Russian military tanks drive on Red Square during the Victory Daymilitary parade in Moscow May 9, 2008. [Xinhua]
From The Christian Science Monitor:
Some 36,000 officers are expected to be cut this year and many Soviet-era 'phantom divisions' eliminated. But will the economic crisis undercut reforms?
Moscow - After nearly two decades of false starts and failures, the Kremlin appears determined to begin the radical military reforms needed to fashion a modern army from the tangled wreckage of its Soviet-era armed forces.
Unlike previous attempts, little public fanfare accompanies the current effort to modernize Russia's army, begun in earnest after the dismal assessments began rolling in of the military's performance in last August's war with the tiny Caucasus republic of Georgia.
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My Comment: These reforms are too little too late. It will now take years for the Russian military to reach the level that they once had.
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