… Exploring the Operational Environment
“Russia’s vast arsenal of non-strategic nuclear weapons helps it to offset Western conventional superiority and provide formidable escalation management options in theater war scenarios.” — Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community, March 2025 [Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist and the TRADOC G-2 continue to benefit from an enduring and successful record of collaboration …
[Editor’s Note: Last November, Army Mad Scientist’s The Convergence podcast interviewed a panel of four world class Russian military subject matter experts (SMEs) to discuss How Russia Fights. Now, almost five months into Russia’s “Special Military Operation” in Ukraine, Army Mad Scientist revisits this topic to explore what we’ve learned with returning panelists Ian Sullivan, …
[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist welcomes back returning guest blogger Dr. Jacob Barton with today’s insightful post, exploring how Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine could affect Russian military modernization, given its extensive munitions expenditures and combat losses, the international trade sanctions that have been implemented, and the resultant economic constraints. Will this conflict so …
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[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist hits another milestone with today’s 400th post, featuring an insightful guest submission by Kate Kilgore — the first in a series of posts addressing what the on-going conflict in Ukraine can tell us about the Operational Environment (OE) and the changing character of warfare. Today’s post explores three sign posts …
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[Editor’s Note: Army Mad Scientist is pleased to feature our latest episode of The Convergence podcast, introducing our new series — How They Fight. This first episode features Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from the TRADOC G-2, Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, CNA, and Center for a New American Security discussing How Russia …