Kasrkin
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I found a lovely Janes article. Unfortunately its small because you have to pay for the whole thing but even this bit was quite 'illuminating'.
Jane's Products: Lessons from Georgia
Lessons from Georgia
Russian military capability; 2008 and beyond
Abstract
Russian operations in the Caucasus region during August 2008 were the first combined arms missions that the military had performed since the cessation of hostilities in Chechnya in 2005. The episode has therefore enabled observers to gauge current Russian military effectiveness in a variety of air, land and sea engagements.
Jane's Strategic Advisory Services (JSAS) believes that the Russian armed forces are at present wrestling with the difficulty in adapting to new combat methods owing to a military culture that remains rooted in Red Army doctrine. This, JSAS believes, is a problem sustained by a generation of officers that served in the Soviet system and who still regard the height of Soviet power as an ideal to which the military should return. This has led, when funding is available, to a drive for upgraded or new equipment rather than improvements in training and professionalisation.
JSAS will demonstrate that, though training and equipment are a serious issue, a central problem is that of a Russian political and military leadership commitment to a Cold War scenario. Focus remains on a large army able to deploy overwhelming firepower and area effect; there is little demonstrable interest in a smaller trained and flexible force.
Contents:
I. Effectiveness of Russian military
II. Order of Battle - Georgia
III. Analysis of Russian military Performance
IV. Examination of Russian Military Programmes and Development
Do you guys think India faces the same problem? Or maybe they have got it figured in terms of what it truely means to modernzie for 21th centuery threats?
Jane's Products: Lessons from Georgia
Lessons from Georgia
Russian military capability; 2008 and beyond
Abstract
Russian operations in the Caucasus region during August 2008 were the first combined arms missions that the military had performed since the cessation of hostilities in Chechnya in 2005. The episode has therefore enabled observers to gauge current Russian military effectiveness in a variety of air, land and sea engagements.
Jane's Strategic Advisory Services (JSAS) believes that the Russian armed forces are at present wrestling with the difficulty in adapting to new combat methods owing to a military culture that remains rooted in Red Army doctrine. This, JSAS believes, is a problem sustained by a generation of officers that served in the Soviet system and who still regard the height of Soviet power as an ideal to which the military should return. This has led, when funding is available, to a drive for upgraded or new equipment rather than improvements in training and professionalisation.
JSAS will demonstrate that, though training and equipment are a serious issue, a central problem is that of a Russian political and military leadership commitment to a Cold War scenario. Focus remains on a large army able to deploy overwhelming firepower and area effect; there is little demonstrable interest in a smaller trained and flexible force.
Contents:
I. Effectiveness of Russian military
II. Order of Battle - Georgia
III. Analysis of Russian military Performance
IV. Examination of Russian Military Programmes and Development
Do you guys think India faces the same problem? Or maybe they have got it figured in terms of what it truely means to modernzie for 21th centuery threats?
