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Escalation Signaling in Ukraine and Its Implications for the Strategic Russia-US Relationship

... U.S. have designated hypersonic missiles and UAVs as pressing military threats. Russia’s ‘Fundamentals of State Policy on Nuclear Deterrence’ (2020) stipulates that adversary missile defence capabilities, hypersonic systems and strike-capable UAVs present threats requiring Russia to maintain its nuclear deterrent. Absent an explicit mentioning of escalation concepts in official doctrines, there is understanding within Russia that conflict escalation can be inflicted through the ‘ application of calibrated damage ’. ...

05.02.2024

expert column

The Army and Air Force of the Future

... with manned aircraft. This is the “Loyal Wingman” concept, one of the hottest trends of the day that is being developed by many countries. Of course, further development of traditional reconnaissance and strike vehicles will also continue. Despite Russia’s discouraging backwardness in other, simpler UAV classes, its Okhotnik (“Hunter”) drone is seen as a prominent exponent of the future generation of strike UAVs given its stealth and highly autonomous nature. There will likely be no game-changing developments in the combat aircraft sector in ...

28.01.2021

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Poll conducted

In your opinion, what are the US long-term goals for Russia?

U.S. wants to establish partnership relations with Russia on condition that it meets the U.S. requirements	33 (31%)
U.S. wants to deter Russia’s military and political activity	30 (28%)
U.S. wants to dissolve Russia	24 (22%)
U.S. wants to establish alliance relations with Russia under the US conditions to rival China	21 (19%)