Arms Control and the New Revolution in Soviet Military Affairs

Abstract

According to Soviet military writers, the changes in doctrine that constitute the new revolution in Soviet military affairs were generated by evolving technological developments in both nuclear and conventional arms. A review of Soviet military literature in the 1980s moreover provides evidence that changes in strategy, operational art, and tactics have in turn generated changes in force structure and weapons modernization that indicate a downgrading of nuclear contingencies and a preference for conventional warfare. Especially in light of Gorbachev's repeated admissions that the present level of Soviet defense expenditures threatens to derail his internal 're-structuring' the new revolution in Soviet military affairs implies a genuine Soviet incentive to pursue arms control agreements with the United States.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA184407

Entities

People

  • Mary C. Fitzgerald

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Agreements
  • Air Land Battles
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Civil Defense
  • Command And Control
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Deterrence
  • Doctrine
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Training
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Warfare
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Political Science/ International Relations/ European Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies