Open AccessVision Impossible? Some Aspects of the Current Russian Debates about the Military Sciences
Author(s) -
Niklas Eklund
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal on baltic security./journal on baltic security
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2382-9230
pISSN - 2382-9222
DOI - 10.1515/jobs-2016-0015
Subject(s) - military theory , doctrine , military doctrine , action (physics) , military science , military terminology , epistemology , revolution in military affairs , conceptual framework , political science , sociology , law , engineering ethics , law and economics , military sociology , engineering , philosophy , military operations other than war , physics , spanish civil war , quantum mechanics
In 21 st century military theory and doctrine, it is common to subdivide military capability into conceptual, physical and moral components. At least in theory, it follows that conceptual capability should be regarded as the crucial link between the physical and moral capabilities of a given military actor, as it concerns the ability of the actor to operationalise ideas about how to conduct modem warfare. Conceptual military capability can thus be defined as the sum of an actor’s military knowhow, scientific capacity and doctrine, which defines the expected ability of an actor to uphold an efficient language of military action, distribution and command.