{"id":558,"date":"2009-05-11T07:21:29","date_gmt":"2009-05-11T14:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/?p=558"},"modified":"2011-01-20T15:16:11","modified_gmt":"2011-01-20T12:16:11","slug":"russias-chechen-wars-1994-2000-lessons-from-the-urban-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waynakh.com\/eng\/2009\/05\/russias-chechen-wars-1994-2000-lessons-from-the-urban-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia’s Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from the Urban Combat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russia’s Chechen Wars 1994-2000: Lessons from the Urban Combat<\/strong>
\nWriter:<\/strong> Olga Oliker
\nPublisher:<\/strong> RAND Corporation (November 25, 2001)
\nISBN-10: 0833029983
\nISBN-13: 978-0833029980
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\nProduct Description<\/p>\n

An examination of the difficulties faced by the Russian military in planningand carrying out urban operations in Chechnya.Russian and rebel military forces fought to control the Chechen city ofGrozny in the winters of 1994-1995 and 1999-2000, as well as clashing insmaller towns and villages. The author examines both Russian and rebeltactics and operations in those battles, focusing on how and why thecombatants’ approaches changed over time. The study concludes that whilethe Russian military was able to significantly improve its ability to carryout a number of key tasks in the five-year interval between the wars, otherimportant missions–particularly in the urban realm–were ignored, largelyin the belief that the urban mission could be avoided. This consciousdecision not to prepare for a most stressful battlefield met withdevastating results, a lesson the United States would be well served tostudy.<\/div>\n

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\nFrom the Publisher<\/p>\n

Officials responsible for range and airspace management atHeadquarters Air Combat Command (ACC) asked RAND’s ProjectAIR FORCE to undertake a study that would improve the collection,evaluation, analysis, and presentation of the information needed tolink training requirements to their associated airspace and rangeinfrastructure requirements and to evaluate the existinginfrastructure. This study was conducted initially in Project AIRFORCE’s Resource Management Program. The work shifted to theManpower, Personnel, and Training Program when it was formed in1999.This report provides findings regarding the adequacy of ACC’s rangeand airspace infrastructure as revealed through use of an analyticstructure and database assembled by RAND. A companion volume(A Decision Support System for Evaluating Ranges and Airspace,MR-1286\/1-AF) provides information on construction, use, andmaintenance of the database.PROJECT AIR FORCEProject AIR FORCE, a division of RAND, is the Air Force federallyfunded research and development center (FFRDC) for studies andanalyses. It provides the Air Force with independent analyses ofpolicy alternatives affecting the development, employment, combatreadiness, and support of current and future aerospace forces.Research is performed in four programs: Aerospace Force Develop-ment;Manpower, Personnel, and Training; Resource Management;and Strategy and Doctrine.<\/p>\n