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27 February 2010
Georgia continues to pose “direct and immediate threat”
In August 2008, Russia had its own Kargil. On the night of August 7-8 the former Soviet state of Georgia launched an assault on its breakaway region of South Ossetia killing dozens of Russian peacekeepers stationed in the region. Russia responded with a devastating counter-strike that routed the Georgian military
26 February 2010
Russia arms exports thrive, output barely keeps up
Russia's arms exports hit a record high in 2009, but analysts said on Friday that the defence industry may have reached the limits of its export revenue generating capacity
29 January 2010
The Russia-Georgia Conflict as Analyzed by the Center of Analysis of Strategies and Technologies in Moscow
The Center of Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST) in Moscow has published a collection of essays devoted to the Russia-Georgia conflict in August 2008 (Mikhail Barabanov, Anton Lavrov, Viacheslav Tseluiko, Tanki augusta: Sbornik statei Moscow: Tsentr Analiza Strategii i tekhnologii, 2009.
31 August 2009
Mesmerized by the French Navy
Most people had trouble believing media reports last month that the Russian Navy was planning to buy a $1 billion helicopter carrier from France.
27 February 2009
Iran Is Much More Bark Than Bite
Last week's three-day visit to Moscow by Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Najjar renewed the debate over Russia's weapons sales to Iran -- particularly the S-300 air defense system. International observers are uncertain about the status of the contract. Iranian sources report that deliveries have begun, whereas Russian officials refute those claims
16 February 2009
The Army's Chief Destroyer
It is now two years since Anatoly Serdyukov was unexpectedly named defense minister, and this has been a turbulent period for Russia's armed forces and top brass. We have seen the start of serious military reforms and the uproar surrounding them, the five-day war with Georgia in August and the transition from economic prosperity to a recession.
15 November 2008
Once the largest customer of Russian weapons, China is rapidly turning into a formidable rival in the arms market
Only recently, China was the largest export customer of Russian weapons and military equipment. Up until 2007, the share of Chinese orders in Russia's total arms exports hardly ever dropped below 30%, occasionally peaking at more than 50%. Beijing would buy armaments in large batches, and its technology requirements were relatively low. But the first signs of a slowdown in Chinese import started emerging after 2004. The first such signal came when Beijing decided not to firm up its option on some 100 Sukhoi Su-27SK fighter jet kits, which were to have been assembled under license at Shenyang Aircraft.
15 November 2008
Air farce
The Russian Air Force didn't perform well during the conflict in South Ossetia
The role of aviation in armed conflicts increased steadily over the past few decades and culminated in NATO's Yugoslavia campaign of 1999, which was won exclusively with air strikes. By contrast, the success of Russia's five-day operation in South Ossetia in August 2008 was secured by the decisive actions of airborne units and ground troops. The Russian Air Force, for its part, performed quite poorly and suffered losses that were too heavy for such a brief campaign. This resulted from both the weakness of the Russian Air Force and the fact that Georgia deployed relatively dense, modern air defenses in the conflict zone.
24 July 2008
Successful Year for Aerospace Manufacturers
The most successful businesses across the Russian defense industry in 2007 were aerospace and air defense companies. This trend was reflected in the annual rating of defense enterprises published by the Russian defense think-tank – Centre for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies (CAST).
24 July 2008
New Challenges for Russian Defense Industry
The first half of 2008 saw several developments that indicate the Russian aerospace and defense industries may have entered a new phase, which some commentators refer to as a crisis situation.
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