Russian Military Transformation: Goal In Sight?

By U.S. Army War College and Strategic Studies Institute

The depth and scale of change that the Russian military has undergone during the last 5 years of transformation is impossible to overstate. This book reviews the overall direction and intention of Russia's military transformation, with particular reference to the specific range of threats-real and hypothetical- against which it is intended to ensure. Stated aspirations for transformation will be measured against known challenges facing the defense establishment and Russia as a whole, with the conclusion that several specific goals are unlikely to be met.Fundamental organizational changes that finallybroke the Russian armed forces away from theSoviet model in 2008-09 are now irreversible. It has been clear for some time that Russia no longer sees its military as a counter to a massive land incursion by a conventional enemy. While the idea of vulnerability to U.S. and North Atlantic Treaty Organization hostile intentions remains strong, this vulnerability finally is no longer seen in Cold War-era conventional military terms: instead, it is missile defense and precisionstrike capabilities that have come to the fore, evenwhile lingering suspicions over a limited Libya-styleintervention still provide a driving force for militarymodernization.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505832128
• ISBN13: 9781505832129
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"