Military Thought articles from January 2007

Military Thought archives from January 2007

Russian Federation military policy in the area of international information security: regional aspect.
January 1, 2007... According to estimates by NATO experts, the most advanced world countries will be capable, as early as 2007-2010, of waging full-scale wars in the information sphere. Their main objectives will be to disorganize (disrupt) the functioning of the...

Mobilization of manpower resources: economic feasibility study.
January 1, 2007... The current stage of development of the Russian Federation Armed Forces is generally characterized, on the one hand, by unaccomplished quantitative and qualitative domestic transformations and the necessity to continue the reforms; and on the...

The promise of defense.
January 1, 2007... Certain publication in recent years claimed that under the present-day conditions defense was no longer able to withstand the striking might of advancing forces. (1) This article purports to investigate how legitimate these assertions are and...

New methodology of effective engagement planning in combat operations.
January 1, 2007... The general changes that have occurred over the past decade in the theory and practice of warfare have necessitated the need to update the existing (and develop new) methodology for planning effective engagement of an adversary in a combat...

Defense-industrial complex: state, problems, prospects.
January 1, 2007... The important thing during institutional reforms in the defense-industrial complex is to take into consideration the overall state of affairs as well as the key problems and tendencies towards change coming in the wake of both top-level...

Quality and security of the automated control systems in the armed forces (troops): unity of the whole and the partial.
January 1, 2007... Before passing over to the core of the problem, which is under discussion, it is necessary to define the terms "quality" and "product quality" as a whole. The philosophy determines quality as "a determinacy of an object (phenomenon, process) on...

Military and economic evaluation of automated control systems at the tactical level: methodological support.
January 1, 2007... Current changes in the composition and structure of the Army, experience of local wars and military conflicts of the last two decades dictate the necessity to permanently improve the control of troops and weapons. It is not possible to maintain...

On development of mine warfare countermeasures.
January 1, 2007... A recent wave of local conflicts and violent clashes in the world has contributed greatly to widening the experience in engineering support of troops in action. The most typical military conflicts where Soviet and Russian troops were engaged...

Basic requirements to the system of air defense of troops and objects in modern situation.
January 1, 2007... Specific features of conducting modern operations by forces of the RF Armed Forces (coverage of all elements of operation formation by combat operations, absence of continuous defensive lines, presence of gaps and breaches between troops)...

New approaches to air defense of the Russian Federation.
January 1, 2007... At the present time, the determining factor in modern wars and armed conflicts is the action by troops, forces and weapons from and via airspace and outer space. By this virtue, the amount of air defense objectives in the Russian Federation can...

An organization theory of troops (forces) and their activity.
January 1, 2007... The analysis of the contemporary stage in development of human cognitive activity shows that the process of science differentiation is going on. For instance, at present the organization theory (1) is formed and structurally evolved from the...

On conceptual principles of the military training.
January 1, 2007... The second stage of the Federal Program "Restructuring of the Russian Federation Military Training System for the Period Till 2010"* has been launched. Its high priority goals are the following: optimization of the military educational...

Remote education technologies as a part of the military training system: opportunities and prospects.
January 1, 2007... The present-day state of science and education, being directly dependent on economic and social factors, is notable for increased demands to the quality of expert training and requires constant search for new methods and means to make the...

Computer teaching aids: organizational and methodological aspects of development.
January 1, 2007... The absence of scientific and methodological support for the use of present-day information technology in the instruction process is the principle drawback of the informatization of education. The limiting factor is no longer the computer...

Foreign language teaching process: training modules.
January 1, 2007... The effective establishment in the instructional process in the military educational institution is provided by concrete pedagogical technology, i.e., by the system of pedagogical tools. The latter can be assumed to include the following tools:...

On measures to improve the level of safety in military service.
January 1, 2007... The activities performed by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are inextricably related with operation and maintenance of armaments, defense technology and military equipment. It frequently happens that military people and armed forces...

Patriotic indoctrination in Russia's Armed Forces.
January 1, 2007... The recent statement made by the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Ivanov about the tentative plans to restore the institution of military priesthood in the army has sparked off a rather lively and extensive discussion both in the army press and...

New approach to analysis of present-day confrontation.
January 1, 2007... The new repartition of the world being currently underway and accelerated globalization processes give rise to earlier unprecedented problems and challenges for human civilization evolution. They are so profound that can exert dramatic impacts...

The evolution of CIS military-political cooperation.(Commonwealth of Independent States)
January 1, 2007... Analyzing the scientific papers published recently in Voennaia mysl' one can see, first of all, a wide gamut of problems covered by this journal. At the same time, it is visible that the military-theoretical publications often overlook the...

Aerospace defense: modern aspects.
January 1, 2007... Lately newspapers and magazines as well as politicians and military commanders have been paying much attention to aerospace defense of the state (ASD) as a complex of federal and military measures to repel (prepare to repel) aerospace attack of...

Russia's aerospace defense: the long journey in a maze of problems.
January 1, 2007... The unity of air and space attack forces attained in the second half of the 20th century, of the common forms of aggression assimilated by them called for the organization of the same aerospace defense (ASD) of Russia integrated by tasks,...

History and philosophy of military service.
January 1, 2007... What led to this article was the publication of a document of the Federal Agency for Education on the introduction of an additional educational training program on the said theme for the professorial and teaching personnel engaged in the...

History and conceptual nature of naval science.
January 1, 2007... It is a widely known fact that the term "history" has two meanings. The first one implies examination or disclosure of the actual course of development of some phenomena taking place either in nature or in human society, and the second one...

The Fifth (Mediterranean) Squadron: air defense operations (1970-1972).(Era overview)
January 1, 2007... Let us first consider the concept of "fleet air defense" as it is defined in official enforceable legal documents: "Aggregate of measures and combat operations to repel hostile attack and to protect naval forces at sea and in base, as well as...

How command and control agencies in the Leningrad Military District interact with mass media.(League of Journalists of St. Petersburg)
January 1, 2007... The public and mass media are always interested in the military problems. There are appropriate information support agencies to provide materials informing individuals, organizations and mass media about the activities of military units and...