Russia Military Power: Building a Military To Support Great Power Aspirations
Russia Military Power: Building a Military To Support Great Power Aspirations
Defense Intelligence Agency | 2017 | English | ISBN: 0160939712 | True PDF | 118 pages | 6 MB
Defense Intelligence Agency | 2017 | English | ISBN: 0160939712 | True PDF | 118 pages | 6 MB
This report examines a resurgent Russia’s military power to foster a deeper understanding of its core capabilities, goals, and aspirations in the 21st Century.
Excerpt:
"In September 1981, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger asked the Defense Intelligence Agency to produce an unclassified overview of the Soviet Union’s military strength. The purpose was to provide America's leaders, the national security community, and the public a complete and accurate view of the threat. The result: the first edition of Soviet Military Power. DIA produced over 250,000 copies, and it soon became an annual publication that was translated into eight languages and distributed around the world. In many cases, this report conveyed the scope and breadth of Soviet military strength to U.S. policymakers and the public for the first time.
Today, we are faced with a complexity of intelligence challenges from multiple threats that we cannot afford to misunderstand. In the spirit of Soviet Military Power, DIA is proud to produce an unclassified defense intelligence overview of the military capabilities associated with the challenges we face—beginning with Russia".