Power Projection or Influence: Soviet Capabilities for the 1980's.

Abstract

This memorandum examines the military context of the ability of the USSR to project its forces and to sustain them in areas distant from the USSR. The author considers the normal static indicators of Soviet global reach capabilities (organization and composition of the Soviet ground, air, naval and naval infantry forces). In order to put those static indicators in some perspective, he next assesses the USSR's overall capability to bring its military power to bear in noncontiguous areas, including geographic and force structure limitations. He concludes that as one moves further from the USSR, Soviet warfighting and force projection capabilities become less significant despite the fact that the Soviet Union has surpassed the United States in many indicators of military power. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096553

Entities

People

  • Keith A. Dunn

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Army
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Deployment
  • Force Structure
  • Geography
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Organizations
  • Naval Vessels
  • Navy
  • Security
  • Short Takeoff Aircraft
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.