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1. CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE EXISTING SVK COMMITMENT PLAN
Th e existing Commitment Plan has been drawn up as a plan for the defence of Serbian
lands - the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SRJ), Republika Srpska (RS) and the Republic
of Serbian Krajina (RSK). It anticipates considerable involvement of VJ and VRS forces.
In present conditions the commitment of VJ and VRS forces in case of aggression against
the RSK cannot realistically be planned. Th us, for illustration sake, the existing Plan
foresees the commitment of eight VRS brigades to the defence of the RSK, which is truly
impossible in current conditions.
According to the existing plan, the deployment and grouping of SVK forces are linear,
with available forces in position in contact with the enemy. Th e SVK brigades, corps
and General Staff do not have forces for holding territory in depth. Such a shortage
of forces calls into question the possibility of combat against air-borne and helicopterborne
assault, and infi ltrated groups. Th e major weakness of the existing deployment
and grouping is the low active operation capacity.
If the existing Commitment Plan were to be realized, the General Staff and the corps
commands would need at least minimum reserves capable of having a bearing on the
course of operations. Along with all this, there is a manifest lack of physical connection
between our units (separation of the 11 th and 18 th corps).
2. VARIANT INVOLVING NO MAJOR VJ AND VRS INVOLVEMENT
Th is variant of the Commitment Plan has been developed as the basic option, but
also as the mainstay of the plan for the possible involvement of parts of the VJ and the
VRS. Proceeding from the estimated action of the Croatian armed forces for the variant
according to which the SVK would defend the Republic of Serbian Krajina relatively
independently, the General Staff has formulated the following tasks of the SVK as follows
below.
Eff ect grouping along lines of action and installations in the territory of the RSK
with the following mission: prevent sudden aggression; thwart by persistent defence the
seizure of vital installations in the territory; prevent deeper penetration along the lines
of attack of Croatian armed forces; free occupied territories by energetic counterstrikes
along specifi c lines of action, and seize the largest possible part of the territory of Croatia
inhabited by Serbian population. Defence operations and counterstrikes would also
involve VJ and VRS elements, and volunteer units.
Operational implementation of the mission:
a) in case of limited aggression:
Decisive defence of front lines and installations by SVK forces along the axes of enemy
assault; attack along selected lines with main forces and seize areas and installations of
particular importance for the enemy in order to capture as much space as possible and
recover territories seized earlier.