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

This 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 ai...

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Main Author: de Hass, Marcel
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London, UK Frank Cass 2004
Series:Cass series on Soviet (Russian) military theory and practice 9
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Structure of security policy: institutions, persons and their influence on policy
  • 2. Implementation of security policy : generating Major Security Documents - National Security Concept, Foreign Policy Concept and Military Doctrine
  • 3. Structure of air power - war around Chechnya: the conflicts in Chechgnya (1994-96). Dagestan (Autumn 1999), Chechnya (1999-) and an assessment of the use of the air power
  • 5. Conclusions and assessment