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McDERMOTT, Roger Neil

Roger McDermott: The level of technical equipment of the Russian Armed Forces is low

Senior Fellow, The Jamestown Foundation.

 

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Armored personnel carriers during a Baltic Fleet marine and paratroopers landing drill at Khmelyovka training ground, Kaliningrad Region.
11:26 15/03/2013

Moscow Plans Rapid Reaction Forces and Professional Soldiers—Again

By returning to an earlier idea to revamp the elite Airborne Forces as rapid reaction forces, vastly increasing contract service and adding for good measure the promise of a Special Operations command, it appears the current defense ministry leadership longs for a recipe to recast the old reform as alive and well.The General Staff is currently studying force structure, and the Special Operations command is small-scale by comparison with their thinking on what will follow after 2015.

Vladimir Putin meets with senior officers in the Kremlin
10:22 08/02/2013

Putin Considers New ‘Defense Plan’ as ‘Reform’ Dies

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is considering signing into law a new “defense plan,” setting out in a comprehensive document the long-term threat assessment and strategic environment facing Russia over the next few decades. It will mark an effort on a grand scale to re-conceptualize Russian security documents and provide a framework for the defense ministry, General Staff and the military industrial complex to implement defense modernization.

Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (center) attending the ceremony of St.Andrew's flag-hoisting at the Yury Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine in Severodvinsk.
12:21 17/01/2013

The ‘Nuanced Look’: Russia’s Defense Minister Considers Major Reform Reversals

Russia’s new defense minister, Army-General Sergei Shoigu, under the guise of pursuing “nuanced changes” to the Armed Forces’ reform managed by his predecessor Anatoly Serdyukov, is reportedly considering systemic revisions to the entire process. These range from revising the reformed military districts (MDs) and joint strategic commands to targeting Serdyukov’s system of outsourcing support services for the military.

Conscript Day in the town of Mosrentgen in Moscow Region
12:09 10/05/2012

The Russian Armed Forces in transition: Economic, geopolitical and institutional uncertainties

This book presents a comprehensive overview of current developments related to Russia’s military reform launched in 2008 by leading Western and Russian experts on the Russian armed forces. It was published in December 2011 in the Routledge Contemporary Russia and Eastern Europe Series of 30 monographs and collections of articles on the key aspects of current developments in Russia and the other former Soviet republics.

Chief of the Russian General Staff General Nikolai Makarov appears in the Public Chamber of Russia during a hearing on "The New Face of the Russian Army: Results, Problems and Prospects".
14:56 22/02/2012

The Curious Case Of The Silent Russian Generals

Army-General Nikolai Makarov, the Chief of the Russian General Staff launched an apparently scathing attack on the domestic defense industry. His comments provoked public controversy with the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. However, as the Russian media focused on Makarov’s statements, it appears to have missed an important point. No other general supported the views offered by the Chief of the General Staff; their silence is deafening.

11:02 08/02/2012

Russian Military Intelligence: Shaken But Not Stirred

Although Russian military intelligence has experienced organizational transformation, deeper challenges still lie ahead.

Russian soldiers
11:09 12/01/2012

Serdyukov introduces non-investigative military police

Russian Defense Minister, Anatoliy Serdyukov has announced the creation of a new structure in the Russian Armed Forces: Military Police. The long mooted initiative marks the first appearance of this structure tasked with improving life in the barracks and tackling “hooliganism.”

 
 
 


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