Sea Control in the Arctic: A Soviet Perspective
In the Punic Wars, Hannibal surprised and strategically dislocated the Roman legions by attacking them with his war elephants as he made his way across what had been considered to be an insurmountable geographical barrier, the Alps. In a similar fashion, recent developments in Soviet Arctic mobility...
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ftusnavalcollir:oai:digital-commons.usnwc.edu:nwc-review-4122 2023-05-15T14:33:42+02:00 Sea Control in the Arctic: A Soviet Perspective Orr, David W. Egan, Dennis M. 2018-05-17T00:59:30Z application/pdf https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol41/iss1/6 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4122&context=nwc-review unknown U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/nwc-review/vol41/iss1/6 https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4122&context=nwc-review Naval War College Review winter 1988 review sea control arctic soviet text 2018 ftusnavalcollir 2022-02-13T17:12:08Z In the Punic Wars, Hannibal surprised and strategically dislocated the Roman legions by attacking them with his war elephants as he made his way across what had been considered to be an insurmountable geographical barrier, the Alps. In a similar fashion, recent developments in Soviet Arctic mobility and logistics give the Soviets the capability to inflict strategic surprise on the West. Although there is no evidence that the Soviets intend to implement the strategic plans or concepts of operations discussed here, they do possess substantial capabilities in the Arctic which could threaten the United States and Canada. U.S. and Canadian strategists must consider these capabilities in determining our territorial defense plans and our Arctic defense forces. Text Arctic U.S. Naval War College Digital Commons Arctic Canada |
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In the Punic Wars, Hannibal surprised and strategically dislocated the Roman legions by attacking them with his war elephants as he made his way across what had been considered to be an insurmountable geographical barrier, the Alps. In a similar fashion, recent developments in Soviet Arctic mobility and logistics give the Soviets the capability to inflict strategic surprise on the West. Although there is no evidence that the Soviets intend to implement the strategic plans or concepts of operations discussed here, they do possess substantial capabilities in the Arctic which could threaten the United States and Canada. U.S. and Canadian strategists must consider these capabilities in determining our territorial defense plans and our Arctic defense forces. |
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