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Torchlight

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9. Other than "fly over there and shoot that", Russia doesn't really have an air doctrine

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 12:38 PM

Oct 17

Russia views airpower primarily as an extension of artillery and maneuver units. They have an overreliance on non-guided munitions and piss-poor battlefield integration. They had a golden opportunity to achieve air dominance in the first six weeks of their war but never practiced the integration of all command levels to pull it off. Their air force is about as quote-unquote dominant as their Black Sea fleet is.

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