Military Thought articles from April 2007

Military Thought archives from April 2007

Russia's new military doctrine: structure, substance.(Report)
April 1, 2007... On January 20, 2007, in the conference hall of the Defense Ministry's Dom-1 [Facility No. 1], the Academy of Military Sciences (AMS) held a military-scientific conference, subject: The Structure and Main Content of the New Military Doctrine of...

Theoretical and methodological foundations of the military doctrine of the Russian Federation (points for a report).(Report)
April 1, 2007... The importance of the theme we are addressing today is due to the fact that shifts in the international situation, transformation of military security threats, and progress in this country's socioeconomic sphere tend to modify the existing and...

Doctrinal views on employment and organizational development of the Armed Forces of Russia.(Report)
April 1, 2007... Ensuring the state's military security has always been and will remain a topical task. There are many factors that make it so both today and in the foreseeable historical period. A significant change is in progress in the spectrum of threats to...

About some aspects of military-technical policy of the state in the light of redrafted military doctrine of the Russian Federation.(Report)
April 1, 2007... In view of the fact that the development of military doctrine principles is the competence of the country's supreme strategic executive bodies, which requires coordinated activities of specific federal authorities based on respective scientific...

Naval Doctrine as a component part of the Russian Federation military doctrine.(Report)
April 1, 2007... Currently there are four main documents setting out the fundamental views on Russia's naval activities and the Navy's mission: National Security Concept of the Russian Federation, Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation, Naval Doctrine of...

Strategic nuclear weapons in Russia's military doctrine.(Report)
April 1, 2007... To our readers: This is the last in a series of presentations by participants in a military scientific conference at the Academy of Military Sciences, entitled "The Structure and Main Content of Russia's New Military Doctrine." (1) ...

Matters of air and space defense in Russia's military doctrine.(Report)
April 1, 2007... The current Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation* was adopted almost seven years ago. During this time significant changes have occurred in the world, which have had a substantial impact on international relations and the related...

Ensuring Russia's interests in military space activity.(Report)
April 1, 2007... In the past 10-15 years revolutionary changes have occurred in the approaches of the world's leading states toward the use of circumterrestrial space. The accumulated space potential has started to be actively used in all spheres of human...

The fight against terrorism: key to the country's security.(Report)
April 1, 2007... The core of the national security system, as a whole, as well as of its separate elements, is constituted by the vital interests of the individual, society and the state. The central, underlying concept in any discussions on security in all of...

Doctrinal aspects of internal security.(Report)
April 1, 2007... One of the fundamental documents underlying the activities designed to ensure the security of the individual, society and the State is the Russian National Security Concept. Analysis of this document as well as of various legislative acts...

NATO's doctrinal views on war character and security.(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
April 1, 2007... M.A. Gareyev, President of the RF Academy of Military Sciences, has presented domestic warfare science views on the modern military doctrine of the Russian Federation, in general, and on the character of future wars and security, in particular....

Military doctrine in the national defense system.(Report)
April 1, 2007... After the USSR disintegration the following documents were developed in Russia: in 1993--"The Main Provisions of the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation" and in 2000--the currently effective "The Military Doctrine of the Russian...

Military-political aspects of future cooperation among Russia, India and China in the bilateral format and within SCO.(Company overview)
April 1, 2007... The article analyzes different aspects of Russo-Indian military-political and military-technical cooperation at the present stage. On the basis of this analysis, the prospects of its further development are forecasted, and some guidelines for...

Managing the Interior Ministry Troops' construction and development planning.(Report)
April 1, 2007... While supporting the findings presented by the Joint Staff of the Russian Federation Armed Forces regarding the shortcomings and drawbacks of the existing military construction planning system, we should also emphasize that it sometimes fails...

Obscure aspects of evident problems: control of the aerospace defense (ASD) troops (forces) in Russia.(Report)
April 1, 2007... In social sphere, if not for natural disasters and anomalies, all problems represent consequences either of incorrect, out-of-date, or late decisions. Problems of control of troops (forces) of aerospace defense (ASD) in Russia are such by their...

On interaction of troops in operation (combat).(Report)
April 1, 2007... An experience of headquarter and tactical exercises shows that among all measures of operation (combat) preparation it is most difficult to organize interaction. In our opinion, there are two principal reasons for this. The first one lies in...

Forms of deployment of the joint grouping of aviation and air defense troops in operations.(Report)
April 1, 2007... Broadly speaking, the form of military activity (battle actions) is understood as delineation and external expression of military activity. (1) On the other hand, in the context of objectives and assigned tasks, the scope of armed struggle and...

Joint combat training system for multi-agency military units.(Report)
April 1, 2007... Nowadays, one of the most crucial problems in the theory and practice of military art is the necessity to achieve a high level of interaction of the military formations of the Russian Federation Armed Forces with the troops (forces) of other...

Formation of a rational system of weapons of long-range aviation.
April 1, 2007... The long-range aviation (LRA), being weapons of the Supreme High Command, a component of the strategic nuclear forces and a component of the Air Forces, is assigned for performance of missions of strategic deterrence of the enemy, and also for...

Realization of task programs for development of systems of operation, repair and storage of aviation arms and military-technical equipment.(Report)
April 1, 2007... The 13th State Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense (MD) of the Russian Federation is the unique research organization which activity is completely focused on comprehensive research of problems of operation, repair and storage (ORS) of...

Influence of general technical requirements on quality of air materiel in modern conditions.(Report)
April 1, 2007... Aviation is a highly maneuverable and multifunctional instrument of war that is achieved primarily for account of excellent flight performance parameters, fighting capabilities and operating characteristics of its main and expensive...

Special features of methodical system of training of electronic warfare specialists for future wars.(Report)
April 1, 2007... The development and application of the essentially new warfare concepts that are founded on the principle of gaining information superiority over the enemy are the most important factors today for the evolution of warfare forms and methods. The...

The command and control system for air defense forces and assets.(Report)
April 1, 2007... In modern conditions the state and development of a control system in the Armed Forces is fairly regarded as one of the major parameters of their combat power, combat readiness, organizational and technical level. As commonly known, it is...

On some methodological approaches to determine force combat capabilities.(Report)
April 1, 2007... Voennaya Mysl' magazine has recently published a number of articles devoted to a very crucial and widely discussed problem--the essence, contents and significance of military art principles in the context of practical activities performed by...

Concerning development of man-military equipment system.(Report)
April 1, 2007... At the present time owing to the introduction of progressively advanced and knowledge-intensive weaponry in the troops (forces) and to the necessity for preventing failures and accidents incurred in its employment and to the complexity of the...