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{{Anchor|Expeditionary warfare}}

{{Anchor|Expeditionary warfare}}

Russian military doctrine differs markedly from American military doctrine, specifically in ground warfare. While the United States has a powerful navy and air force, the U.S. ground forces are an [[expeditionary force]] organized for expeditionary warfare to achieve a specific objective in a limited geographical area in foreign territories.<ref>The United States expeditionary forces have not faced a peer competitor on the battlefield since the stalemated [[Korean War]] of 1950-1953.</ref> By contrast, while Russia has a very small navy and adequate air force (coupled with superior air defense systems), Russian ground forces are a [[continental force]] organized for continental warfare and defense in geographically vast theaters, in wars with unlimited political objectives (i.e., to totally destroy or overthrow an invading force).<ref>https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/what-expeditionary-force-no-really-what-it#</ref>

Russian military doctrine differs markedly from American military doctrine, specifically in ground warfare. While the United States has a powerful navy and air force, the U.S. ground forces are an [[expeditionary force]] organized for expeditionary warfare to achieve a specific objective in a limited geographical area in foreign territories.<ref>The United States expeditionary forces have not faced a peer competitor on the battlefield since the stalemated [[Korean War]] of 1950-1953.</ref> By contrast, while Russia has a very small navy and adequate air force (coupled with superior air defense systems), Russian ground forces are a [[continental force]] organized for continental warfare and defense in geographically vast theaters, in wars with unlimited political objectives (i.e., to totally destroy or overthrow an invading force).<ref>https://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/what-expeditionary-force-no-really-what-it#</ref> Under Russian doctrine, which is very different from [[American]] and [[Western alliance]] [[military]] doctrine, Russia fights "[[wars of attrition]]" to grind an enemy down before taking large amounts territory—and are [[fact]]s well known to [[NATO]] [[military]] leader Supreme Commander of the German Army Lieutenant-General Alfons Mais, who tried to warn [[NATO]] allies: "Russian resources, like the resources of the Russian army, are practically inexhaustible...Many underestimate the Russian Armed Forces...This cannot be done".<ref>https://en.topwar.ru/199257-general-bundesvera-resursy-rossii-i-rossijskoj-armii-prakticheski-neischerpaemy.html</ref>

====Article 13====

====Article 13====