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- Title
A Diagnosis of Russia's Military Capability in a Situation of an Escalation of Hostility in Ukraine and Possible Implications for the Safety of the Eastern NATO Flank.
- Authors
RADOMYSKI, Adam; MICHALSKI, Daniel
- Abstract
The paper presents the results of research, whose main goal is to evaluatethe aviation and rocket capability of the armed forces erf the Russian Federation and Ukraine in terms of a possMe launch of regular warfare. The authors primarily focus on changes in the military doctrine of the Russian Federation, which have created legal deferminants of the use of armed forces outside the country's territory in defense of national minorities, illustrated by taking control of Crimea. The authors also stress Russia's military plans, including the development directions of the potential of armed forces as well as a possible threat to the security of the eastern NATO's flank in the event of a conflict in Ukraine. In this respect, the capabilities of the air defense of countries on the eastern NATO flank, particularly Poland's capability, were analyzed.
- Subjects
RUSSIA-Ukraine relations; NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organization; MILITARY doctrine; MILITARY planning; AIR defenses
- Publication
Historia i Polityka, 2021, Vol 38, Issue 45, p71
- ISSN
1899-5160
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12775/HiP.2021.035