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Subject(s)

• Soviet Union—Armed Forces—Organization [Browse]
• Soviet Union—Military policy [Browse]

Related name

Rand Corporation [Browse]

Series

R (Rand Corporation) [More in this series]

Summary note

This report examines the relationship between the Soviet force posture toward Western Europe and the political struggle that is being waged in the Soviet Union for control over the priorities of military deployment policy and military-industrial decisionmaking. It presents an overview of the intertwined issues that have been the key battleground in this contest: how to define the Soviet military budget, how far and how fast to cut it, how far to reduce Soviet conventional forward deployments in Europe, how much asymmetry to accept in such reductions, how to reorganize forces for "defensive" purposes, and whether to move away from the traditional Soviet mass conscripted army in the direction of a professional army. Finally, the study considers prospects for the future.

Notes

• "A Project Air Force report prepared for the United States Air Force."
• "December 1989."

Tech. report no.

R-3876-AF

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