Goure, Daniel
2014
Moscow’s vision of future war: so many conflict scenarios, so little time, money and forces
Journal of Slavic Military Studies
27
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63-100
Like the United States and NATO, Russia is struggling to define the future security environment and shape a course to the creation of a relevant and effective military. Russia’s strategic vision is of an uncertain, complex and quite dangerous word with threats ranging from internal subversion through intercontinental nuclear exchanges. The Russian military faces an impossible dilemma. It must address a broadening spectrum of prospective conflict scenarios with inadequate resources leading inevitably to the fielding of inadequate capabilities. One reason that Russia clings so tenaciously to nuclear weapons is its recognition that it is the nation’s central, even the sole, source of political relevance and military power.
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