According to Janis Berzins, ten “guidelines for the development of Russia’s military capabilities” can be discussed in the framework of a part of the decisive combined war approach:
- 1- From direct destruction to direct penetration;
- 2- From the direct destruction of the opponent to its internal deterioration;
- 3- From war with weapons and technology to cultural war;
- 4- From war with conventional forces to forces ready for special operations and irregular private groups;
- 5- From the traditional battlefield (3D) to the informational, psychological and perceptual war;
- 6- From direct contact to non-contact warfare;
- 7- From an apparent and hidden war to a full-scale war, including the enemy’s faction and internal bases;
- 8- From the war in the physical environment to the war in the human mind and virtual space;
- 9- From symmetric war to asymmetric war with a combination of political, economic, informational, technological and environmental struggles;
- 10- From the war in a certain period of time to the state of permanent war within the framework of natural conditions and national life.
