Prospects for Russian Military R&D

Sharon Leiter

ResearchPublished 1996

This report examines the Russian military's options for achieving weapons modernization and new weapons development through either a revitalized state military research and development (R&D) sector or a robust civil scientific and technical (S&T) sector. It considers the likelihood that neither of these sectors will prove adequate to the military's needs in the near term, forcing Russia to turn to the West for military-technical assistance. By investigating trends in the Russian scientific community as a whole, including science funding, higher education, the brain drain, and the evolution of scientific organizations, it assesses long-term prospects for Russian military R&D.

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Leiter, Sharon, Prospects for Russian Military R&D. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1996. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR709.html.
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This research was carried out as part of the project "The Russian Military: A Question of Ends and Means," sponsored by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence and conducted in the Arroyo Center's Strategy and Doctrine Program. The Arroyo Center is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the United States Army.

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