The validity of the military doctrine should be increased at least up to Twenty-five years, says the head of the center for military forecasting, associate Professor of the faculty of world politics, Moscow state University Anatoly Tsyganok.
So he explained the message of the Deputy Secretary of the security Council of the Russian Federation Mikhail Popov's intention to clarify the military doctrine of the country by the end of the year. Among the main reasons for the conflicts in Ukraine and in the Syrian Arab Republic, the Arab spring, the expansion of NATO to the East, as well as issues ABOUT the development of the Arctic, the development of the forces Aerospace defence and import substitution.
" The current Military doctrine is too old, considering the political situation in the world and that we continuously upgrade their equipment. Apparently, the military doctrine should be established on the much longer period. Twenty years a little, should, at least, twenty-five years, " said Tsyganok Last news .
Some military experts believe that the political situation in the world should not be the main reason to change the provisions of the document: they are developed for a period of decades, and all are equipped with weapons conflicts are short-term.
Military doctrine and principles of state policy in the area of nuclear deterrence to 2020 was approved in the Russian Federation in February 2010, then-President Dmitry Medvedev. Among the major military threats to States then were called NATO expansion and deployment of ABM systems.
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