In order to make the army accomplish its new tasks more effectively, the command of the army will change. The command of the army will no longer be decided by the leaders, but the military region will be abolished and the troops will be commanded according to the territorial marks.
At present, Russian armed forces include navy, army and air force, as well as strategic rocket army, airborne troops and space forces. All troops are divided into six military regions and four fleets, which means that each strategic place has its own troops, including all personnel, headquarters, military equipment, weapons, logistics and necessary reserve forces.
After the new military reform, there will be no longer six military regions, but regional headquarters or armies: Far East (or East), Central Asia (or South) and Western Europe (or West). The headquarters of all services and all arms will be abolished and replaced by three front lines. But only strategic rocket soldiers are exceptions, because nuclear missiles are best managed in a unified way. The Independent reported that the Russian General Staff and the Ministry of National Defense have begun to implement this reform plan, and the number of troops and officers at the Baikonur space launch site is decreasing.
According to the reform plan, the new composition of Russian armed forces will respond to the threat of terrorism more flexibly and effectively. At present, this task is the most important task of the Russian army.
At the same time, the implementation of local wars will also be the responsibility of only one army. For example, the North Caucasus Military Region launched a military operation in Chechnya. In order for mobike's infantry divisions, airborne troops and aviation brigades to take joint action, it must be approved by at least three headquarters and Russian military and political leaders. If all the above-mentioned troops are under the command of a territorial army, then all the problems will be solved more easily.
The authoritative military expert of Russian Independent newspaper believes that this reform may be completed within 7-8 years. As all components of the Russian armed forces will change (including communication, command post, security, deployment location and headquarters), the Russian armed forces may be paralyzed, and other forces will lose their combat effectiveness except a few ace troops.
As we all know, since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, the Russian army has carried out many military reforms. In particular, the Gulf War of 199 1 deeply hurt the Russian army that had just emerged from the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Iraq is not only a close ally of the Soviet Union in the Middle East, but also a regional armed force fully armed with Soviet-style weapons and army-building ideas, but it was defeated in just 42 days. Under strong stimulation, the Russian army launched its first military reform from 1992. Almost every defense minister takes office, and the chariot of military reform will move forward.
However, the fundamental problems that plague the Russian army are: huge scale, bloated system, low command efficiency, unreasonable structure of arms and services and the system of major military regions, etc. From 1992 to 2003, the reform has been focused on overcoming these problems. However, due to many factors, the reform is not successful, or the effect is not obvious. However, the military conflict in Georgia this autumn really showed Russia the gap between its own military system and the latest military level in the world.
After the conflict between Russia and Georgia, the Russian army deeply reflected on the exposed problems. According to the report of Jane's Strategic Consulting Services, "Russia has been studying the Cold War-style war scene for a long time. Their focus is to build a huge army that can deploy overwhelming firepower, but they are not interested in building a smaller, more well-trained and more flexible army."
However, with the conflict between Russia and Georgia in World War I, this backward viewpoint and consciousness immediately became a living reality, which undoubtedly made Russia feel worried and anxious when NATO troops were stationed in Enemy at the Gates (Black Sea warship). On June 65438+1October 65438+April 2008, Russian Defense Minister serdyukov suddenly announced that he would carry out a large-scale reform of the Russian army and realize the modernization of the army.
The Russian General Staff Department believes that the practical experience of local wars at home and abroad in recent years shows that reforms must be carried out in accordance with the requirements of asymmetric joint operations in future wars. There is no doubt that the strategic deterrent of the Russian army after this system reform will be much greater than the defense form of soldiers guarding the country.
Russian leaders know that without a powerful new Russian army, there would be no political status of Russia in the international arena, even the basic security of Russia's reality, let alone the national dream of reviving the Soviet Union. The reform of the Russian army has proved the law hidden in military history since Khufu rode and shot more than 2000 years ago: the fate of the country lies in the army, and the fate of the army is reforming. The success or failure of reform depends on the consciousness and will of the country's top leaders.
This time, the Russian army greatly streamlined the six military regions and the four fleet headquarters, making them administrative agencies. Abolish local military service committees and establish specialized agencies at the military level to be responsible for conscription, mobilization and training. At the same time, Russia revised its military doctrine, claiming that nuclear weapons can be used first to deal with "strategic military threats", pointing directly at the infiltration of the United States into Central Asia and Transcaucasia.
The focus of this reform of the Russian army is to establish a new organization and command system, change the current bloated system of battalions, regiments, divisions, group armies and military regions, and organize the services and arms with fragmented operational functions into strategic and operational mixed corps; Turn the Soviet incarnation in the mechanized era into a brand-new army in 2 1 century. This also indicates that Russia, as the direct successor of Soviet military power, has completely abandoned the Soviet-style military system.
This new army has a brand-new concept of war, a brand-new organizational system and a brand-new weapon system. According to the latest reform ideas of the Russian army, the Russian army will complete the military structure reform in 20l0-20 15. First of all, the establishment of the General Command of the Army, Navy and Air Force was cancelled, and the functions and powers were handed over to the General Staff, and the corresponding Bureau of the Army, Navy and Air Force was established. It is clear that the Ministry of National Defense is a civilian department responsible for personnel policy, logistics support and other functions, and the General Staff Department is a real military command organization that directly directs the military combat training. Secondly, the headquarters of strategic rocket soldiers, space soldiers and airborne troops will be abolished, and the headquarters of strategic nuclear forces, military space defense and rapid reaction forces will be established.