The Integrated Review and Theatre Entry: It's all about the deep battle. - Puzzle Palace

"iven such evidence, there is an argument that theatre entry is not a separate role for the contemporary conflict environment – certainly not as historically imagined. The narratives around large, heavy formations driving through a competitor’s countryside are all but gone. Even high intensity conflict (as seen in, for example, the British Army’s quite excellent Conceptual Force Land 2035), is not imagined in these terms. Thus, one might wonder why theatre entry is still seen as a basic building block: A lodgement or port to offload large quantities of platforms does not seem to relate to the way anyone is imagining future conflict."