Military Spending

Strategic Environment - Military Spending, modernisation, R&D, military infrastructure and technology

(Translated from Russian to English) 

Approved by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation 

I. GENERAL

1. Military doctrine of the Russian Federation (hereinafter - the Military Doctrine) is a major strategic planning documents of the Russian Federation and is a system officially adopted by the State of views on preparations for the armed defense and armed protection of the Russian Federation.

2. The Military Doctrine captures the main provisions of the Military Doctrine of the Russian Federation in 2000, the Concept of long-term socio-economic development of the Russian Federation until 2020, the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2020, as well as the relevant provisions of the Foreign Policy Concept of the Russian Federation in 2008 and Maritime Doctrine of the Russian Federation until 2020.

Strategic Environment - Military Spending, modernisation, R&D, military infrastructure and technology

“China's maritime strategy relies heavily on submarines to patrol the littorals, blockade the Taiwan Strait, and stalk aircraft carriers. The U.S. Navy should not underestimate China's ability to build a capable submarine force to challenge a superior maritime foe.” Dr. Lyle Goldstein and Lieutenant Commander Bill Murray, U.S. Navy

China's National Defense In 2004, a White Paper promulgated in December 2004 provides valuable pointers elucidating Beijing’s national security concerns that drive its evolving strategic thought and policies – present and future – for the management of strategic forces. In the perceptions of the Communist Party of China, “The current international situation continues to undergo profound and complex changes ... New changes are occurring in the balance of power among the major international players, with the process of their realignment and the redistribution of their interests accelerated … Tendencies of hegemonism and unilateralism have gained new ground, as struggles for strategic points, strategic resources and strategic dominance crop up from time to time.”

Strategic Environment - Military Spending, modernisation, R&D, military infrastructure and technology

Originally compiled in June 2006

As recently as the 1980s the Peoples Liberation Army [PLA] operated on military doctrines that evolved during World War II and military means that preceded that war. It had become apparent to the Chinese leadership that the country’s political and economic evolution had far outstripped its military capacities engendering a credibility gap in the over all national power quotient that Beijing required to give it the means to play the role it expected to in the international fora. “A major strategic task of the Communist Party of China [CPC] in exercising state power is to secure a coordinated development of national defense and economy, and to build modernized, regularized and revolutionary armed forces to keep the country safe.”[1] In military terms Beijing “will promote coordinated development of firepower, mobility and information capability, enhance the development of its operational strength with priority given to the Navy, Air Force and Second Artillery Force, and strengthen its comprehensive deterrence and war-fighting capabilities.”[2]

Strategic Environment - Military Spending, modernisation, R&D, military infrastructure and technology

Fifth Generation Fighter Aircraft (FGFA) / PAK-FA / T-50

A Russian project with Indian participation

The FGFA is being developed by Sukhoi, which is part of Russia's United Aircraft Corporation (UAC), with limited financial and technical participation by India's Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), under an intergovernmental agreement signed in October 2007. 

Introduction

Russia and India are jointly developing two versions of the combat aircraft - a two-seat version to meet the requirements of India's air superiority policy, and a single-seat version for the Russian Air Force.

Strategic Environment - Military Spending, modernisation, R&D, military infrastructure and technology

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