Protection Keeps Maneuver Fighting

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The article argues that armies conducting prolonged operations need to protect command posts, supply routes, air defenses, and maintenance systems from persistent attacks. It contrasts Ukraine’s sustained defenses over four years with Armenia’s loss of comparable capabilities within three weeks in 2020, emphasizing protection planning and redundancy.

Abstract Operational campaigns lasting weeks or months require armies to keep fighting under constant enemy attack. Ukraine protected its command posts, supply lines, air defense, and maintenance capacity across four years of sustained defense. Armenia lost those same systems within three weeks in 2020. Commanders who estimate protection requirements, plan the shift from breakthrough to sustained operations, and build redundancy … Read more The post Protection Keeps Maneuver Fighting appeared first on Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University.