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Russian Spetsnaz will be key to future destabilisation

Monday, March 16, 2015

Russian Spetsnaz will form core to future professionalised military and would be vanguard of any Baltic destabilisation

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  • NATO comparison
  • Many roles
  • Change of fortune
  • Multi-method warfare
  • Spetsnaz in Ukraine
  • Prospects
  • Implications

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