Military Thought articles from January 2005

Military Thought archives from January 2005

State military ideology.
January 1, 2005... This journal often raises questions concerning State ideology which, some authors believe, should serve as a basis for the indoctrination and moral-psychological training and preparation of military servicemen, but since it is nonexistent at...

The economic component of Russia's military security.
January 1, 2005... The problem of Russia's military security has been receiving increasing attention in the periodical press. Various authors express concern about the situation in this sphere. A cause of special concern is the crisis of the national economy,...

Geopolitical problems and possible solutions in the context of RF security.(Russian Federation)
January 1, 2005... Russia's evolving status in the changing system of international relations requires a rethinking of many of its traditional internal and foreign policy priorities as well as a comprehensive, in-depth analysis of Russia's new geopolitical...

Conceptual principles of strategic deterrence.
January 1, 2005... Strategic deterrence is generally defined as the actions of a state or group of states to dissuade a potential adversary from initiating an attack or conflict by the threat of retaliation by credibly demonstrating to an adversary that the costs...

Organizing the state's antiterrorist activities.
January 1, 2005... The tragic developments in June-September of 2004 having to do with high-profile terrorist acts in Moscow, Ingushetia and North Ossetia necessitate a fresh critical look at the government's antiterrorist activities. It is becoming increasingly...

Russia's national security problems in Transcaucasia and the era of globalization.
January 1, 2005... According to analysts and military specialists, the current geopolitical situation in Transcaucasia is characterized by dynamism, continued existence of hotbeds of armed conflicts and military-political tension, a clash of interstate and ethnic...

Scientific-methodological support of military security of the Russian Federation: unresolved problems.
January 1, 2005... Military security support in a state primarily implies that an efficient military policy should be devised both in the short and longer term. The state's material, financial, human and moral resources are factors that in many respects determine...

Mobilization of manpower resources in modern socioeconomic conditions.(armed forces)
January 1, 2005... Historical experience shows that states require considerable mobilization manpower resources to deploy their armed forces and make up for manpower lost during the course of war. The countries (without their colonies) participating in World...

On the economic justification of the RF Armed Forces makeup.(Russian Federation)
January 1, 2005... The present stage in the development of the RF Armed Forces is characterized, on the one hand, by incomplete quantitative and qualitative transformations and by the need to continue the started reforms and, on the other, by the state's limited...

Creating a new system for voluntary enlistment for the RF Armed Forces reserves.(Russian Federation)
January 1, 2005... The historical and international practice of military organizational development shows that any change in manpower acquisition methods will in all cases logically impact on methods and principles of accumulation and preparation of mobilization...

Principal trends in the evolution of space warfare.
January 1, 2005... It is impossible to identify the basic lines of force organization and development in the Russian Federation without a detailed, in-depth analysis of the peculiarities of future warfare. The accurate and realistic modeling of future warfare is...

Command and control problems in strategic sectors.
January 1, 2005... Mankind entered the 21st century amid some drastic geopolitical changes. The past 10 to 15 years witnessed the disintegration of a bipolar system of international relations, which made it possible to maintain a certain balance of forces, thus...

Precision missile forces & artillery systems: creating reconnaissance-strike and reconnaissance-fire systems.
January 1, 2005... In the past, artillery, and under present conditions, missile forces, have been in Russia the main weapons to engage the enemy in operations. This is due to a number of factors the most important of which is the low cost of missions performed...

Expendable field fortifications.
January 1, 2005... Analysis of the centuries-old history of the development of fortifications shows that, up to the middle of the 20th century, the principal construction materials for military fortification structures (MFS) were timber, rocks and earth. All MFS...

Problems of organizing military communications.
January 1, 2005... Theoretical studies and experience of local wars indicate that appreciable changes took place in the development of military art at the turn of the century. The main efforts of the belligerents in future wars will be focused not only on...

Principles of building an advanced unified system of antiaircraft missile weapons (armaments).
January 1, 2005... The questions relating to the need for the building, principles of building and technical aspects of advanced armaments and air defense equipment of the RF Armed Forces services and arms, a unified system of antiaircraft missile weapons...

Military-technical problems and main principles in the development of mobile ACS for the Air Force.(automated control systems )
January 1, 2005... Development of automated control systems (ACS) for Air Force troops and weapons is, on the whole, a complicated military-technical problem. Three main stages can be identified in their history: first, from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s;...

Information's role in addressing military problems.
January 1, 2005... The continuous change in opposing forces (weapons) in the military sphere, as well as more complex dynamics of modern anti-air combat dictate the necessity of constant re-evaluation of approaches, methods and models in the investigation of...

Automation of rear services control elements.(military science)
January 1, 2005... Currently, professional activities of officers at rear services control elements are indissolubly linked with modern automation equipment complexes (AEC) and various information technologies, employed to deal with a broad range of practical...

Information support for operational reconnaissance.
January 1, 2005... Currently, as is evident from strategic situational analyses, the political factor has emerged on top of all others in military conflicts and has a substantial impact on aims, scale and methods of military operations. At the same time, it...

Informatics and military student training.
January 1, 2005... New objectives in the area of basic information training arise before higher educational establishments run by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation as they go over to new training curricula and programs designed to meet state...

Employing joint group of forces in the internal armed conflict and the methodology of appraising its effectiveness.
January 1, 2005... It is nearly ten years that an armed confrontation has been continuing between Chechen separatists and the Joint Group of Russian Forces (OGV) which is performing missions to normalize the situation in the Chechen Republic. Despite some changes...

Spiritual and moral support for RF Armed Forces development: problems and solutions.(Russian Federation)
January 1, 2005... Today there is much talk about the future makeup of the Russian Armed Forces, and a great deal of time, energy and effort is being spent on its justification, on formulating and proclaiming the urgent tasks and priority lines of military...

Upgrading the military.
January 1, 2005... The involved and explosive military-political situation in the regions adjacent to the Russian Federation and in some of its own areas calls for no additional comments. News of growing threats and problems that are worsening in this connection...

Theory of war economics: need for a new paradigm.
January 1, 2005... The 20th century was especially rich in qualitative changes in the development of economics, military affairs and economic support of wars. Two world wars happened in the first half of the century. Military scholars did not have enough time to...

Pricing of military products: norms and methods.
January 1, 2005... The problem of pricing military products is one of the key problems in the process of program planning of their development. During the 1990s this problem was to some extent pushed into the background in view of the low volume of the State...

Urgent problems in military engineering art.
January 1, 2005... The theory of military engineering art took shape in Europe as literary works penned by Sebastian Le Prestre de Vauban, Baron van Menno Coehorn and other West European military engineers got published in the period from the 16th to 17th...

Upgrading military art during the second period of the Great Patriotic War.
January 1, 2005... Russia is getting ready to mark 60 years of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Preparations for the anniversary have been discussed at a meeting of the State Council chaired by the RF President. The head of state said in a...

Combat service and logistic support in the Vistula-Oder strategic offensive operation (toward the 60th anniversary of victory of the Great Patriotic War).
January 1, 2005... The Vistula-Oder Operation, conducted by troops of the First Belorussian and the First Ukrainian fronts in the period from January 12 until February 3, 1945, was one of the largest strategic offensive operations at the final stage of the third...

The dependence of sigint effectiveness on the intensity of enemy radio traffic (based on analysis of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945).
January 1, 2005... Historical analysis of the development and combat employment of Soviet Navy signals intelligence in the Great Patriotic War points to a dependence between the intensity of enemy radio communication traffic and the effectiveness of signals...

Air defense organization: the past and the present.
January 1, 2005... The development of antiaircraft combat systems in the 20th century was connected with the drastic changes that had occurred in warfare, above all the shift of focus "into the air." During World War I, air warfare did not go beyond tactics....

A new book about the navy.
January 1, 2005... A new book (1) by the father and son Kostevs, Rear Admiral G.G. Kostev (Ret.) and Captain 1st Rank I.G. Kostev (Res.), is just off the presses. Both writers spent years serving with Russian submarine fleet, and both, as is characteristic of the...

Military-technical information.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2005... The Federal Unitary Enterprise of RF Defense Ministry Scientific Research Institute #21 has tested the multi-purpose engine generating set (MGD) Termit, manufactured by the OOO Polikon company (Russia) to be used in military automotive...