Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu provided details of Russia's latest snap exercise at the National Defence Control Centre in Moscow on 16 March Source: Russian MoD
Dave Majumdar, National Interest: Just How Dangerous Is Russia's Military?
The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency has released a new assessment of Russian military power—reviving a Cold War-era practice. The agency concludes that the modern Russian military builds upon its Soviet heritage but has modernized its capabilities and doctrine for the present day.
“The Russian military has built on the military doctrine, structure, and capabilities of the former Soviet Union, and although still dependent on many of the older Soviet platforms, the Russians have modernized their military strategy, doctrine, and tactics to include use of asymmetric weapons like cyber and indirect action such as was observed in Ukraine,” the DIA report states.
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WNU Editor: Russia is spending the money to field a modern conventional military .... but it is still far away from matching what the U.S. and many of its allies can field.
Update: Is Putin's Russia the Critical Threat Americans Believe It to Be? (Ronald Suny, RCD).
