clare Sebastian and Chris Liakos, CNN [https://us.cnn.com/2022/04/20/business/oleg-tinkov-ukraine-insane-war/index.html (20 Apr 2022) Russian billionaire Oleg Tinkov blasts Putin's 'insane war' in Ukraine]Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2020/04/covid-19-army-futures-command-takes-wargames-online/ (21 April 2020) COVID-19: Army Futures Command Takes Wargames Online ]{{anchor|antiSat}} In April 2020 Russia tested an anti-satellite system for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites.Aaron Bateman [https://thebulletin.org/2020/05/as-russian-satellites-stalk-us-ones-is-a-space-arms-race-heating-up/ (22 May 2020) As Russia stalks US satellites, a space arms race may be heating up] On 15 November 2021, a Russian anti-satellite test destroyed its Kosmos 1408, endangering its own cosmonauts on the International Space Station, and other satellites in low earth orbit.Theresa Hitchens [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/11/suspected-russian-ground-launched-asat-test-scatters-dangerous-debris-through-leo/ (15 November 2021) Russian suspected ground-launched ASAT test scatters dangerous debris through LEO]

• [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/11/surprise-russian-asat-test-shows-need-to-scale-space-tracking-leolabs-says/ (16 November 2021) Surprise Russian ASAT test shows need to ‘scale’ space tracking, LeoLabs says]Specialist website Russian Space Web [https://phys.org/news/2021-11-russia-military-satellite.html (25 Nov 2021) Russia launches classified military satellite]Vladimir Isachenkov, The Associated Press [https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/08/09/russia-warns-it-will-see-any-incoming-missile-as-nuclear/ (9 Aug 2020) Russia warns it will see any incoming missile as nuclear]Mark B. Schneider [https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2020/09/19/will_russia_further_lower_its_nuclear_weapons_use_threshold_577995.html (19 Sep 2020) Will Russia Further Lower Its Nuclear Weapons Use Threshold?] Cyber attacks on the whole of the US government via Supply_chain_attack § Whole of government began in March 2020, but only reached the attention of the news media on 14 December 2020.Eric Geller https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/14/massively-disruptive-cyber-crisis-engulfs-multiple-agencies-445376 (14 Dec 2020) 'Massively disruptive' cyber crisis engulfs multiple agencies]Ellen Nakashima & Craig Timberg [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/russian-government-hackers-are-behind-a-broad-espionage-campaign-that-has-compromised-us-agencies-including-treasury-and-commerce/ar-BB1bToak (14 Dec 2020) Russian government hackers are behind a broad espionage campaign that has compromised U.S. agencies, including Treasury and Commerce] Identified as SVR /APT29 /Cozy Bear, according to FireEye. Breached using the update server of SolarWinds, its Orion Platform, versions released in Mar & Jun 2020.
• Catalin Cimpanu [https://it.slashdot.org/story/20/12/15/1810225/solarwinds-says-18000-customers-were-impacted-by-recent-hack (14 Dec 2020) SolarWinds Says 18,000 Customers Were Impacted by Recent Hack]
• Dan Goodin [https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/12/18000-organizations-downloaded-backdoor-planted-by-cozy-bear-hackers/ (14 Dec 2020) ~18,000 organizations downloaded backdoor planted by Cozy Bear hackers] Russia is mapping the undersea cables which bear the majority of the communications traffic{{efn |name= gerasimovKilled}} between the US and Europe.Lorne Cook [https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/05/30/as-russia-tensions-simmer-nato-conducts-massive-war-games/ (30 May 2021) As Russia tensions simmer, NATO conducts massive war games]
• Thomas Newdick [https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/43094/norwegian-undersea-surveillance-network-had-its-cables-mysteriously-cut (11 Nov 2021) Norwegian Undersea Surveillance Network Had Its Cables Mysteriously Cut]Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Gwladys Fouche, Reuters [https://news.yahoo.com/nato-allies-wake-russian-supremacy-113953199.html (16 Nov 2022) NATO allies wake up to Russian supremacy in the Arctic]John Christianson [https://warontherocks.com/2022/12/fighting-and-winning-in-the-electromagnetic-spectrum/ (5 Dec 2022) FIGHTING AND WINNING IN THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM] (EMS)

1. *On 25 December 2021 President Putin disclosed that Russia would be unable to defend itself against missiles launched against Moscow from Ukraine; their flight times would be four to five minutes, according to him.Vladimir Isachenkov, The Associated Press [https://www.armytimes.com/flashpoints/2021/12/26/putin-to-mull-options-if-west-refuses-guarantees-on-ukraine/ (26 Dec 2021) Putin to mull options if West refuses guarantees on Ukraine] However, Putin did not acknowledge that the West's Aegis Ashore sites in Poland and Romania are for defense against ballistic missiles, and not the Tomahawk missiles which he named in his statement. See: A-135 anti-ballistic missile system, A-235 anti-ballistic missile system, S-400 missile system, S-500 missile system To prove that Aegis Ashore is defensive only, inspection of the sites in Poland and Romania have been offered to Russia.Heather Mongilio [https://news.usni.org/2022/02/02/u-s-offered-russians-aegis-ashore-inspections-to-ease-ukraine-tensions-more-american-troops-headed-to-europe (2 Feb 2022) U.S. Offered Russians Aegis Ashore Inspections to Ease Ukraine Tensions; More American Troops Headed to Europe]
2. *{{anchor|UkraineStandoff}}{{anchor| UkraineStandoff2021 }}File:2014_Russo-ukrainian-conflict_map.svgUkraine had a trench network on its border with Russia, in a standoff as of April 2021.Matthew Chance [https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/12/europe/ukraine-zelensky-front-lines/index.html (12 Apr 2021) Ukraine's President heads to the trenches as Russia masses its troops] Troops and armor are massing by rail, within Russia's border.ZEYNEP BILGINSOY [https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/ukraine-turkey-leaders-meet-istanbul-76994425?cid=referral_taboola_feed (10 Apr 2021) The leaders of Ukraine, Turkey stress territorial integrity] Donbass and Crimea are disputed.The Associated Press [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/blinken-heads-brussels-talks-afghanistan-ukraine-77018360?cid=clicksource_4380645_7_film_strip_icymi_hed (12 Apr 2021) Blinken heads to Brussels for talks on Afghanistan, Ukraine] SecDef Lloyd Austin will attend.Lara Seligman and Natasha Bertand [https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/12/ukraine-us-missile-weapons-russia-480985 (04/12/2021) Can Ukraine deploy U.S.-made weapons against the Russians?] FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missiles barely overmatch Uran-9sLara Seligman [https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/12/ukraine-us-missile-weapons-russia-480985 (03/31/2021) Pentagon ‘watching’ as Russia steps up aggression in Eastern Europe] A ceasefire between the Ukraine Army and Donetsk separatists ended Jun 2020. EUCOM's V Corps has been on pre-planned maneuvers, but in a NATO partner's territory as of April 2021.Vivian Salama in Kyiv and William Mauldin in Washington [https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-aims-sanctions-at-pro-russian-separatists-as-antony-blinken-plans-ukraine-russia-meetings-11642529955 (18 Jan 2022) U.S. Aims Sanctions at Pro-Russian Agents as Blinken Plans Ukraine, Russia Meetings]Robert Burns [https://news.yahoo.com/explainer-us-military-options-help-051846265.html (19 Jan 2022) Explainer: What are US military options to help Ukraine?] A border exercise involving 110,000 Russian troops on the Ukraine borderOlivia Gazis [https://www.cbsnews.com/video/putin-russia-military-exercises-in-and-around-ukraine/ (22 Apr 2021)) After Putin's warning to West, Russia begins large-scale military exercises in and around Ukraine ] has pulled back; however hundreds of armored vehicles, including tanks are remaining {{convert|100|mi}} from Donbas (colloquial for Donets basin)Nils Adler, Laura King Los Angeles Times [https://www.yahoo.com/news/eastern-ukraine-trench-warfare-grinds-013859454.html (21 Jan 2022) In eastern Ukraine, trench warfare grinds on against backdrop of invasion fears]

• Greg Ganske [https://www.yahoo.com/news/opinion-why-war-ukraine-matter-155933627.html (22 Jan 2022) Opinion: Why would war in Ukraine matter to the United States?] in spite of a partial armor pullback.{{Cite news|last1=Kramer|first1=Andrew E.|last2=Troianovski|first2=Anton|author-link2=Anton Troianovski|last3=Jakes|first3=Lara|date=2021-04-22|title=Russia Orders Partial Pullback From Ukraine Border Region|language=en|work=The New York Times|location=Moscow and Kyiv|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/22/world/europe/russia-ukraine-military-pullback.html|url-access=limited|issn=0362-4331}}Jim Garamone, DOD News [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2900210/russia-trying-to-develop-pretext-for-ukraine-invasion-dod-official-says/ (14 Jan 2022) Russia Trying to Develop Pretext for Ukraine Invasion, DOD Official Says] Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OCSE) drones which are monitoring the line between Ukrainian troops and the Donbas separatists are seeing jamming of their drone's dual GPS receivers, with tens of thousands of infantry troops remaining on the Ukrainian border.Paul McLeary [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/05/jamming-strikes-osce-drones-tracking-russian-forces/ (7 May 2021) Jamming Strikes OSCE Drones Tracking Russian Forces] The OSCE has provided a map of the line dividing the Ukrainian forces and the Russian-backed forces.Michael Schwirtz

New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/06/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-front.html (6 Dec 2021) On Ukrainian Front, Grinding War and Weary Anticipation of Invasion] Map of "Approximate line separating Ukrainian and Russian-backed forces"New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/01/07/world/europe/ukraine-maps.html Ukraine map (7 Jan 2022) How Russia's Military is Positioned To Threaten Ukraine] As of 18 February 2022 there were up to 190,000 troops along Ukraine's borders;Jeff Schogol, Paul Szoldra [https://taskandpurpose.com/news/russia-ukraine-invasion/ (21 Feb 2022) Moscow orders Russian troops into Ukraine] after recognizing the separatist states of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, Moscow is moving troops over the border of Russia into the Donetsk and Luhansk areas, and establishing military bases there.Reuters [https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-gets-green-light-deploy-164113297.html (22 February 2022) Putin gets green light to deploy troops to eastern Ukraine] This troop movement triggered sanctions on five Russian banks and three individuals, on 22 February 2022.Charles Riley [https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/business/sanctions-russia-ukraine/index.html (22 February 2022) The sanctions that could really hurt Russia]Charles Riley [https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/investing/russia-markets-ruble-economy/index.html (22 February 2022) Russia is already paying a hefty financial price for its aggression]{{efn|name= speedScopeOfLogisticAid}} (See 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine which began 24 February 2022)

1. **{{anchor| Novorossia }}Andrei Illarionov cites Pavel Felgengauer, who projects a scenario by which Russia can create a 'Novorossia' (see § CSIS figures 2a-2c)Ryan Pickrell [https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-forces-massing-ukraines-border-171102353.html (25 Jan 2022) Russian forces are massing on Ukraine's border. Here's what Russia watchers think could be Putin's next big move.] Figures 2a-2c CSIS scenarios stretching across Southern Ukraine to Transnistria (Moldova) after a gas pipeline to the EU is completed (September 2021).Andrei Illarionov [https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/putin-was-not-ready-to-launch-a-war-in-the-spring/ (30 April 2021) Putin was not ready to launch a war in the Spring] If the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline were to be weaponized by holding the liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply to Western Europe hostage, the US is countering this threat with contingency plans to redirect LNG supplies from the rest of the world.natasha Bertrand [https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/politics/us-gas-production-strategy-russia-ukraine-invasion/index.html (23 Jan 2022) US putting together 'global' strategy to increase gas production if Russia invades Ukraine, officials say]Charles Riley [https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/26/investing/swift-russia-ukraine/index.html (26 Jan 2022) What is SWIFT and why it might be the weapon Russia fears most] Germany has agreed to safeguard Ukraine, as well.Deutsche Welle [https://www.dw.com/en/germany-commits-100-billion-to-defense-spending/a-60933724 (27 Feb 2022) Germany commits €100 billion to defense spending] Scholz: Germany has now agreed to a one-time $113 billion increase in its defense budget.Christian Datoc [https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-lifted-nord-stream-2-220700049.html (15 July 2021) US lifted Nord Stream 2 sanctions to gain German cooperation in safeguarding Ukraine, Biden says]Alexander Ratz and Pavel Polityuk [https://news.yahoo.com/germany-says-russia-pay-price-123941018.html (17 Jan 2022) Germany says Russia will pay price if it moves on Ukraine]Binkov [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9c_HhpvBpg (26 Jan 2022) What might happen if Russia does attack Ukraine? ] Ukraine is outgunned. Russia would likely stop when resistance stiffens, in Spring 2022. Europe would be divided over heating supplies for impending winter. Ties between Russia and China would strengthen as Europe sanctions its trade with Russia due to war.{{efn|name= regionalBlocEu |1=In 2022 Russia's actions against Ukraine alerted 'the West' (that is, Europe, and its NATO partners) to the threat to Europe's food and energy supply.Rob Picheta [https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/29/europe/russia-ukraine-global-implications-cmd-intl/index.html (29 Jan 2022) How a Russian invasion of Ukraine would reverberate around the world] After the 2008 war in Georgia, and the 2014 takeover of Crimea and Donbas in Ukraine,{{rp|2:42}} a political takeover of Ukraine is a likely objective of Russian leadership.}}Rick Rouan, Courtney Subramanian, Joey Garrison and David Jackson, USA Today [https://news.yahoo.com/germany-stops-nord-stream-2-124518525.html (22 February 2022) Biden levels sanctions on Russia for beginning an invasion of Ukraine: live updates]Jessie Yeung, Adam Renton, Rob Picheta, Ed Upright, Aditi Sangal, Adrienne Vogt and Melissa Macaya, CNN [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589 (23 Feb 2022) The latest on the Ukraine-Russia crisis] Situation See 2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage —26 September 2022
2. **{{anchor|attacksOnUkraine2022}}Cyber attacks on Ukrainian government websites are occurring in January 2022.Roman Olearchyk and Henry Foy, Financial Times [https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/ukraine-says-government-websites-hit-by-massive-cyber-attack/ (14 Jan 2022) Ukraine says government websites hit by "massive cyber attack"]Howard Altman [https://www.armytimes.com/flashpoints/2022/01/19/russian-attack-could-happen-any-minute-ukraine-official-says/ (19 Jan 2022) Russian attack could happen 'any minute' Ukraine official says] Frida Ghitis and Richard Galant point out that the muddy season that ends winter would bog down an armored invasion.Frida Ghitis [https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/13/opinions/putin-russia-us-nato-miscalculation-ghitis/index.html (13 Jan 2022) Putin's big miscalculation] US Army Lieutenant Colonel Alex Vershinen points out that if the Russian Army were to attempt a quick fait accompli and then dig in, its logistical capability would be insufficient to complete a large land grab, as its logistic capabilities are largely based on railroads, but not trucks.US Army Lieutenant Colonel Alex Vershinen [https://warontherocks.com/2021/11/feeding-the-bear-a-closer-look-at-russian-army-logistics/ (23 Nov 2021) Feeding the Bear: A Closer Look at Russian Army Logistics and the Fait Accompli]Matthew Chance, Kylie Atwood, Emmet Lyons and Ami Kaufman, CNN [https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/18/europe/ukraine-intelligence-russia-military-build-up-intl/index.html (19 Jan 2021) Ukraine warns Russia has 'almost completed' build-up of forces near border]

• [https://seemorerocks.is/russia-sets-up-army-field-hospital-near-ukraine-moves-iskander-missiles-and-amphibious-landing-craft-from-caspian-sea-to-ukraine-coast/ (10 Apr 2021) Russia Sets Up Army Field Hospital Near Ukraine; Moves Iskander Missiles and Amphibious Landing Craft From Caspian Sea to Ukraine Coast!] Russia's logistic capability without railroads is {{convert|90|mi}}, without replenishment; thus Sebastien Roblin suggests that a "short, victorious war" by Russia (as in the 12-day war with Georgia in 2008), with stipulations largely resembling its current diplomatic demands, namely installation of pro-Russian leadership, Ukraine's withdrawal from the path of joining NATO etc., coupled with the expedient of bypassing Russian control of Kyiv's population, might avoid Russia's getting bogged down in Ukraine.Eric Schmitt, Julian E. Barnes and Helene Cooper [https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-recruiting-mercenaries-syrians-ukraine-115514041.html (7 Apr 2022) Russia Is Recruiting Mercenaries and Syrians to Ukraine, Western Officials Say] This calculation could get up-ended by a longer war,{{efn|name= speedScopeOfLogisticAid}}{{efn|name= surgeInMaterielDeterrence |1= Russia's invasion was countered by $100 billion in logistical aid to Ukraine, Feb-Dec 2022; however the aid is becoming constrained by the capacity of the US's industrial base to surge production.Joe Gould [https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2022/11/21/weapons-shortages-spark-tough-choices-for-ukraines-allies/ (21 Nov 2022) Weapons shortages spark tough choices for Ukraine’s allies] The invasion is causing materiel shortages in Russia.Stephen Fidler and Ann M. Simmons [https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-munitions-shortages-raise-questions-over-how-long-it-can-continue-ukraine-war-11669107174 (22 Nov 2022) Russia’s Munitions Shortages Raise Questions Over How Long It Can Continue Ukraine War] The surge in aid to Ukraine is causing NATO to acquire more interoperable materiel from a global industrial base, for more integrated deterrence across the NATO alliance against its adversaries.Rachel Nostrant [https://www.yahoo.com/scramble-rearm-ukraine-transforming-nato-224700788.html (22 Nov 2022) The scramble to rearm Ukraine is transforming NATO in a way that would've been hard without Putin's help]Patrick Tucker [https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2022/11/why-defense-budgets-will-stay-high-after-ukraine-war/380110/ ( Why Defense Budgets Will Stay High After the Ukraine War] "The war is exposing how European nations were underinvesting in defense, and the critical role that renewable energy will play in transatlantic security" }} with determined resistance in Ukraine,[https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/ukraine-receives-second-batch-us-weapons-russian-stand-off-2022-01-23/ (23 Jan 2022) Ukraine receives second batch of U.S. weapons in Russian stand-off]Julie Coleman [https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-afraid-us-regular-ukrainian-205128827.html (1 Feb 2022) 'Putin should be afraid of us': Regular Ukrainian civilians are training to fight off a Russian invasion] Training in Kharkiv and Kyiv via guerilla warfare,Helene Cooper [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/14/us/politics/russia-ukraine-biden-military.html (14 Jan 2022) U.S. Considers Backing an Insurgency if Russia Invades Ukraine]Michael Kofman and Rob Lee [https://warontherocks.com/2022/06/not-built-for-purpose-the-russian-militarys-ill-fated-force-design/ (2 Jun 2022) Not Built For Purpose: The Russian Military's Ill-Fated Force Decision] Platoons on paper were half-sized in reality, leading to no dismounted infantry in motorized units. as in Afghanistan (1979-1989), which indirectly ended the Soviet Union.Sebastien Roblin [https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/01/the-georgia-model-russias-plan-for-invading-ukraine/ (21 Jan 2022) The ‘Georgia Model’: Russia’s Plan For Invading Ukraine?] Within two months of the beginning of the First Chechen War, an antiwar movement arose in Russia.

1. ***{{anchor|eveOfProxyWar}}On 22 February 2022 historian Sergey Radchenko recalled a vignette from September 1945, during the post World War II Potsdam Conference negotiations on the division of world power at the London Conference of Foreign Ministers, when Soviet Foreign Commissar Vyacheslav Molotov asked U.S. Secretary of State James F. Byrnes whether he carried the atomic bomb in his side pocket, to which Byrnes threatened Molotov to stop stalling, or else Byrnes would pull the atomic bomb out of his pocket and use it on Molotov (laughter). Molotov was guided by Stalin's directive "It is clear that you must display complete obduracy".Sergey Radchenko [https://warontherocks.com/2022/02/moscow-musings-on-brinksmanship-from-stalin-to-putin/ (22 February 2022) Moscow Musings on Brinksmanship From Stalin to Putin] (See Proxy war)
2. * Russia and Belarus began Zapad 2021, a 200,000-troop exercise held every four years.Anton Troianovski [https://bdnews24.com/politics/2021/09/10/russia-and-belarus-inch-closer-to-a-full-blown-merger (10 Sep 2021) Russia and Belarus inch closer to a full-blown merger]Michael Kofman [https://warontherocks.com/2021/09/zapad-2021-what-to-expect-from-russias-strategic-military-exercise/ (8 Sep 2021) Zapad-2021: What to Expect From Russia's Strategic Military Exercise] The Pripyat marshes would bog down an armored invasion through Belarus.Richard Galant [https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/23/opinions/putin-ominous-forecast-ukraine-column-galant/index.html (23 Jan 2022) Putin confronts the mud of Ukraine]{{rp|2:22}}{{efn|name= speedScopeOfLogisticAid}}
3. *In the opinion of James Stavridis, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine is showing that Special Forces, unmanned systems, and Cyber will become far more important in the future.James Stavridis [https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-military-needs-learn-ukraine-100039536.html (11 Apr 2022) What the U.S. Military Needs to Learn from the Ukraine War]
4. *In 2021 Russia spent 2.7 percent of its GDP on defense, a level which is expected to drop to 2.3 percent by 2023, as part of a mandate to boost domestic production.Alexander Bratersky [https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2021/09/03/private-companies-at-army-2021-forum-strive-for-survival-as-russian-military-orders-shrink/ (3 Sep 2021) Private companies at ‘Army 2021’ forum strive for survival as Russian military orders shrink]
5. **{{anchor|Uran-9}}Unmanned ground combat vehicles (UGCVs), among them Uran-6, Uran-9 (Уран-9), and Uran-14 are entering service in the Russian Army as of 2021. Uran-6 is a mine flail; Uran-14 is an unmanned firefighting vehicle. Uran-9s are semi-autonomous robotic combat vehicles; specialists can operate them using mobile control stations. Their first attempted service was in Syria. Analysts from BAE Systems (UK) assessed the Uran-9s in Syria as unreliable, with their radio-controls sometimes blocked by buildings; their sensors and guidance were unstabilized. An armed Uran-9 weighs 12 tons,Isabella Beltran [https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/30592/20210410/robotic-russian-tanks-deployed-near-future-despite-ukraine-war-fears.htm (10 Apr 2021) Uran-9, Russian Robotic Tanks Slated to be Deployed "Soon" Despite Flaws During Syrian Tests, The Sciencetimes] (Mixed-font I in 'science' appears deliberate.) and measures 5 meters long, which is a fifth of the weight and half the length of a T-90 tank. Each Uran-9 control system operates at ranges up to {{convert|1.8|mi}} from the UGVs; Axx [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOQk2gRU-Ls (14 Sep 2021) Russia one step ahead, Why Russia's strike robots is scary enough]{{rp|min 1:00}}Zvezda (TV channel) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDeWeQ1Z8Lc Воины будущего. Какими возможностями обладают поступившие на вооружение ВС РФ боевые роботы «Уран-9»] Uran-9 Control system{{rp|minute 2:20}} each control system currently (2021) guides 4 UGVs, in a leader-follower configuration.Sebastien Roblin [https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/robot-tank-russia-used-syria-89866 (21 October 2019) This Is the Robot Tank Russia Used in Syria]Combat Approved [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_qMMZqlByg (13 Feb 2021) Episode 44. The Uran-9 Russia’s First Combat Robot] Uran-9 was used in the Vostok 2018 exercises in 2018. At least 20 Uran-9 UGCVs exist.Army Technology.com [https://www.army-technology.com/projects/uran-9-unmanned-ground-combat-vehicle/ (2016) Uran-9 Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle]
6. **Russia's defense ministry has signed a contract to field the Tsirkon hypersonic missiles to its troops in 2025.James Crump [https://www.newsweek.com/russia-defense-ministry-tsirkon-hypersonic-missile-test-putin-weapons-combat-alert-1622512 (24 Aug 2021) Russia Orders Hypersonic Missiles As Putin Vows to Put Weapons on 'Combat Alert']
7. **During the 2021 negotiations for defusing the Ukraine-Russia confrontation, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has warned that its 9M729 nuclear-capable cruise missile, which is already deployed in the European part of Russia, might be further employed there.Alexander Marrow and Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) [https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-says-lack-nato-security-075933695.html (13 Dec 2021) Russia says it may be forced to deploy mid-range nuclear missiles in Europe]{{efn|name=esperNote}}
8. ** The hypersonic Kh-47M2 Kinzhal, and 3M22 Zircon (Tsirkon) are standoff strike weapons, for keeping adversaries at bay; they are land-based, and sea-based respectively.Roger McDermott [https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2022/02/07/the_role_of_hypersonic_weapons_in_russian_military_strategy_815512.html (7 Feb 2022) The Role of Hypersonic Weapons in Russian Military Strategy] Giperzvukovogo Oruzhiya—(GZO); or Giperzvukovyye letatel’nyye apparaty—(GZLA) Kinzhal, Tsirkon, Kalibr, Poseidon, Avangard, Burevestnik, Sarmat,{{efn|name=esperNote}}
9. * On 1 September 2022 Russia, China, India, and 11 other nations began a scaled-down Vostok 2022 (East 2022).The Moscow Times [https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/01/russia-stages-scaled-down-war-games-with-china-india-a78694 (1 September 2022) Russia Stages Scaled-down War Games With China, India] Vostok will exercise 50,000 troops, down from 300,000 in 2018. India is contributing 75 troops.
10. * By 19 October 2022 NATO nations were providing winter equipment to Ukraine.Paul McLeary [https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/19/ukraine-nato-russia-winter-equipment-00062596 (19 October 2022) NATO is rushing equipment to Ukraine as troops hunker down for the winter] "The war begins a new phase as Russia launches missiles and temperatures fall" By Spring 2023 the US industrial base can be providing 20,000 rounds of 155mm howitzer munitions per month to Ukraine.Brian Bender and Laura Seligman [https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/04/pentagon-industry-struggle-to-arm-ukraine-00072125 (4 Dec 2022) "We haven't got this figured out just yet": Pentagon, industry struggle to arm Ukraine] "The Russia problem takes center stage at this year's Reagan National Defense Forum".
11. * Beginning 1 April 2023 400,000 contract servicemen are to replenish the Russian army.Ukrayinska Pravda [https://news.yahoo.com/russian-army-replenished-400-000-032206330.html (15 Mar 2023) Russian army to be replenished with 400,000 new contract service personnel] starting 1 Apr 2023David Axe [https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/08/20/add-a-new-radar-to-an-old-air-defense-missile-and-youd-get-the-ukrainian-5v28-kyivs-most-potent-deep-strike-weapon/?sh=7f93c967ec9b (20 Aug 2023) Add A New Radar To An Old Air-Defense Missile, And You'd Get The Ukrainian 5V28—Kyiv's Most Potent Deep-Strike Weapon] Moscow shows no black/brown clouds of AK27F/TG02 propellant in its skies, to back its claims of an intercept
12. *In a meeting in Moscow, March 2023 the presidents of China and Russia agreed to cooperate over a wide range of business, and economic issues, such as payment in local currencies (viz., Yuan or Rubles).Evelyn Chang [https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/22/china-and-russia-affirm-multi-year-economic-cooperation.html (22 Mar 2023) China and Russia affirm economic cooperation for the next several years] Presidents Xi Jinping, V.V. Putin, respectively
13. {{anchor|china}}China—RAND simulations show Blue losses.Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2019/03/us-gets-its-ass-handed-to-it-in-wargames-heres-a-24-billion-fix/ (7 March 2019) US ‘Gets Its Ass Handed To It’ In Wargames: Here’s A $24 Billion Fix] Army prepositioned stocks (APS) vulnerability Six of the top 15 defense companies in the world are now Chinese, in 2019 for the first time.Defense News [https://people.defensenews.com/top-100/ (July 2019) Top 100 for 2019] The competition with China was shaped in the decade 2010–2020, according to David Kriete.Theresa Hitchens [https://breakingdefense.com/2019/07/competition-with-china-is-the-new-deterrence-us-military-leader-say/ (31 July 2019) Competition (With China) IS The New Deterrence, US Military Leaders Say] Vice Adm. David Kriete of US Strategic Command[https://tech.slashdot.org/story/19/10/01/1754209/china-confirms-new-hypersonic-nuclear-missile-on-70th-anniversary aj.com (1 Oct 2019) China Confirms New Hypersonic Nuclear Missile On 70th Anniversary ] DF-17

• Kristin Huang [https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3023972/chinas-hypersonic-df-17-missile-threatens-regional-stability (23 Aug 2019) China’s hypersonic DF-17 missile threatens regional stability, analyst warns]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnDUjOl69Zw (1 Oct 2019) China unveils Dongfeng-17 conventional missiles in military parade] See minute 0:05 to 0:49 for 16 Hypersonic Glide Vehicles (white-tipped contrast atop their DF-17 fuselages mounted on booster rockets)
• Kathrin Hille in Taipei and Qianer Liu in Beijing [https://www.ft.com/content/07c7cfb0-e125-11e9-9743-db5a370481bc (1 Oct 2019) China displays military advances in show of strength to rivals] Lists missile armaments. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FRDfF0V-iI FT video] FT estimates 1/3rd of China's missile arsenal is on display in 1 Oct parade
• BILL POWELL [https://www.newsweek.com/chinas-hypersonic-missiles-aka-carrier-killers-are-holy-st-moment-us-military-1462794 (10/3/19) China's Hypersonic Missile, AKA 'Carrier Killers,' Are a 'Holy S**t Moment' for US Military]Bill Gertz [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/24/china-tests-submarine-launched-jl-3-missile-capabl/ (24 December 2019) China's test of sub-launched missile a threat to peace, retired captain warns] JL-3 is an SLBM By 2023 China's defense companies were offering competitors to US Javelins, armed drones, and supersonic cruise missiles.Ashley Roque [https://breakingdefense.com/2023/02/as-us-worries-over-beijings-influence-in-middle-east-chinese-defense-firms-flock-to-idex-2023/ (22 Feb 2023) As US worries over Beijing’s influence in Middle East, Chinese defense firms flock to IDEX 2023] International Defense Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

1. *Secretary Mark Esper said that China is aiming to be the dominant military power in Asia by 2049.Robert Burns [https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/08/27/esper-visit-to-tiny-palau-highlights-us-china-competition/ (27 Aug 2020) Esper visit to tiny Palau highlights US-China competition ]uscc.gov [https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/2019-11/Chapter%204%20Section%201%20-%20Beijing%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%9CWorld-Class%E2%80%9D%20Military%20Goal.pdf (Nov 2019) Chapter 4: China's Global Ambitions]David Kirton [https://www.yahoo.com/news/chinas-high-end-military-technology-043204687.html (30 Sep 2021) China's high-end military technology touted at biggest air show] Airshow China in Zhuhai The 14th five-year plan (2021-2025) of China's ruling party, aims to accelerate the army's modernization and informationization, in order to improve national security for 2027 (100th anniversary of its ruling party), according to Dean Cheng.Dean Cheng [https://breakingdefense.com/2020/11/chinese-party-sets-bold-military-goal-mechanized-informationized-by-2027/ (23 Nov 2020) Chinese Party Sets Bold Military Goal: ‘Mechanized & Informationized’ By 2027]Dean Cheng [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/05/how-chinas-thinking-about-the-next-war/ (19 May 2021) How China’s Thinking About The Next War] Proposed doctrine: brigade-based, joint MDOKris Osborn [https://warriormaven.com/future-weapons/china-military-piracy-j-31-j-20-f-35-jadc2 (4 Feb 2022) China is Trying to Steal and Copy U.S. Military Multi-Domain Warfare Tactics] "accompanied by an effort to replicate emerging U.S. strategies and warfare maneuvers" including JADC2 By 2023 China's working-age demographic (a shrinking labor force/ capital savings rate) will start to work against the Party's aspiration for 2027,Deutsche Welle [https://youtube.com/watch?v=uGPije50LcI (21 May 2021) China releases population census with enormous implications for the country's future]Tanner Brown [https://www.barrons.com/articles/chinas-population-crisis-is-complicated-what-it-means-for-the-countrys-economy-51642406402 (17 Jan 2022) China’s Population Crisis Is Complicated. What It Means for the Country’s Economy.]Evelyn Cheng [https://slashdot.org/story/23/01/17/0318204/chinas-population-drops-for-the-first-time-in-decades (17 Jan 2023) China's Population Drops For the First Time In Decades] in 2022 Task & Purpose [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FgykoiAxR8 (22 Mar 2023) 4 Reasons China's Outta Time to Invade Taiwan] 1) Demographics; 2) TSMC; 3) Russia is now the largest oil supplier to China; 4) Ukraine as cautionary example. 60 Minutes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEc5hsWNsCQ (19 Mar 2023) Is the Navy ready? How the U.S. is preparing amid a naval buildup in China ] USS NimitzMichael C Horowitz [https://warontherocks.com/2021/11/war-by-timeframe-responding-to-chinas-pacing-challenge/ (19 Nov 2021) War by Timeframe: Responding to China's Pacing Challenge]{{efn|name=milleyAssessCN|1= During the DoD secretary's review of the 7th monthly meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Gen. Mark Milley was pressed for an assessment of the CCP's readiness for war; Gen. Milley reminded the press that the PLA had not fought a war since 1979; that China's GDP was being harvested for materiel, and that the US military would remain atop the world's armies as long as the US GDP remained strong.{{rp|38:30}}

• On 7 December 2022 "Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Royal Navy Adm. Sir Tony Radakin, the United Kingdom's chief of defense staff, said the Russian leader has continued to make calamitous mistakes in Russia's war on Ukraine"; when asked "might the invasion of Ukraine embolden China to invade Taiwan"? —Radakin rejected the premise, and Milley reiterated "[The US] is the number one military in the world, and it's the most capable that combined arms maneuver," ... "We're one of the few militaries remaining in the world that can bring it all together in time and space and in all the domains of space, cyber, land, sea and air and undersea. We are very skilled and talented at doing all that. And, and no adversary should underestimate our capabilities".Jim Garamone, DOD News [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3239311/us-uk-military-chiefs-discuss-ukraine-china/ (7 Dec 2022) U.S., U.K. Military Chiefs Discuss Ukraine, China] }} which, according to Xi Jinping's plan, is for China's military to reach parity with the US military in 2027.Paul McLeary and Alexander Ward [https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/20/hypersonic-technology-us-behind-china-russia-523130 (20 Nov 2021) U.S. ‘not as advanced’ as China and Russia on hypersonic tech, Space Force general warns]TAYLOR A. LEE and PETER W. SINGER [https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2023/01/plas-people-problem/381728/ (7 Feb 2023) The PLA’s People Problem] "China’s military has long struggled to field quality personnel". As of June 2023 a diplomatic solution is being sought.Humeyra Pamuk [https://www.reuters.com/world/china/blinken-wrap-up-rare-visit-china-may-meet-xi-jinping-2023-06-18/ (19 Jun 2023) Xi, Blinken agree to stabilise U.S.-China relations in rare Beijing talks]Fareed Zakaria, GPS [https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/09/17/exp-gps-0917-general-milley-on-chinas-military.cnn (14 Sep 2023) On GPS: Gen. Mark Milley on estimating China's military power]JACOB HEIM, ZACHARY BURDETTE, AND NATHAN BEAUCHAMP-MUSTAFAGA [https://warontherocks.com/2024/06/denial-is-the-worst-except-for-all-the-others-getting-the-u-s-theory-of-victory-right-for-a-war-with-china/ (11 Jun 2024) DENIAL IS THE WORST EXCEPT FOR ALL THE OTHERS: GETTING THE U.S. THEORY OF VICTORY RIGHT FOR A WAR WITH CHINA]

1. * The International Federation of Robotics reports that China has been the world leader in implementing industrial robots for the past eight years; in 2020 China used almost half the world's industrial robots.Roopinder Tara [https://www.engineering.com/story/almost-half-of-industrial-robots-are-in-china (22 Sep 2022) Almost Half of Industrial Robots Are in China]
2. ** The takeover of a UK semiconductor fab by a Chinese-owned firm has been blocked on national security grounds.Ryan Browne [https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/16/chinese-takeover-of-biggest-uk-chip-plant-blocked-by-government.html (16 Nov 2022) Chinese takeover of the UK’s biggest chip plant blocked on national security grounds] as reported in [https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/22/11/20/0221224/chinese-takeover-of-uks-largest-chip-plant-blocked-on-national-security-grounds (20 Nov 2022) Chinese Takeover of UK's Largest Chip Plant Blocked on National Security Grounds]
3. *In 2017 China adopted the National Intelligence Law which obligates Chinese companies to subordinate themselves to intelligence-gathering measures for the state.Reuters World News [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-security-lawmaking-idUSKBN19I1FW (27 June 2017) China passes tough new intelligence law] National Intelligence Law China is militarizing the South China Sea. In 2020 a match-up of the Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning (a rebuilt aircraft cruiser) versus the supercarrier {{USS|Ronald Reagan}} is assessed to give the Ronald Reagan air superiority within one hour.Defense updates [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx7PsFBqXdI (30 Apr 2020) 3 Reasons Chinese Liaoning Will Not Last an Hour Against USS Ronald Reagan Protecting Japan!]Smerconish [https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/02/04/smr-balloon-and-china-relations.cnn (6 Feb 2023) Chang: Not shooting down balloon could embolden China] 'By not shooting down the balloon, "we convince the Chinese we're incapable," says Gordon Chang, author of The Great US-China Tech War. "It could push them to do things which can't be undone." '
4. *The 3rd generation GPS network of BeiDou satellites (BDS-3) was completed in July 2020 with the launch of the 30th BDS-3 satellite.Sutirtho Patranobis [https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/science/china-says-its-beidou-system-now-fully-operational-to-challenge-us-s-gps/ar-BB17p0yn (31 Jul 2020) China says its Beidou system now fully operational, to challenge US’s GPS] The 30th BDS-3 satellite, meant to complete China's own global navigation satellite system,P.W. Singer and Taylor A. Lee [https://www.popsci.com/story/blogs/eastern-arsenal/beidou-china-gps-gnss/ (31 March 2020) China’s version of GPS is almost complete. Here's what that means.] had been previously postponed.Elizabeth Howell [https://www.space.com/china-postpone-launch-bds-3-satellite-launch.html (16 June 2020) China postpones launch of Beidou global navigation satellite]Adil Brar [https://www.newsweek.com/china-military-satellites-space-tracking-conflict-1898177 (8 May 2024) China's Military Satellites Are Watching America's Every Move] "China has added over 400 satellites in the past two years", 200 with tracking capability. See Restrictions on geographic data in China
5. * Satellite images of 4 June 2021 reveal an estimated 250 additional missile silos under construction near Yumen, China, warn specialists at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.Huizhong Wu and Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press [https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2021/07/30/us-military-warns-china-is-building-more-nuclear-missile-silos/ (30 July 2021) US military warns China is building more nuclear missile silos] By 2024 China had over 500 nuclear warheads.C. Todd Lopez, DOD News [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3910495/with-2-nuclear-armed-strategic-competitors-us-modernization-top-priority/ (18 Sep 2024) With Two Nuclear-Armed Strategic Competitors, U.S. Modernization Top Priority] Summary of Nuclear Triad by Melissa Dalton, UnderSecretary, USAF
6. *The Defense Intelligence Agency projects that China will at least double its nuclear arsenal and that its production capability will be far expanded in the 2020s.James Anderson (31 July 2020) China's troubling nuclear buildup The New York Times Op-Ed p. A25. —James Anderson is Acting undersecretary of defense for policyDean Cheng [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/10/china-calls-for-new-strategic-guidance-at-20th-party-congress/ (28 Oct 2022) China calls for new ‘strategic guidance’ at 20th Party Congress ] in a call for strategic deterrence [standoff] by 2027 Colin Clark [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/06/chinese-nuke-modernization-prompts-shift-in-dod-strategy/ (18 Jun 2021) Chinese Nuke Modernization Prompts Shift In DoD Strategy] cites SIPRI as authorityDANIEL SHATS and PETER W. SINGER [https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2022/10/balance-power-shifting-among-nuclear-energy-titans/378067/ (5 Oct 2022) The Balance of Power Is Shifting Among Nuclear-Energy Titans] RosAtom vs CNNC, CGN
7. *China controls 80% of world rare earth mineral production, and routinely floods this market when other nations attempt to ramp up their own rare earth production.Sun Yu and Demetri Sevastopulo, Financial Times [https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/china-targets-rare-earth-export-curbs-to-hobble-us-defense-industry/ (16 Feb 2021) China targets rare earth export curbs to hobble US defense industry]

• Gabriel Crossley and Min Zhang [https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-says-underpricing-rare-earths-030211176.html (28 Feb 2021) China says domestic competition hurting rare earth prices]Small Wars journal [https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/letter-editor-critical-afghanistan-assessment (14 Aug 2021) Letter to the Editor: Critical Afghanistan Assessment] "Now the rare earth minerals in Afghanistan will fall into the hands of the CCP."Daniel L. Davis [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ8FbzqSlAc (6 Aug 2021): Defense Priorities fellow Daniel Davis BBC to discuss Afghanistan withdrawal]

1. **The tech leaders of China are being enlisted to aid 'Socialism with Chinese characteristics' by pledging part of their wealth to 'common prosperity'.Fergus Ryan [https://warontherocks.com/2021/08/china-takes-on-its-tech-leaders/ (26 Aug 2021) China Takes on Its Tech Leaders] The Cyberspace Administration of China is regulating algorithms on its financial reporting websites which republish foreign financial journalists.Bloomberg [https://slashdot.org/story/21/08/30/1732217/china-to-cleanse-online-content-that-bad-mouths-its-economy (30 Aug 2021) China To Cleanse Online Content That 'Bad-Mouths' Its Economy ]
2. *Chinese cyber groups are attacking Russia, reports Ben Watson.Ben Watson [https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/08/the-d-brief-august-06-2021/184342/ (6 Aug 2021) China is hacking Russia] who cites [https://twitter.com/SamBendett/status/1423304084183031812 Sam Bendet's tweet]Brandi Vincent [https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2022/02/ai-algorithms-could-rapidly-deploy-battlefield-under-new-initiative/361819/ (9 Feb 2022) New Operating System Aims to Speed AI to the Battlefield] China has goal of 2030 for Parity with US on AI —Lt. Gen. Michael Groen, for DoD's Artificial Intelligence and Data Accelerator (AIDA) China is accelerating its timeline to take Taiwan.Mallory Shelbourne [https://news.usni.org/2022/10/19/chinas-accelerated-timeline-to-take-taiwan-pushing-navy-in-the-pacific-says-cno-gilday (19 Oct 2022) China’s Accelerated Timeline to Take Taiwan Pushing Navy in the Pacific, Says CNO Gilday]Lee Hsi-min and Eric Lee [https://thediplomat.com/2020/11/taiwans-overall-defense-concept-explained/ (3 Nov 2020) Taiwan’s Overall Defense Concept, Explained] "The concept’s developer explains the asymmetric approach to Taiwan’s defense".
3. *149 Chinese fighters and bombers swept over Taiwan's Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) 1–4 October 2021.Colin Clark [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/10/149-chinese-fighters-bombers-sweep-across-taiwan-adiz-in-4-days/ (4 Oct 2021) 149 Chinese Fighters, Bombers Sweep Across Taiwan ADIZ In 4 Days]Harry Halem and Eyck Freymann [https://warontherocks.com/2022/04/ukraine-shows-why-taiwan-needs-more-air-defense/ (7 Apr 2022) Ukraine Shows Why Taiwan Needs More Air Defense] options: "transferring air-defense systems to Taiwan, funding Taiwan’s domestic air-defense programs, and deploying American-made integrated air-defense technology" Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/04/three-reasons-why-defense-is-beating-offense-in-ukraine-and-why-it-matters-for-taiwan/ (8 Apr 2022) Three reasons why defense is beating offense in Ukraine – and why it matters for Taiwan] 1) precision-guided firepower 2) sprawling urbanization 3) mass mobilization Taiwan has countered with Civil Air Patrol warnings.Covert Cabal [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqyIKHkSDns (10 Oct 2021) Can Taiwan Stop a Chinese Invasion?]Military Aviation History [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvyLGeEcjgc (4 Feb 2018) Air Superiority 2030 - How America Wants To Retain Dominance] Encapsulates the factors for 2030Mike Yeo [https://www.defensenews.com/global/asia-pacific/2021/10/20/china-shows-off-drones-recycled-from-soviet-era-fighter-jets/ (20 Oct 2021) China shows off drones recycled from Soviet-era fighter jets] J-6=Mig-19 DronesOren Liebermann, CNN [https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/23/politics/us-taiwan-forces-training/index.html (24 Feb 2023) US plans to expand training of Taiwanese forces]Heather Penney [https://mitchellaerospacepower.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Scale_Scope_Speed_Survivability_-KillChain_-Policy_Paper_40-New.pdf (May 2023) Scale, Scope, Speed & Survivability: Winning the Kill Chain Competition] Mitchell Institutem Policy Paper 40 seeks to counter China's Warfighting Strategy of “System Destruction” of "sensor networks, datalinks, C2 architectures, and other nodes"
4. * China is implementing its plan for 2027: Office of Secretary of Defense (3 Nov 2021) "Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China", Annual report to CongressTara Copp [https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/11/china-likely-have-least-1000-nukes-2030-pentagon-estimates/186597/ (3 Nov 2021) China Likely to Have ‘At Least’ 1,000 Nukes by 2030, Pentagon Estimates] CJCS views Taiwan invasion unlikely over next two years.

• Office of Secretary of Defense [https://media.defense.gov/2021/Nov/03/2002885874/-1/-1/0/2021-CMPR-FINAL.PDF (3 Nov 2021) Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China] Annual report to Congress China has been reverse-engineering its purchases of Russian materiel, and selling to Russia's defense customers.THOMAS CORBETT and PETER W. SINGER [https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2023/04/china-eating-russias-lunch-defense-market/384736/ (3 Apr 2023) China Is Eating Russia’s Lunch in the Defense Market]{{rp|38:30}}{{efn|name= speedScopeOfLogisticAid|1= In light of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine which began 24 February 2022, earlier assumptions of the truth of public statements about the situation up to that time were reassessed. The speed of the logistical response of the partners in the NATO alliance when funnelling aid like Bayraktar TB2s to Ukraine is instructive. By 7 April 2022, "the U.S. and allies have provided [Ukraine] 60,000 anti-tank weapons and 25,000 anti-aircraft weapons"—Gen. Mark Milley.Joe Gould [https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2022/04/07/putins-probably-given-up-on-kyiv-as-ukraine-war-enters-new-phase/ (7 April 2022) Putin’s ‘probably given up’ on Kyiv as Ukraine war enters new phase]
• C. Todd Lopez, DOD News [https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2991979/dod-more-javelins-approved-for-ukraine-switchblades-on-their-way/ (6 April 2022) DOD: More Javelins Approved for Ukraine; Switchblades On their Way ]

By 31 October 2022, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine had slowed due to the rainy season.Ben Watson [https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2022/10/the-d-brief-october-28-2022/379042/ (28 Oct 2022) Today's D Brief: Difficult years ahead for Europe; Rain slows Ukraine fight; Pentagon’s strategy trio; US Army’s new training center; And a bit more.] {{rp|minute 8:10}} }}{{efn| name= 24of35InFy2023|Andrew Eversden [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/12/heres-the-armys-24-programs-in-soldiers-hands-by-2023/ (17 Dec 2021) Here's the Army's 24 programs in soldiers’ hands by 2023]

1. Precision Strike Missile (§ PrSM)
2. Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA)
3. Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (§ LRHW)
4. Mid-range capability (§ MRC) missile
5. Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV)
6. Robotic Combat Vehicle (§ RCV)
7. Mobile Protective Firepower (§ MPF)
8. Future Unmanned Aircraft Systems/ Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FUAS)/(FTUAS)Ashley Roque [https://www.janes.com/defence-news/c4isr-command-tech/latest/us-army-picks-aerovironments-jump-20-for-ftuas-increment-1 (22 Aug 2022) US Army picks AeroVironment's Jump 20 for FTUAS Increment 1]
9. Integrated Tactical Network (§ ITN) unified with § echelons above brigade, and the multi-domain task forces
10. Common Operating Environment: Command Post Computing EnvironmentJaspreet Gill [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/01/army-well-on-its-way-to-first-oconus-cloud-in-indo-pacific/ (14 Jan 2022) Army ‘well on its way’ to first OCONUS cloud in Indo-Pacific]/Mounted Computed Environment (CPCE)/(MCE) See Common operational picture
11. Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2)
12. Mounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System (MAPS)Andrew Eversden [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/12/heres-the-armys-24-programs-in-soldiers-hands-by-2023/ (Feb. 2, 2022 at 12:09 PM ET update) Here’s the Army’s 24 programs in soldiers’ hands by 2023] Updated by AFC
13. Dismounted Assured Positioning, Navigation, and Timing System (DAPS)[https://web.archive.org/web/20210730094936/https://peoiews.army.mil/pm-pnt/ Alternative PNT & Area Protection] DAPS
14. Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD) using high-energy lasers
15. Indirect Fires Protection Capability: Iron Dome
16. Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (§ LTAMDS)MDAA [https://missiledefenseadvocacy.org/defense-systems/lower-tier-air-and-missile-defense-sensor-ltamds/ (24 Jul 2020) Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor (LTAMDS)] - Patriot radar replacement
17. Army Integrated Air and Missile Defense (§ IBCS)
18. Directed Energy Maneuver-Short Range Air Defense (DE M-SHORAD)Jen Judson [https://news.yahoo.com/army-readies-deliver-first-set-181848878.html (13 Jan 2022) Army readies to deliver first set of Strykers with 50-kilowatt laser weapons] High energy lasers
19. Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW)
20. Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS)
21. Enhanced Night Vision Goggle – Binocular (ENVG-B)
22. Reconfigurable Virtual Collective Trainer (RVCT) - Synthetic training environment
23. IVAS Squad Immersive Virtual Trainer (SiVT) - Synthetic training environment
24. One World Terrain/ Training Management Tools/ Training Simulation Software (OWT) / (TMT) / (TSS) - Synthetic training environment

[https://web.archive.org/web/20191230055953/https://www.army.mil/e2/downloads/rv7/2019_army_modernization_strategy_final.pdf Grinston, McConville, and McCarthy (2019) 2019 Army Modernization Strategy: Investing in the future] 7 —Figure 3. Current Cross Functional Teams and Signature Efforts{{Cite web|title=Chief of staff: Most signature systems to be fielded by 2023, people still No. 1 |url=https://www.army.mil/article/251126/chief_of_staff_most_signature_systems_to_be_fielded_by_2023_people_still_no_1_priority|access-date=2021-12-15|website=www.army.mil|date=13 October 2021 |language=en}}Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2020/05/army-braces-for-post-covid-cuts-gen-murray (20 May 2020) Army Braces For Post-COVID Cuts: Gen. Murray ] 34 Signature Programs: 31 in Futures Command, 3 in RCCTO

MG Cedric T. Wins [https://asc.army.mil/web/news-alt-jfm19-rdecoms-road-map-to-modernizing-the-army-next-generation-combat-vehicle/ (5 Dec 2018) RDECOM’S ROAD MAP TO MODERNIZING THE ARMY: NEXT GENERATION COMBAT VEHICLE] MODULAR ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEMS. Second in a series.

}}{{efn|name= waypointsToMDO| In Future Vertical Lift, FARA and FLRAA are projected to be prototyped by 2028, with fielding by 2030.Jen Judson [https://www.defensenews.com/land/2019/04/04/us-army-plans-to-field-a-future-long-range-assault-helicopter-by-2030/ (4 April 2019) US Army plans to field a future long-range assault helicopter by 2030] FLRAA

• RFI posted on the Federal Business Opportunities, 4 April
• Contract award: fourth quarter of FY21
• preliminary design review (PDR) second quarter of FY23
• first flight in the third quarter of FY24
• critical design review (CDR) in the fourth quarter of FY24
• fielding to first unit in second quarter of FY30Steve Trimble [https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/us-army-upgrades-vision-future-vertical-lift-programs (24 July 2020) U.S. Army Upgrades Vision For Future Vertical Lift Programs] The OMFV prototype is projected for 2025.Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2020/02/omfv-army-seeks-industry-advice-on-bradley-replacement/ (10 April 2020) Army Revamps OMFV Bradley Replacement For Russian Front ] OMFV digital designs by 2023, prototypes by 2025, operational by 2028
• OMFV [https://beta.sam.gov/opp/9f5bdc9e53bf49fb85a1dfbccc3c6730/view?keywords=omfv&sort=-relevance&index=&is_active=true&page=1 OPTIONALLY MANNED FIGHTING VEHICLE (OMFV) INDUSTRY DAY & PROGRAM QUESTIONS (9-April-2020)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071016/https://beta.sam.gov/opp/9f5bdc9e53bf49fb85a1dfbccc3c6730/view?keywords=omfv&sort=-relevance&index=&is_active=true&page=1 |date=17 April 2020 }} 14 pages
• Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/03/a-war-with-china-would-spread-to-land-says-army-tanker/ (11 Mar 2021) A War With China Would Spread To Land, Says Army Tanker] }}

1. **{{anchor|lockdownCovid2022}} By November 2022 a strict zero-Covid lockdown policy instituted in 2020 had led to 2022 COVID-19 protests in China; China then allowed use of a locally-developed mRNA vaccine (2 December 2022), in lieu of lockdowns.Brian Yang [https://scrip.pharmaintelligence.informa.com/SC147467/China-Set-To-Green-Light-First-mRNA-Vaccine (2 December 2022) China Set To Green-Light First mRNA Vaccine]Rebecca Cohen, Morgan McFall-Johnsen, and Paola Rosa-Aquino [https://www.businessinsider.com/china-wont-use-western-covid-19-vaccines-protests-2022-11 (29 Nov 2022) China's refusal to use Western COVID-19 vaccines is making its protest problems even worse]Bloomberg [https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-china-cities-ease-curbs-041834787.html (4 Dec 2022) China's Covid Pivot Accelerates as Cities Ease Testing Rules]
2. {{anchor|india}}India: faces Pakistan;Deutsche Welle DW News [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-3yoZvOQmo (16 Aug 2021) Taliban back in power: What does it mean for the Indo-Pacific region?] Pakistan can be supplied with Turkey's drones (such as the Bayraktar TB2), which were used with great effect by Azerbaijan against Armenian tanks and Armenian air defenseThe Print Team [https://theprint.in/opinion/how-drones-helped-azerbaijan-defeat-armenia-and-the-implications-for-future-modern-warfare/544668/ (14 Nov 2020) How drones helped Azerbaijan defeat Armenia, and the implications for future modern warfare] during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. In 2010 China deployed 11,000 troops in Gilgit, near Kashmir.Indian Express [http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/china-deploys-11-000-troops-in-gilgit-area-in-occupied-kashmir/673770 (28 Aug 2010) China deploys 11,000 troops in Gilgit area in Occupied Kashmir]
3. *Japan and India have agreed to enhance their bilateral defense cooperation (9 September 2022).Press Trust of India [https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/india-japan-to-enhance-defence-ties-to-bolster-their-strategic-partnership-122090800957_1.html (9 Sep 2022) India, Japan to enhance defence ties to bolster their strategic partnership]
4. {{anchor|japan}}Japan: faces North Korea;Daishi Abe and Rieko Miki

[https://asia.nikkei.com/Editor-s-Picks/Interview/Japan-wants-de-facto-Six-Eyes-intelligence-status-defense-chief (14 Aug 2020) Japan wants de facto 'Six Eyes' intelligence status: defense chief]

• Masay Kato [https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-s-deeper-ties-with-Five-Eyes-hinge-on-how-it-keeps-secrets (13 Aug 2020) Japan's deeper ties with Five Eyes hinge on how it keeps secrets] Japan has expressed interest in developing its own F-X fighter program;Brian Burton [https://warontherocks.com/2021/06/as-allies-design-fighter-aircraft-the-united-states-faces-a-decision/ (28 Jun 2021) As Allies Design Fighter Aircraft, The United States Faces a Decision] Brian Burton notes that interoperable materiel is needed for allies and partners of the US, and that the US could constructively influence Japan's impending 20-year development effort with lessons learned from UAVs and air defense, for example. On 26 December 2019, at Putin's annual news conference with foreign media, Hirofumi Sugizaki, a Japanese journalist asked about the end of the INF Treaty and the cooperation of Russia and China on an anti-missile system. Putin characterized the anti-missile system as defensive, and the relation of US and Russia as a 'draw' (ヒキワケ—hikiwake).[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba6hfm9GwG8 Russia Insight (26 December 2019) Putin Stunned By Words Of Japanese Journalist: What Are You Talking About!?] Video clip: 6:51Colin Clark [https://breakingdefense.com/2021/07/sense-of-crisis-on-china-taiwan-japan-defense-white-paper/ (15 Jul 2021) 'Sense Of Crisis' On China-Taiwan: Japan Defense White Paper] Japan draws closer to TaiwanZack Cooper and Eric Sayers [https://warontherocks.com/2023/01/japans-shift-to-war-footing/ (12 Jan 2023) JAPAN’S SHIFT TO WAR FOOTING] '2+2 Meeting' of defense/state us/japan bilateral agreements Mike Rogers [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/03/china-is-watching-ukraine-closely-the-us-should-watch-china/ (4 Mar 2022) China is watching Ukraine closely, the US should watch China]Allegra Goodwin CNN in London [https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-11-14-22/index.html (14 Nov 2022) Russia becoming a "pariah state," British PM Sunak says as he attends G20 summit] UK Prime Minister "Sunak said it was 'telling' that Putin would not attend" G20 in Indonesia, in light of the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine.
• Mark Galleoti [https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/opinions/after-putin-power-health-regime-galeotti/index.html (11 Nov 2022) Opinion: Putin can cling on to power, but his legend is dead] "Multiple security forces balance each other: in Moscow, for example, the military garrison, a special division of the National Guard and the Kremlin Regiment, all report to different chains of command. The Federal Security Service watches all three – and the Federal Protection Service in turn watch them".
• Simone McCarthy, CNN [https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/18/asia/asia-summits-apec-russia-vladimir-putin-bangkok-thailand-intl-hnk/index.html (18 Nov 2022) World leaders met all week to address global issues. Putin appears to no longer have a seat at the table] "Putin ... is increasingly isolated".CNN [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m313YnbWU1U (16 November 2022) Pentagon gives update after missile hits Poland] 4 hour Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting with 50 nations 47:21 Japan will compensate companies for not disclosing patents with military applications.Reuters [https://www.yahoo.com/news/japan-pay-companies-keep-sensitive-204158588.html (25 Dec 2021) Japan to pay companies to keep sensitive patents secret- Nikkei] In a Joint test, Japan's Cooperative Engagement Capability allowed JS Maya to detect and track a ballistic missile; JS Haguro shot it down.Mike Yeo [https://www.defensenews.com/battlefield-tech/2022/11/22/japanese-destroyers-intercept-ballistic-missiles-in-tests-with-us-navy/ (22 Nov 2022) Japanese destroyers intercept ballistic missiles in tests with US Navy]

The Texas National Security Review projects five scenarios for the global economy:Aaron L. Friedberg [https://tnsr.org/2022/01/the-growing-rivalry-between-america-and-china-and-the-future-of-globalization/ (Winter 2021/2022) The Growing Rivalry Between America and China and the Future of Globalization]

1. Reglobalization as in the 1980s
2. Deglobalization away from the trends of the 2000sThe Changing Order [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atCXhFiveeg (9 Feb 2022) —Peter Zeihan: How Deglobalization Works, Full Webinar] video 58:24FORECAST INTERNATIONAL STAFF, FORECAST INTERNATIONAL [https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2024/04/global-defense-spending-annual-snapshot-part-1/395853/ (18 Apr 2024) Global defense spending jumped in 2023]
3. Globalization with Chinese characteristics
4. Regional blocs with partially closed tradingMichael Kofman [https://frivarld.se/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Drivers-of-Russian-Grand-Strategy.pdf (Apr 2019) Drivers of Russian Grand Strategy]{{efn|name= deglobalization |1= In the view of Larry Fink, the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the disruption of their supply chains show that companies and governments in regional blocs will have "to reevaluate their dependencies and reanalyze their manufacturing and assembly footprints".Anna Cooban [https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/24/business/blackrock-globalization/index.html (24 March 2022) BlackRock says Russia’s war in Ukraine is the end of globalization] }}Akhil Ramesh [https://thehill.com/opinion/international/3262514-are-we-witnessing-the-beginning-of-de-dollarization/ ( Are we witnessing the beginning of de-dollarization?] {{efn|name= deglobalizationInNextDecades |1= Peter Zeihan's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_QvRX41Las (16 Mar 2022) prediction over the next few decades: End of globalization, breakdown into regional blocs]JackCarrUSA video 1:01:50 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_QvRX41Las Peter Zeihan (June 2022): The End of the World Is Just the Beginning] hardcoverChina Observer [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBGrprepVFM (12 Aug 2023) No Orders From US & EU, No Money to Pay Salaries, China Faced Its Worst Manufacturing Year in 2023]

• Zeihan on Geopolitics [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9-wfHgjTB8 (10 Aug 2023) The Chinese Slide Into Deflation (The Final Straw?)]}}Caspian Report [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzCoJXxb5xI (14 Jun 2022) How Russia could collapse (again)] Local republics could blockade other republics of the Federation to preserve local stability, which appears to be the choice of the people.Clare Sebastian, CNN [https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/28/business/russia-economy-ukraine-six-months/index.html (28 Aug 2022) 'Slower burn.' Russia dodges economic collapse but the decline has started] Russia now selling oil to Asia, six months after sanctions by West.

1. Shared strategic interests and common political values, which Friedberg judges will be the choice of the Western bloc and its direction for power projection.{{efn|name= regionalBlocEu }}

{{Main|Hard power}}

Examples of hard power projection include:

• {{anchor|symbolicDeployment}} Showing the flag: the symbolic deployment of military forces to a region for the purposes of demonstrating political interest, resolve, or willingness to take more forceful military action.
• {{anchor|diplomacyDeterrence}} Compulsion/deterrence: the use of the threat of military force against another state to either induce it into or dissuade it from pursuing a given policy. In this form, power projection acts as a diplomatic tool, attempting to influence the decision-making process of foreign actors.[https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/01/26/russia-ukraine-putin-experts-00000019 (26 Jan 2022) Will There Be a War Over Ukraine? 13 Putin Watchers Weigh In]David M. Herszenhorn and Paul McLeary [https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-iron-general-hero-hes-083000614.html (8 Apr 2022) Ukraine’s 'iron general' is a hero, but he's no star] ala SoFSebastian Sprenger [https://news.yahoo.com/ukraine-uk-poland-announce-security-212021540.html (17 Feb 2022) Ukraine, UK, Poland announce security pact amid heightened tensions]Jaroslaw Adamowski [https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2021/07/09/poland-could-purchase-m1-abrams-tanks-from-us/ (9 Jul 2021) Poland could purchase M1 Abrams tanks from US] 250 M1A2 SEPv3s, + dozen tracked vehicles, purchase confirmed [https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/07/14/polish-defence-ministry-confirms-plan-to-buy-m1-abrams-tanks/ 14 July 2021 ]
• John Vandiver [https://www.stripes.com/theaters/europe/2022-02-18/tanks-poland-united-states-defense-5067639.html (18 Feb 2022) US will sell Poland tanks to bolster NATO defense]
• Paul McLeary [https://news.yahoo.com/mr-putin-did-not-want-133913427.html (18 Feb 2022) ‘What Mr. Putin did not want’: U.S. approves $6B tank deal with Poland] State Department approval, so the tanks are not yet available for shipment from Vendor

Douglas London, Foreign Affairs [https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2022-04-11/shadow-war-against-putin (11 Apr 2022) A Shadow War Against Putin] See Power projection#Gray zone competition for context

• {{anchor|punitiveForce}} Punishment: the punitive use of force against another state in response to their pursuit of a given policy.{{efn|name= deglobalization}}
• {{anchor|armedIntervention}} Armed intervention: the movement of military forces into another nation's territory for the purposes of influencing the internal affairs of the target country short of outright conquest.Leaders: [https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/01/29/a-war-in-ukraine-could-have-global-consequences (29 Jan 2022) A war in Ukraine could have global consequences] "The likelihood of China invading Taiwan would surely rise."Anna Nemtsova [https://www.yahoo.com/news/putin-lost-us-city-russian-204500815.html (28 Jan 2022) ‘Putin Lost Us’: A City of Russian-Speaking Ukrainians Is Vowing To Fight Moscow’s Aggression]Ivana Kottasová, Tamara Qiblawi and Helen Regan [https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/21/europe/russia-ukraine-tensions-monday-intl/index.html (22 Feb 2022) Putin orders troops into pro-Russian regions of eastern Ukraine]Sergey Radchenko [https://warontherocks.com/2022/02/moscow-musings-on-brinksmanship-from-stalin-to-putin/ (22 Feb 2022) MOSCOW MUSINGS ON BRINKSMANSHIP FROM STALIN TO PUTIN]
• {{anchor|forcibleEntryInvasion}} Conquest: the offensive use of military assets to forcibly occupy territory controlled or claimed by another state.CaspianReport [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNIU6TRsRzk (29 Jan 2022) What a Russian assault on Ukraine would look like] video clip 14:41Sam LaGrone [https://news.usni.org/2022/02/08/six-ship-russian-navy-amphibious-group-attack-sub-approach-black-sea-as-warships-mass-in-the-mediterranean (8 Feb 2022) UPDATED: Russian Navy Amphibious Group Enters Black Sea as Warships Mass in the Mediterranean]Liudas Dapkus and Dasha Litvinova [https://www.militarytimes.com/flashpoints/ukraine/2022/02/19/russia-uncoiling-and-poised-to-strike-says-us-defense-secretary/ (19 Feb 2022) Russia ‘uncoiling and poised to strike’ says US defense secretary]Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds [https://static.rusi.org/special-report-202204-operation-z-web.pdf (22 Apr 2022) Operation Z: The Death Throes of an Imperial Delusion] 26 pagesReuben Johnson [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/05/russian-attempts-to-restock-its-military-may-be-doomed-to-failure/ (19 May 2022) Russian attempts to restock its military may be doomed to failure]Kyle Mizokami [https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/a38873856/russia-ukraine-conflict-warning-signs/ (27 Jan 2022) Russia Won't Start a War With Ukraine Out of the Blue. Look For These 8 Warning Signs.]

1. Fuel and Ammunition Stockpiles
2. Cyberwarfare
3. GPS Jamming, Spoofing
4. Attack submarine sorties
5. Electronic warfare
6. Social media blackout
7. Little green men Events
8. Drone reconnaissanceJeremy Herb, Katie Bo Lillis, Barbara Starr and Sean Lyngaas, CNN [https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/10/politics/ukraine-russia-invasion-signs/index.html (10 February 2022) What the US is watching that could signal Russia is launching an invasion of Ukraine]Phil Stewart and Humeyra Pamuk, Reuters [https://news.yahoo.com/russian-forces-70-level-needed-204542600.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall (5 Feb 2022) Russian forces at 70% of level needed for full Ukraine invasion - U.S. officials] In 2022 Michael Kofman projected that a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be eastward via Donbas, northward from Crimea, and up the Dnieper river to encircle Ukraine's capital Kyiv,Michael Kofman [https://warontherocks.com/2022/01/putins-wager-in-russias-standoff-with-the-west/ (24 Jan 2022) Putin's Wager in Russia's Standoff With the West]Karen DeYoung, Dan Lamothe, John Hudson and Shane Harris. The Washington Post [https://www.pressherald.com/2022/02/05/russia-could-invade-ukraine-within-days-causing-up-to-50000-civilian-deaths-u-s-intelligence-assessments-find/ (5 Feb 2022) Russia could invade Ukraine within days, causing up to 50,000 civilian deaths, U.S. intelligence assessments find] with a political takeover of Ukraine a likely objective of Russian leadership.The New York Times [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/world/europe/ukraine-maps.html (24 Feb 2022) Maps: Tracking the Russian Invasion of Ukraine]Daniel Treisman [https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/opinions/putin-russia-ukraine-plan-donbas-treisman/index.html (22 Feb 2022) Putin isn't likely to stop here]Paul Kirby [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56720589 (23 Feb 2022) Why is Russia ordering troops into Ukraine and what does Putin want?]Reuters [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-starts-drafting-reservists-aged-18-60-after-presidents-order-2022-02-23/ (23 Feb 2022) Ukraine starts drafting reservists aged 18-60 after president's order]Jake Harrington and Riley McCabe [https://warontherocks.com/2022/02/keeping-pace-in-the-gray-zone-recommendations-for-the-u-s-intelligence-community/ (1 Feb 2022) Keeping Pace in the Gray ZOne: Three Recommendations for the U.S. Intelligence Community]Michael Kofman [https://www.economist.com/by-invitation/2022/02/23/michael-kofman-an-expert-on-russias-armed-forces-explains-why-the-kremlin-will-seek-regime-change-in-ukraine (23 Feb 2022) Michael Kofman, an expert on Russia’s armed forces, explains why the Kremlin will seek regime change in Ukraine] However, in lieu of a political takeover, a decapitation strike is a possible tactic.Valerie Insinna [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/02/russia-aiming-to-decapitate-ukrainian-government-us-official/ (24 Feb 2022) Russia aiming to ‘decapitate’ Ukrainian government: US official]Valerie Insinna [https://breakingdefense.com/2022/03/top-american-generals-on-three-key-lessons-learned-from-ukraine/ (11 March 2022 at 12:35 PM) Top American generals on three key lessons learned from Ukraine] Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger, Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville, and Air Combat Command head Gen. Mark Kelly: 1) Humble “Legacy” Technology Can Still Play a Role Against a Sophisticated Adversary, 2) The Human Element (Still) Matters, and 3) Logistics Are Not OptionalSky News [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYaohCWtyyA (28 Apr 2022) Can Russia be pushed out of Ukraine entirely?] Retired Air Vice Marshal Sean Bell 2:25/4:08 use 155mm howitzers, coupled with counterfire radar (i.e. TPQ-53) against Russian artilleryRob Picheta [https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/29/europe/russia-ukraine-global-implications-cmd-intl/index.html (29 Jan 2022) How a Russian invasion of Ukraine would reverberate around the world]Frontline (Mar 15, 2022) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsfUiTJv2lE Putin's Road to War (full documentary) ] 53:18 Alexander Vindman has projected a path for Ukraine to retake Crimea.Francis P. Sempa [https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2023/02/07/alexander_vindman_and_the_road_to_world_war_iii_880075.html (7 Feb 2023) Alexander Vindman and the Road to World War III] By 5 April 2023 Ukraine signalled that it might entertain talks with Russia if the Ukrainian counteroffensive reached the border of Crimea.Christopher Miller in Kyiv and Felicia Schwartz in Washington [https://www.ft.com/content/d68b4007-4ddf-4320-b29a-f2eee2662d6e (5 Apr 2023) Ukraine 'ready' to talk to Russia on Crimea if counteroffensive succeeds] Barry Rosenberg [https://breakingdefense.com/2023/07/three-to-five-years-from-now-is-the-danger-time-when-the-us-could-face-both-china-and-russia/ (20 July 2023) 3-to-5 years from now is the danger time when the US could face both China and Russia] Justin Bronk RUSI(UK) US/Europe power projection

• Blue-water navy
• Green-water navy
• Exercise RIMPAC
• Expeditionary maneuver warfare
• Expeditionary warfare
• Force concentration
• Force multiplication
• List of countries by military expenditures
• List of countries with overseas military bases
• Loss of Strength Gradient
• Military budget of the United States
• Military deployment
• Military globalization
• Military logistics
• Overmatch
• Over-the-beach capability
• Seabasing
• Sovereignty
• Unsinkable aircraft carrier

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• [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/100-10-1/ch1.htm US Army Field Manual 100-10 Chapter 1: Power Projection]
• [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/policy/army/fm/100-7/f1007_11.htm#REF53h2 US Army Field Manual 100-7 Chapter 6: Force Projection]

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