The Russian Aerospace Force

• Authors: Myers Nicholas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The Russian Air-Space Force (VKS) retains great capabilities for both defensive and offensive operations. Despite difficulties acquiring 5th-generation stealth technology, the VKS has replaced aging Soviet jets with 4++ -generation fighters and fighter-bombers such as the Su-34 and Su-35 that will continue to provide it a powerful edge over its immediate neighbours while it develops its space policy and completes the modernization of its other services.

Keywords

EN

Russia; Air Force; Military Modernization; Space

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Akademii WSB
• Journal: Security Forum
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 2
• Issue: Volume 2 No 1/2018
• Pages: 91-103

Contributors

author

Myers Nicholas

References

• Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation, 2014, http://kremlin.ru/events/president/news/47334
• IISS, The Military Balance, 2017, London, International Institute for Strategic Studies, February 2017
• Persson, Gudrun, “Russian Military Capability in a Ten-Year Perspective, 2016,” Stockholm, FOI, December 2016
• Ramm, Aleksey, “Reformy I rezul’taty,” VPK, 22 December 2015, https://vpk-news.ru/articles/28606

Identifiers

DOI

10.26410/SF_1/18/8