Russia’s Military Doctrine: New Dangers Appear – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in February 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Aftermath, Chief Source, Conventional Conflict, Conventional Military Capabilities, Dmitry Medvedev, Gap, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Leadership, Military Doctrine, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Preemptive Nuclear Strike, Realistic Portrayal, Reliance, Russia, Russian Authors, Russian Federation, Russian Military

In the immediate aftermath of President Dmitry Medvedev signing the new Russian military doctrine most attention focused on the fact that a first preemptive nuclear strike was not mentioned in the document and on the attention given to NATO as the chief source of “danger” to the security of the Russian Federation. Comments by NATO’s [...]

Russian military calls US missile defense a threat – washingtonpost.com

Posted by Matt in February 9th, 2010 | no comment

Published in general, Central Europe, Military Officer, Missile Defense Plans, Missiles, Nikolai Makarov, Russia, Russian Military, Russian National Security

U.S. missile defense plans are a threat to Russian national security and have slowed down progress on a new arms control treaty with Washington, Russia’s top military officer said Tuesday.
Gen. Nikolai Makarov said that a revised U.S. plan to place missiles in Central Europe undermines Russia’s national defense, rejecting Obama administration promises that the plan [...]

Russian doctrine does not reflect real world: NATO | Reuters

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Military Doctrine, moscow, NATO, Nato Expansion, Real World, Reuters, Russia, Russian Military, Ties, Western Military Alliance

The Russian doctrine reflects the real world just fine. It’s NATO that is living in another world.
Russia is the enemy of the West, including NATO. That means NATO is the enemy of Russia. Enough said.
NATO said on Saturday a new Russian military doctrine identifying NATO expansion as a threat did not reflect the real world [...]

BBC News – Sweden wants explanation on [Russian] Baltic nuclear ‘dumping’

Posted by Matt in February 5th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Nuclear, Baltic Sea, Bbc, Bbc News, Early 1990s, News Sweden, Nuclear Waste, Russian Military, Swedish News, Swedish Television, Television News

The Russian military allegedly dumped nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s, according to a report on Swedish television.
BBC News – Sweden wants explanation on Baltic nuclear ‘dumping’

Russian Nuclear First Use: a Case of Self-Defeating Exaggeration? – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in January 15th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Admission, Appearance, Conflicts, Conventional Defense, Conventional Military Capabilities, Decline, Element, Exaggeration, Inferiority Complex, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Military Doctrine, Military Transition, Precision Strike, Russia, Russian Military, Transition Period, Twentieth Century, United States

… He asserted that this element of the draft military doctrine revealed Russia to be “a power with [an inferiority] complex,” acknowledging the decline in Russian conventional military capabilities and the appearance of precision-strike means in the United States against which Russia has no conventional defense, and linked the ensuing declaration of nuclear first use [...]

Weak Russian Military Suggestive of Nuclear First Strike Doctrine

Posted by Matt in December 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Russia, Aggression, Allies, Amp, Bottom Line, Financial Markets, Free Website, Launch, Nuclear Strike, Nuclear Strikes, Nuclear Weapons, Oracle, Oracle Financial, Preemptive Strike, Russia, Russian Federation, Russian Military, Weapons Of Mass Destruction

The bottom line is that Russia reserves the right to launch a nuclear preemptive strike to protect itself and its allies.
Russia’s military is falling apart, therefore, it’s becoming clear that Russia will increasingly rely on its nuclear weapons for protection. This will include threats and/or preemptive nuclear strikes.
Therefore, Russia now announced its right to use [...]

New Russian Military Doctrine to Allow Preemptive Nuclear Strike : The Other Russia

Posted by Matt in November 23rd, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Adversary, Council Secretary, Military Doctrine, National Security, Nikolai Patrushev, Preemptive Nuclear Strike, Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Russia Russia, Russian Military, Security Council, Situational Considerations

Russia may carry out a preemptive nuclear strike in a situation critical to its national security, according to a revamped version of Russia’s military doctrine that will be published by the end of the year.
In an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta on November 20, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said that the doctrine will now provide [...]

Russia: The Post-Cold War Military Meltdown

Posted by Matt in October 15th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Armed Forces, Cold-War, invasion, Meltdown, Military Technology, Money, Nuclear Weapons, Nukes, Russia, Russian Military

The government is very touchy about its nuclear weapons, apparently because it’s only the nukes that can dissuade a foreign nation threatening invasion. The Russian armed forces can’t do it, as it has shrunk 80 percent since the end of the Cold War in 1991, and fallen apart as well. Lack of money means that [...]

Russia Sends Advanced Nuclear Subs to U.S. East Coast for Technology Scouting Mission | The Vitamin Press

Posted by Matt in September 18th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Russia, Aprox, arsenal, Drone, East Coast, Intelligence Community, iraq, Mq, Nuclear Subs, Rubles, Russia, Russian Intelligence, Russian Military, Scientists, Scouting Mission, Submarine, Successes, Technology, Transmissions, United States, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Recently, many in the Russian intelligence community have been investigating transmissions from the United States regarding a submarine only 30.5 cm (1 ft) in length at a cost of less than 160 rubles (aprox. $5 U.S.). Russian military scientists believed this submarine to be a fighting drone, added to the United States arsenal after the [...]

Experts doubt Russian military has moved Bulava production | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire

Posted by Matt in August 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Armed Forces, Ballistic Missiles, Bulava Missile, General Staff, Industry Experts, Newswire, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Nikolai Makarov, Ria Novosti, Russia, Russian Experts, Russian General, Russian Military, Russian News, Russian Newspaper, solid-fuel, Surprise, Top News, Topol, Urals

Russia cannot assign production of Bulava ballistic missiles to another manufacturer because there is only one plant in the country that makes solid-fuel ballistic missiles, Russian experts have said.
Chief of the Russian General Staff, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, said on Wednesday that production of the troubled Bulava missile had been moved to an alternative factory due [...]