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Russian Military Transformation: Goal In Sight?

Russian Military Transformation: Goal In Sight?

Strategic Studies Institute
U. S. Army War College Press

Paperback

General Political Science

ISBN10: 1505832128
ISBN13: 9781505832129
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 30 2014
Pages: 70
Weight: 0.23
Height: 0.14 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
The depth and scale of change that the Russian military has undergone during the last 5 years of transformation is impossible to overstate. This book reviews the overall direction and intention of Russia's military transformation, with particular reference to the specific range of threats-real and hypothetical- against which it is intended to ensure. Stated aspirations for transformation will be measured against known challenges facing the defense establishment and Russia as a whole, with the conclusion that several specific goals are unlikely to be met.Fundamental organizational changes that finallybroke the Russian armed forces away from theSoviet model in 2008-09 are now irreversible. It has been clear for some time that Russia no longer sees its military as a counter to a massive land incursion by a conventional enemy. While the idea of vulnerability to U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization hostile intentions remains strong, this vulnerability finally is no longer seen in Cold War-era conventional military terms: instead, it is missile defense and precisionstrike capabilities that have come to the fore, evenwhile lingering suspicions over a limited Libya-styleintervention still provide a driving force for militarymodernization.

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