Examples include the machine gun from World War I, blitzkrieg from World War II, long-range precision missile fires from Desert Storm, and communications and network-centric warfare. Furthermore, those changes compel an accelerated adaptation of novel battlefield doctrines and strategies. When change fundamentally reshapes how we fight, it is known as an RMA - a hypothesis in military theory about the future of warfare, often connected to technological and organizational recommendations for military reform.īroadly stated, RMA claims in certain periods of the history there were new military doctrines, strategies, tactics and technologies that led to irrecoverable changes in the conduct of warfare. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus of Ephesus introduced us to the reality that “change is the only constant.” That applies to warfare as well, from tactics and strategy to weapons systems and protective equipment. Ukrainian resiliency and Russian ineptness aside, are we witnessing a revolution in military affairs (RMA) moment? As the combat continues, the Ukraine Defense Ministry recently reported they have inflicted 34,430 casualties and destroyed 1,504 tanks, 3,632 armored personnel carriers, 756 artillery pieces, 240 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems, 216 aircraft and 183 helicopters. These defensive weapons, supplied by the United States and NATO, are dramatically altering the battlefield and providing a much-needed shot in the arm to a president in Kyiv unwilling to “take a ride.” Ukraine has marginalized the once vaunted Russian War Machine. Neither composite armor, explosive reactive armor, nor countermeasure suites have been effective against the modern weapon systems designed to destroy them. Their turrets litter the Ukraine landscape. Russian tanks - the much-heralded T-72, T-80 and T-90 - are no match for the Javelin, Next-generation Light Anti-tank Weapon (NLAW), Baykar Bayraktar TB2 and Switchblade drones. President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Ukrainian warriors have unleashed a “ Red Dawn”-like response against Russian troop advances in nearly every part of the country.
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