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The article discusses research about the importance of military training to enhance combat readiness of Russian Armed Forces. Topics mentioned include the level of military preparedness, ways on how to improve operational and mobilization training, list of tasks that military troops should focus on, and requirements in preparing troops for real combat.

The article discusses the importance of the role of airfield ground support services in the combat readiness of aircraft operated by Air Force units. It also examines the structure and purpose of aviation complexes and the role of airfield towing services within the system of preparing equipment according to the specific operations of the aviation complex. It also presents recommendations for designs of towing vehicles to prepare the aviation complex against large-scale guided weapons attacks.

An interview with Igor Lyakin-Frolov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), is presented. He discusses the CSTO's structure and history. When asked about the main areas of cooperation between the CSTO member states, he cites international security, foreign policy coordination, and joint measures against drug trafficking. The CSTO Collective Rapid Reaction Forces (CRRF) and member states' combat readiness are also discussed.

The article discusses the author's views on the approach to counter aerial enemy attacks in modern wars and armed conflicts. He notes that the defensive operation of an all-arms task force must be composed of air defense units, air force, missile forces, and long-range artillery operations to effectively counter air assaults. He also added the positioning of reserve group's unit between main and other forces to encounter contingencies on the aftermath of enemy's air attacks.

The article discusses new approaches to the assessment and calculation of combat worthiness which is an indicator showing the combat potential of military units. It discusses combat readiness, or readiness to fight, which is another type of combat potential indicator. Furthermore, it states that the goal of assessing the combat readiness of military formations is to indicate the type of mission they are ready to accomplish at any time and up to what extent.

The article focuses on the concept and methodological basis for determining and evaluating the combat capability indicators of military units through potential combat readiness. It defines combat potential as technical equipment, military skill, and morale which comprise the components of Armed Forces. It asserts that weapons and materiel (WM), combat worthiness (CW), and combat readiness (CR) are the main elements in assessing the potential combat capabilities of military units.

The article focuses on the assessment and calculation of the combat worthiness level of military subunits and units. It presents several things to consider in assessing combat worthiness of subunits which include the exclusion of battle readiness in the calculation, the five components of combat worthiness such as the state of the personnel, and the levels of these components. It notes that the combat worthiness of a particular unit depends on the combat worthiness level of its various subunits.

The article presents the author's views on mobility in the present-day combat readiness system in Russia. He sees it as the essence of current dynamic processes in military affairs and as a notion to carry out strategic deployments. He states that mobile forces must be composed of attack, controlling and supporting subsystems. He believes that organizationally, large mobile strategic formation is good, and that the mobility factor in combat employment of Russia's armed forces will grow.

The article provides an analysis regarding the deployment of the joint grouping of aviation and air defense troops and the qualifying features and conditions for the realization of military activity modes. It examines the necessity of using radio-technical formations as well as electronic warfare units in air battles. It stresses the significance of a common design and elaborated plan for the deployment of the joint grouping of aviation and of air defense troops in the operation.

The article discusses the problems encountered in the organization of joint coordinated actions of multi-agency military formations in Russia Federation during a special operation. These problems were classified as legal, theoretical, organizational and technical. Also examined were the combat training system for multi-agency military units.

The article discusses the theory of interaction on the concept of operation of military troops. It reveals the essence of interaction pertaining to military activities including that it is a solution of a contradiction between centralization of control and flexibility, build up horizontal control of military operations, and the coordination in the actions of troops is achieved through preparation of an operation. Three models on interaction are given.

The article focuses on the analysis of the military activity in the context of military sciences using various methods of disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, and sociology. It points out that an approach to the military activity concept is not at all casual in society since it stems from the previous development stages of the native scientific idea. However, such interpretation of the relations between culture and military science is overcome as it lacks adequate conformity.

The article discusses the form of defense, a type of combat action in which one of the opposing sides realizes its combat capability. It is noted that defense operations are always a retaliatory reaction to initiative displayed by an advancing adversary. The ultimate objective of the defense will be neutralization of an attacking force. The main method of achieving defense objectives is depriving the adversary of its offensive capability.

The article discusses the importance of strategic training among echelons of command and troops of the Russian Federation (RF) Armed Forces towards succeeding combat operations. The authors account on the Great Patriotic War and several combat activities that RF Armed Forces should learn. The author also a presentation in an attempt to alert RF defense capability in countering possible aggressions.

The article informs that the core of the Russian Federation Defense Ministry's military-technical policy in the operation and maintenance of arms and military equipment (AME) is ensuring the combat readiness of AME as the key component of the combat system of the Armed Forces. It takes into account the general systemic and branch of service priorities of its development; introduces advanced and economical resource saving procedures and technologies for the operation, maintenance, and disposal of AME and new information and analysis systems and technologies to control these processes on different levels.

Focuses on the changes in the forms and methods of warfare employed in various branches and arms of service and special task force. Details on the combat readiness of missile and artillery units; Accounts on the organizational aspects of the creation and development of a Missile Forces and Artillery (MFA) automated command and control system; Assessment of command and control impacts on MFA performance in combat.

Provides information on trends in military clothing and uniforms. Essential outward signs of pieces of military clothing and uniform; Details of information on the problems involved in the provision of clothing and related military gear; Consideration of improvement of military clothing as one of the important conditions in maintaining high combat readiness.

Focuses on the organization and conduct of Air Force tactical exercises (TE) in Russia. Importance of tactical exercises in combat training; Factors that influence the organization and conduct of TE; Account of problems generated by the factors.

Focuses on the unified combat training and indoctrination system for the Russian Armed Forces. Account of factors influencing combat capability of combined units, military units and subunits; Problem with the influence of the morale on the course and outcome of warfare; Assertion concerning the goal for the entire training of troops and indoctrination of personnel.

Focuses on the control of moral and psychological support (MPS) of combat operations of the Russian Armed Forces. Problem concerning the mechanism development of the efficient operation of MPS; Explanations with regard to the development of a combat operations MPS model; Account of basic tasks of combat operations MPS.

Provides information on the methods and modes of warfare. Significance of air operations in warfare; Account of organizational characteristics of air operations; Implications of the failure of troops to operate according to an earlier developed concept.

Focuses on the importance of appropriate methods for modeling armed confrontation processes. Explanations concerning the method for evaluating the situation by elements of an operation plan; Problem with the evaluation of the situation by elements; Significance of the formalized representation of the modes of operations by troops.

Discusses the role of full combat support in the preparation and implementation of measures designed to maintain high combat readiness and operational effectiveness of troops. Combat principle that has undergone much change in the past 100 years; Four main types comprised in full support; Factors predetermining the complex system of the combat principle.

Examines government expenditures towards the development of the Russian Navy. Recommendations for efficient use of material resources; Formation of the necessary sections of the Armament Program and a system for production cooperation in naval construction; Determination of the operational-strategic and operational-tactical requirements for mission performance levels and combat readiness of naval forces.

Determines the rational composition of missile forces and artillery weapons in a combat operation. Importance of the effective delivery of conventional fires (DCF) against an adversary in a war; Impact of DCF on the course and outcome of an operation; Dependence of DCF on the composition of weapons and totality of munitions used in fire missions in an operation.

Examines the influence of geophysical conditions on the effectiveness of combat operations. Impact of weather conditions on combat employment; Necessity for commanding officers and staffs to know and take into consideration the actual and forecast weather conditions in preparing for and conducting combat operations; Account of the defeat of the Nazis in the battle near Moscow, Russia during World War II.

Presents discussions on the combat readiness of the Russian Air Force. Role of the Air Force in preserving national security; Significance of enhancing early warning systems and information transmission; Details on personnel combat training.

Focuses on the role of air support of troops in the Armed Forces of Russia. Definition of air combat operation in support of ground troops; Impediments to the decision-making and operation-planning process; Distinction between air combat operations conducted according to frontal, army division or air assault plans.

Analyzes the operational efficiency of command and control system in Russia. Evaluation of the disorganization of complex systems; Difficulty in formalizing input data and command and control goals in an operation; Aim of improving the command and control process.

Reports the integration of a measure as part of an integrated troop protection system in combat operations in Russia. Neutralization of the effects of enemy strikes; Rehabilitation of the operational effectiveness of combined units; Distribution of command and control functions in performing tasks in combat operation.

Focuses on the relevance of space surveillance in the over-all military-political global situation. List of countries with outlets foro outer space surveillance; Function in the revelation of direct preparations for combat preparations in aggressor countries; Implications for the establishment of an outer space surveillance center through international cooperation.

Focuses on the enhancement of naval logistics in Russia. Vulnerability of the Navy's logistic support system based on the principles of rigid centralization and planning; Role of economic factors affecting naval logistics; Need for changes in the organizational staff structure of bases and depots.

Focuses on the development of electronic warfare (EW) as the principal type of operations support in Russia. Inclusion of missile and artillery units in EW operations; Establishment of electronics, computer technology, automated troops and weapon control systems; Problems in defining the missions of EW considering changes in the use of weapons.