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Soviet military doctrine was shaped by the WWII experience
Russian military doctrine was shaped by the Gulf War impression
The former felt the need to build a strong land army. The latter felt no need to. Very large missile forces + small expeditionary corps was deemed enough
Russian military doctrine was shaped by the Gulf War impression
The former felt the need to build a strong land army. The latter felt no need to. Very large missile forces + small expeditionary corps was deemed enough
https://twitter.com/mikedako1/status/1679902016871575556
The Russian military doctrine was built upon assumption that a small expeditionary corps will be enough to crush any rival on the post-Soviet space. Meanwhile, large missile forces will disincentivize external players from interfering
Strategic missiles were heavily prioritised
Strategic missiles were heavily prioritised
As a result, the Russian army was heavily lopsided. Very strong missiles, very weak land army. The former would compensate for the weakness of the latter
(Russian army, 1997 - till now. Unknown author)
(Russian army, 1997 - till now. Unknown author)
Heavy prioritisation of the missile forces wasn’t Putin’s idea. The idea belonged to Sergeyev, Yeltsin’s (and early Putin’s) Minister of Defence
As I’ve said, “Putin’s regime” followed late Yeltsinist policies in everything that mattered. It’s the logical continuity of Yeltsin
As I’ve said, “Putin’s regime” followed late Yeltsinist policies in everything that mattered. It’s the logical continuity of Yeltsin
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