Military Thought articles from November 2001

Military Thought archives from November 2001

Projected force development planning system.
November 1, 2001... An analysis of the development of the USSR's Armed Forces shows that it was effected without due centralization, that is was extensive and was primarily oriented toward the development of the armed services and branches of the service, and not...

Military-economic problems of military reform.
November 1, 2001... Military reforms in the Russian army have always met the concrete conditions of the given historical stage in the country's development, and the ongoing military reform is no exception in this respect. It is based on the serious changes in the...

Troop command and control in armed conflicts.
November 1, 2001... Although considerable experience has been gained in the course of the two military campaigns in Chechnya, we believe that it has not been sufficiently analyzed. Meanwhile, this experience is unique in that command and control agencies...

The Navy in local wars and armed conflicts.
November 1, 2001... The present-day military-political situation is marked by an extremely complex and conflicting character with outbreaks of new and aggravation of old seats of tension in some regions. Contradictions in the current diverse, interdependent world...

Information Technology in Military-Purpose Automated Systems.
November 1, 2001... Creation and modernization of military purpose automated systems (MPAS), designed to enhance the effectiveness of command and control of troops (forces), is an extremely difficult problem. One of the main ways of addressing it is through wide...

Geoinformation Systems in peacekeeping operations.
November 1, 2001... The global changes that had occurred in the world in the late 1980s brought about a drastic realignment of forces on the international arena as well as a review of international security problems both by the world community as a whole and by...

Monitoring the technical condition of arms and military equipment.
November 1, 2001... The aging and obsolescence of arms and military equipment, compounded by an acute shortage of all types of resources, necessitates a rational use of financial and material assets and assessment of the long-term consequences of decisions that...

A new vision of military science.
November 1, 2001... The article presents its author's vision of the system of military sciences, the role and problems of military science based on his extensive experience. He shows that effective solutions to difficult problems of the nation's military...

Assessing an organization's research potential.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... Reform of the military and the cutting back on the number of military research facilities under conditions of strictly limited material and military research personnel resources call for better organization of research with the view to make it...

Effectiveness of Antiaircraft Missile Defense.
November 1, 2001... Experience of local wars in recent years shows that aviation is the aggressor's main striking force. Among the characteristics of its combat employment are: massive concentration for the performance of missions, suppression of air defense...

Reconnaissance Systems for effective enemy engagement.
November 1, 2001... Military conflicts in recent years prove conclusively that effective engagement of the enemy has the leading role to play in achieving objectives set. Its effectiveness varies to a great extent with the scope and speed of provision of the...

Training forces for combat in built-up areas.
November 1, 2001... We know well from the experience of 20th-century wars and military conflicts that the extremely complex and intensive nature of a combined-arms combat in a built-up area calls for special proficiency of all categories of military personnel,...

Training of military engineers.
November 1, 2001... Defense capability of the state depends to a large extent on the availability of highly skilled military cadre for which reason it is especially relevant to upgrade the standard of training in military higher educational institutions. Much...

Indoctrination of Cadets: The psychological aspect.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Modern young people start on a working career of their own much later than their peers did in the past. This is why the level of self-consciousness that 40 or 50 years ago characterized young men aged from 17 to 19 years develops today when...

Norway and Russia: Development of cooperation.
November 1, 2001... Dear readers, we have the pleasure of bringing to your notice an article contributed by Norway's Ambassador to Russia, Mr. Oyvind Nordsletten. Disagreeing in many respects with the arguments of Vice-Admiral M.V. Motsak, (1) he sets out the...

Repelling enemy invasion: Main objectives and stages.
November 1, 2001... Encyclopedic sources define "repulsion" as a derivative of the verb "repel," which means "to beat back by force, with weapons, to protect, to drive away, to beat back an attack; to beat back-to repel, to direct back or against with a blow." (1)...

Improving combat survivability of the Antitank Reserve.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... The experience of World War II, numerous post-war conflicts, the Gulf war (1991), and post-war exercises shows that frequently it is precisely antitank reserves (ATRs) available to combined arms commanding generals (commanders) that become the...

Armed forces fuel supply service: Past and present.
November 1, 2001... The fuel supply service is one of the youngest services of the Russian Federation Armed Forces Rear Services. Formed organizationally at the General Staff of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (WPRA) in the 1930s, it rapidly became an organic...

Development of domestic computer technology for military command and control systems.
November 1, 2001... The present generation of specialists on information technologies knows almost nothing about the history of development and use of computers in domestic weapon systems and assets. Meanwhile computers and sets of software for military equipment...