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(AP Photo by RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, of the Russian Presidential Press Service)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Armed
Forces, observe military exercises 17 July 2013 near Baikal Lake in Russia. The military maneuvers were the largest since Soviet times,
involving about 160,000 troops and 5,000 tanks across Siberia and the far eastern region of Russia.

The Value of Science Is
in the Foresight
New Challenges Demand
Rethinking the Forms and
Methods of Carrying out
Combat Operations

General of the Army Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the
Russian Federation Armed Forces
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