My Comment: This Russian arms buildup still does not match what the U.S. and China have done during this same time frame .... but with the crisis in Ukraine continuing .... and tensions with the West escalating .... I do not expect this Russian arms buildup to be curtailed anytime soon.
Saturday, August 23, 2014
A Look At The Russian Arms Buildup (Video)
My Comment: This Russian arms buildup still does not match what the U.S. and China have done during this same time frame .... but with the crisis in Ukraine continuing .... and tensions with the West escalating .... I do not expect this Russian arms buildup to be curtailed anytime soon.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
Again, as represented by this reporter and his report there is a fixation on numbers by these people when they give any type of analyses of the current Russian military.
The actual reconstruction of the Russian conventional military forces began shortly after the first Chechen War (1995-1997). This would correspond to the influence of the WWII veterans finally disappearing from the scene. I think it is obvious that the Russians are concentrating on quality of personnel, training, and equipment. Their war doctrines are changing too, but exactly how much and in what direction I'm not knowledgeable enough at the moment to say. Militaries are always caught in a strange conundrum; They must be conservative, never forgetting lessons learned and they must know when to throw away the past in a heart beat and adapt to the changing present And they have to right the first time and almost every time.
Ps: Anyone doubting the abilities of the Soviet Army model of WWII need only to take poll of surviving Wehrmacht veterans of the Eastern Front, I'm sure they would have strong opinions.
The focus is now on quality .... not quantity. As to Russian war doctrine .... from what I understand (and have been told) it is a work in progress.
On a side note .... a friend of mine who is a senior officer in the Russian military told me that U.S. General MacArthur's remarks that "a good commander never losses many men when deployed for battle" is a mindset that is starting to take hold in a real way in war planning. If true .... this is a seismic shift in Russian military thinking. But will the politicians in Moscow agree .... that is another story.
Post a Comment