Russian Security and Air Power, 1992-2002

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