Russian security and air power, 1992-2002 : the development of Russian security thinking under Yeltsin and Putin and its consequences for the air forces

Russian Security and Air Power, 1992-2002 КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: Frank CassАвтор(ы): Marcel HaasЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2004Количество страниц: 273ISBN: 0-203-33771-9Формат: pdf (e-book)Размер: 5.25 mb Rapid Ifolder 0 BOOK COVER......Page 1 HALF-TITLE......Page 2 TITLE......Page 6 COPYRIGHT......Page 7 CONTENTS......Page 8 FIGURES......Page 10 TABLES......Page 11 SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE......Page 12 PREFACE......Page 14 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 16 ABBREVIATIONS......Page 17 NOTE ON DESIGNATION OF RANKS OF GENERAL OFFICERS AND STRENGTH OF RUSSIAN MILITARY FORMATIONS......Page 20 Value of this research......Page 23 National security policy......Page 24 Levels of strategy......Page 25 Military conceptual thinking......Page 26 Objective and ordering principles......Page 27 Demarcation......Page 28 Notes......Page 31 Organs of national security......Page 33 The President and his staff......Page 35 Security Council......Page 36 Composition......Page 37 Future status......Page 38 Ministry of Defence and General Staff......Page 39 Origin and legal foundation......Page 40 Assignment of duties between the MoD and GS......Page 41 Relations between the MoD and GS......Page 42 Council on Foreign and Defence Policy......Page 44 Persons involved in national security......Page 45 Working and living conditions......Page 50 Internal Troops......Page 52 FSB Troops......Page 53 Developments in size and position......Page 54 Weight on security documents......Page 55 Impact on decision-making......Page 57 Notes......Page 58 National Security Concept......Page 62 Chronological development of the National Security Concept (NSC)......Page 64 Development of the contents of the National Security Concept......Page 66 Foreign policy......Page 67 Development of the Foreign Policy Concept......Page 68 Military Doctrine......Page 69 Russian military doctrine: definition and categories......Page 70 Chronological development of RF Military Doctrine......Page 71 Division, size and definition of doctrines......Page 73 Preamble of the doctrines......Page 75 Destabilizing factors of the military-political situation......Page 76 External threats......Page 77 Internal threats......Page 79 Principles for ensuring military security......Page 80 Command and control of the Armed Forces and the Other Troops......Page 81 Types of conflict......Page 83 Deployment, methods and tasks of the Armed Forces and the Other Troops......Page 84 International military cooperation......Page 85 Summary......Page 86 Putin’s security policy: a comparison of the 2000 issues of the National Security Concept, Military Doctrine and Foreign Policy Concept......Page 99 Russia’s national interests......Page 100 External threats......Page 102 Socio-economic and domestic policies......Page 103 Foreign policy......Page 104 Security policy......Page 105 Institutions responsible for national security......Page 107 Conclusions: consistency of RF security policy......Page 108 Notes......Page 122 Introduction......Page 126 Genesis and development of Soviet-Russian air power......Page 127 Number of aircraft and personnel......Page 128 FA—tactical air force......Page 129 VTA—transport force......Page 131 ASV—rotary wing force......Page 132 Combat readiness......Page 134 Personnel......Page 135 Viewpoint of VVS commanders......Page 136 Reform phases......Page 138 Amalgamation of VPVO and VVS......Page 139 VVS structure as of 1998......Page 141 Results and perspective......Page 142 Command and control, air-to-ground operations and air superiority......Page 143 Western experiences......Page 145 Air power in local conflicts......Page 147 Implementation of lessons learned......Page 148 Notes......Page 149 Introduction......Page 154 Economic and social development......Page 155 Course of the conflict......Page 156 Russian grand strategy: actors and objectives......Page 157 Russian military strategy: command and control structure......Page 159 Command and control structure......Page 160 Force build-up......Page 161 Anti-Surface Force Air Operations......Page 162 Tactics......Page 163 Failures, problems and losses of air power......Page 164 Successes of air power......Page 165 Land warfare......Page 166 Russian strategy and warfare......Page 167 Chechen strategy and warfare......Page 170 Russian grand strategy: actors and objectives......Page 171 Russian military strategy: command and control structure......Page 172 Counter-Air Operations......Page 173 Failures of air power......Page 174 Chechen insurgents: strategy and operations......Page 175 Russian strategy and warfare......Page 176 Setting between the first and second conflict......Page 177 The course of the second Chechen conflict......Page 178 Russian grand strategy: actors and objectives......Page 180 Russian military strategy: command and control structure......Page 181 Command and control structure......Page 182 Anti-Surface Force Air Operations......Page 183 Tactics......Page 184 Failures, problems and losses of air power......Page 185 Chechen strategy and operations......Page 186 Russian strategy and warfare......Page 188 Chechen strategy and warfare......Page 190 Financial limitations......Page 191 Irregular warfare......Page 192 Contribution of rotary wing aircraft......Page 193 Notes......Page 194 Conclusions......Page 201 General view on security thinking......Page 202 National security concept......Page 203 Military doctrine......Page 205 Assessment......Page 207 Characterization of the development of Russia’s security policy......Page 208 Internal and external factors influencing air power......Page 210 Consequences of RF security policy for air pozwer priorities......Page 211 Dualistic security policy as an obstacle for modern air power......Page 212 Command and Control......Page 214 Employing military force in internal conflicts......Page 215 Assessment......Page 216 Views of public opinion and military on security documents......Page 217 Influence of security documents on effecting security policy......Page 218 ‘9/11’: the influence of the ‘War on terrorism’......Page 220 Counteracting principles of Russian foreign policy......Page 221 Assessment......Page 225 Setting of the dispute......Page 227 Assessment......Page 228 Intensification of the Chechen conflict......Page 229 Military reforms led by opportunism......Page 230 Revision of the legal foundation of security policy......Page 231 Assessment......Page 232 Outlook......Page 233 Notes......Page 236 APPENDIX I Biographies of security policy actors......Page 238 APPENDIX II Main Russian aircraft types used in the Chechen conflicts......Page 253 BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 254 Websites......Page 264 AUTHOR’S CURRICULUM VITAE......Page 265 GENERAL INDEX......Page 266 AIR POWER INDEX......Page 271 This new book analyzes the security policy of the Russian Federation, internally as well as externally, on all levels of strategy. It describes military and political decision-making from Moscow's grand strategy to the use of a single fighter aircraft in Chechnya. In this analysis, Russia's air forces are used as a model for all services of the armed forces. The Chechen conflicts and NATO's security policy have been dominant factors in the development of Russia's security policy during the period 1992-2002. The use of air power in the Chechen conflicts is used here as a case study for testing political and military-strategic objectives. With regard to NATO's security policy, this study shows that the eastward enlargement of this alliance, as well as its use of force in Bosnia and Kosovo, have caused an increase in anti-Western tendencies in Russian security thinking.