Russia's New Ground Forces: Capabilities, Limitations and Implications for International Security

ISBN-13: 9781138563704 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 152 str.

Sutyagi, Igor|||Bronk, Justin

Opis

This Whitehall Paper provides an in-depth analysis of Russia’s Ground Forces, including airborne and naval troops. It examines their role in Russian foreign policy, reforms to units’ equipment and operational roles, performance during combat operations against Ukraine, and current unit deployment locations and purposes in the Central, Southern and Western Military Districts.

O autorze

Igor Sutyagin is Senior Research Fellow for Russian studies at RUSI. His research is concerned with US–Russian relations, strategic armaments developments and broader nuclear arms control, anti-ballistic missile defense systems. He has authored more than 100 articles and booklets published in the Soviet Union/Russia, the US, UK, Germany and Switzerland. He is also the co-author of the book Russian Strategic Nuclear Weapons.

Justin Bronk is the Research Fellow for airpower and military technology at RUSI. Alongside a primary focus on airpower, his research also includes weapons system and munitions analysis in conflict zones, in particular Ukraine and Syria. Justin is also Editor of RUSI Defence Systems.