Russia’s Strategic Forces: Policy, Evolution and Prospects

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Institut français des relations internationales

2005

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Contents

Introduction.5

Russia's Nuclear Doctrine: Doctrinal Views on Nuclear Weapons7

A. Nuclear Exercises.9

B. Nuclear Weapons as Compensation for Declining Conventional Forces10

Russia's Nuclear Weapons: From 1991 to 2004 13

A. Soviet Nuclear Heritage 13

B. Decommissioning of out-of-date strategic systems16

C. Debates over MIRVed ICBMs17

D. Decisions of the year 2000 .18

E. The Moscow Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions.19

F. Decisions made in 2002 19

Prospects of Strategic Triad21

A. Russia’s Strategic Rocket Forces21

B. Russian Strategic Naval Force 24

C. Strategic Aviation 26

Conclusions .29