Thursday, March 3, 2011

Russian military

Russian military

Russian military

READ THIS BEFORE POSTING Russian military The Forces of the Russian Federation UTC Russian ETH ETH frac34 ETH frac34 Ntilde Ntilde ETH para Ntilde ETH frac12 ETH frac12 Ntilde ETH micro ETH iexcl ETH cedil Igrave ETH raquo Ntilde ETH nbsp ETH frac34 Ntilde Ntilde ETH cedil Igrave ETH sup1 Ntilde ETH ordm ETH frac34 ETH sup1 ETH curren ETH micro ETH acute ETH micro Ntilde ETH deg Igrave Ntilde ETH cedil ETH cedil Transliteration Vooruzhy Atilde sup3 nniye s Atilde shy ly Ross Atilde shy yskoy Feder Atilde iexcl tsii is the military of Russia established after the break-up of the Soviet Union On 7 May 1992 Boris Yeltsin signed a decree establishing the Russian Ministry of Defence and placing all Soviet Armed Forces troops on the territory of the RSFSR under Russian Federation control 1 The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces is the President of the Russian Federation currently Vladimir Putin Military manpower Source mostly CIA World Factbook Military age 18 years of age Availability males age 18-49 35 247 049 2005 est Fit for military service males age 18-49 21 000 000 2006 est 4 Reaching military age annually 1 500 000 2005 est Active troops 1 037 000 5 Ranked 5th Total troops 3 796 100 citation needed Ranked 5th Russia possesses the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons in the world 21 Russia s Strategic Rocket Forces controls its land-based nuclear warheads while the Navy controls the submarine based missiles and the Air Force the air based warheads Russia s nuclear warheads are deployed in four areas 1 - Land based immobile silos like SS-18 Satan 2 - Land-based mobile like SS-27 Topol M 3 - Submarine based like SS-N-30 Bulava 4 - Air-based warheads of Russia s Air Forces strategic bomber force The challenges of carrying out reforms and modernizing have been magnified by difficult economic conditions in Russia which have resulted in reduced defence spending This has led to training cutbacks wage reductions and severe shortages of housing for other social amenities for military personnel with a consequent lowering of morale cohesion and fighting effectiveness In 2005 Russia s expenditures on new military weapons surpassed overseas sales which were about US 6 5 billion For 2006 there was approximately 9 billion budgeted for military equipment purchases

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