strategic depth

noun

The distances between the front lines or battle sectors and the combatants' core industrial areas, capital cities, or heartlands.

Meanings

nounstrategic depth (countable and uncountable, plural strategic depths)

plural strategic depths

  1. countableuncountablegovernmentThe distances between the front lines or battle sectors and the combatants' core industrial areas, capital cities, or heartlands.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 戰略縱深 /战略纵深
  • 戰略縱深 /战略纵深 (zhànlüè zòngshēn)Translations
French profondeur stratégique
  • profondeur stratégiqueTranslations
Ukrainian стратегі́чна глибина́
  • стратегі́чна глибина́ (stratehíčna hlybyná)Translations
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