'Urban warfare is unavoidable,' US general fears
Story by Joel Gehrke • Yesterday 7:13 PM
Russia’s war in Ukraine suggests that “urban warfare is unavoidable," according to a senior U.S. general tasked with prepare the U.S. Army for potential future wars.
“I think the enemy is going to move to the cities to avoid classification as a target,” Gen. James E. Rainey, who leads the U.S. Army Futures Command, said Friday at the Center for a New American Security. “We need to wrap our head around that.”
That prospect will present a dilemma for U.S. military planners. They will be required to avoid the wanton destruction of civilian targets that has characterized the Russian invasion of Ukraine in favor of more efficient yet complex tactics.
“You never want to get into clearing and the attrition that comes with that,” he said. “Why do you need forces? You know, again, not to clear an urban area but to be able to penetrate into an urban area for purpose — stay there, kill from there.”
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