ABSTRACT
Strategy and operational art exert great influence on the development of tactics. Strategy determines the character and methods of conduct of the war of the future, and thus the place and role of combat in warfare, as well as methods of its conduct. Operational art proceeding from the demands of strategy, determines the specific tasks of tactics, areas of emphasis in training subunits, units and large units of the various services and arms, as well as methods of their combined utilization in the engagement and operation. Tactics in turn exert considerable influence on operational art and strategy. The situation concerning tactics changed radically when nuclear missile weapons became operational. For the first time in the history of warfare the strategic command echelon acquired its own weapons, the massive employment of which makes it possible to accomplish major strategic missions, creating favorable conditions for the conduct of combat both on an operational and tactical scale.
