RUSSIA NEEDS A MODERN AND CAPABLE ARMY

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Reshaping the Russian army is one of the cornerstones of President Dmitry Medvedev's program of modernizing the country. Military reform is not a painless process, especially if it has a comprehensive nature and involves the structure of the armed forces, their command and control system, training and equipment. So what are the aims, objectives and consequences of the ongoing reform of Russia's military machine?We have put our questions to the Chief of the Russian General Staff and First Deputy Defense Minister Nikolay Makarov.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19934270.2010.525886