On development of mine warfare countermeasures.

From: Military Thought | Date: January 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

A recent wave of local conflicts and violent clashes in the world has contributed greatly to widening the experience in engineering support of troops in action. The most typical military conflicts where Soviet and Russian troops were engaged include combat operations of the limited contingent of the Soviet troops in Afghanistan (LCST), peacekeeping operations in Abkhazia and Bosnia, operations of the federal forces to guard the constitutional order in the Chechen Republic.

Our military theory used to somewhat underestimate the specific character of combat operations in war ...

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