Russia's Hybrid Warfare Playbook - [link to usacac.army.mil (secure)]

- Smaller, more flexible military units
- Local proxies to do the brunt of the fighting - i.e. the "separatists" in Ukraine, and potentially the Chinese in Southeast Asia
- Cyberwarfare and information operations for offensive ends. Not just hacking, but influencing...
- Massed artillery to destroy enemy formations
- Lots of snipers
- Anti-access/area-denial weapons to target Western forces’ air and logistical support
- Electronic warfare threatens US/NATO dependence on communications and sensors

Here's a US Study of these Russian strategies from the Asymmetric Warfare Group (UNCLASS)- [link to info.publicintelligence.net (secure)]

We (Western Allies) haven't been doing all that well against hillbilly goatfucker guerrillas, so how well will we go against a modern, well equipped conventional force using a combo of unconventional and conventional warfare tactics?