Rise of the Rocket Launcher: The end of the Armoured Division »

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I believe a rocket division should be at the core of British warfighting doctrine.
It is widely agreed that a division is the lowest formation capable of operational art and therefore able to conduct conventional warfare in the 21st Century.  A division should protect the rear, resource the close, and fight the deep.  The current British warfighting division is formed around a core of armoured brigade combat teams (BCT), with main battle tanks and infantry.  In this context, fires enable the manoeuvre of the combat arms which provide the decisive strike to defeat an enemy.  This is an out-dated, industrial age concept, no longer fit for modern high intensity operations.  The days of the armoured division are over and manoeuvre should now enable fires.  
What is the “deep”? 
ADP Land Operations describes the ‘deep battle’ as being ‘conducted at long range and often over a protracted timescale, agains …

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