The Continuing Crisis of Russian Air Power

Abstract

Ever since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, military aviation in post- Soviet Russia has been in a state of steady decline. Thanks to the overnight losses the former Soviet Air Force (Voenno-vozdushnye sily, or VVS) experienced to the newly independent states in the wake of the USSR's collapse, as well as to the further reduction in deployed VVS assets that has continued to take place throughout the ensuing years, Russia's air strength has now almost literally been decimated from some 13,000 aircraft in 1990 to no more than around 2000 today.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA393999

Entities

People

  • Benjamin S. Lambeth

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Attack Aircraft
  • Attack Helicopters
  • Combat Readiness
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Aviation
  • National Security
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Effects

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies