Soviet Foreign Military Sales: Why are they so 'Cheap'?

Abstract

A review of the history of the Soviet Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program and the Soviet economic system form the background for a discussion of the motivations behind the large FMS to the Third World. A hypothesis that the Soviets could not significantly reduce its FMS program even if its leadership desired to, is presented. It is then evaluated by discussing the forces on FMS both from an international and domestic perspective. These perspectives are further subdivided into political and economic types of forces. It is suggested that the hypothesis is true due to the strength of the economic motivations which tend to sustain military production and thus FMS at high levels. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA157380

Entities

People

  • D. Oakes

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Aircrafts
  • Economic Systems
  • Foreign Military Sales
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Trade
  • Korean War
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Organizations
  • Motivation
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Industrial Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.