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Russian Military Forces in 2018

In 2010 Russia realigned its six military districts [Moscow (MD 1), St Petersburg (MD 2), North Caucasus (MD 3), Volga-Urals (MD 4), Siberia (MD 5) and Far East (MD 6)] into four “strategic commands” (Western, Southern, Central, and Eastern). The commands combine both administrative and operational tasks.

Figure 1: Russian Strategic Commands created in 2010

In 2014 two significant modifications to this 2010 command structure were made:

(1) In February, the Northern Fleet-Unified Strategic Command (NF-USC) -- comprising the Northern Fleet, Arctic warfare brigades, air force and air defense units as well as additional administrative structures -- was created to “protect Russia’s Arctic shipping and fishing, oil and gas fields on the Arctic shelf, and the country’s national borders in the north.” NF-USC immediately began re-opening at least seven former USSR airfields as well as a number of naval ports on the New Siberian Islands and the Franz Josef Land archipelago.

(2) In the fall, the Crimea – annexed from the Ukraine – was officially added to the Southern Strategic Command’s area of responsibility.



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Russian Active Military Forces in 2018

The ‘total force’ columns represent the maximum military ground/air/maritime capability resourced by the nation. The ‘max equiv potentially available expeditionary’ columns reflect the portion of the total force which reasonably could be employed outside of the national territory within the next year (taking into consideration reserve mobilization and training times, supportability with available combat service support structure and national logistics, interoperability, commitments to home defense, etc.). Ground Ground Air Air Sea Sea

NATION Total Force

Max Equiv Potentially

Avail Expeditionary Total Force




Avail Expeditionary

Russia

Northern Fleet-Unified Strategic Command ACTIVE

2 BDE 3 ASFC 3 PAC3B

1 ASFC

1 BS (T22) 1 FS (M29) 1 FS (S27) 1 FS (S24) 1 AWAC 3 ALS 3 UAVS(R) 1 UAVS(A)

1 FS (S27) 2 ALS 1 UAVS(R) 1 UAVS(A)

1 FS (S33) 1 FS (S27) 1 CSG 4 SSNG 4 SSG 1 SAG 3 MCMG 1 ESG 1 MEB 4 NSFT

1 FS (S33) 1 CSG 2 SSNG 2 SSG 1 SAG 1 MCMG 1 ESG 1 MEB 2 NSFT

BDE = ground combat brigade BS = bomber squadron (approx 20 planes) FS = fighter squadron (approx 20 planes) ALS = airlift squadron [C-5/C-17 equiv] AWAC = Airborne Warning & Control Package CSG = Carrier Strike Group (incl escorts & aircraft) SSG = diesel pwrd atk submarine group (2 boats) SSNG= nuclear pwrd atk submarine group (2 boats) SAG= surface action and/or anti-sub group MCMG = mine counter mine group ESG = amphib lift group (incl escorts) MEB = Marine/Naval Inf Amphib Brigade PAC3B = Patriot PAC3 Battery equiv (6 launchers) THAADB = Thtr BMD Btry equiv (6 launchers) UAVS(R) = Unmanned air vehicle squadron (recon) UAVS(A) = Unmanned air vehicle squadron (attack) NSFT = Naval Special Forces Tm (approx. 20 pers) ASFC = Army Special Forces Com (approx. 80 pers)



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NATION Total Force






Avail Expeditionary

Russia

West Strategic Command ACTIVE

In Russia



2 BS (T22) 3 FS (M31) 2 FS (M29) 1 FS (S34) 1 FS (S27) 1 FS (S24) 1 AWAC 3 ALS 6 UAVS(R) 2 UAVS(A)

1 BS (T22) 2 FS (M31) 1 FS (M29) 1 FS (S34) 2 ALS 2 UAVS(R) 1 UAVS(A)

1 FS (S24) 1 SSG 2 SAG 3 MCMG 1 ESG 1 MEB 1 NSFT

1 SSG 1 SAG 1 MCMG 1 ESG 1 MEB

In Belarus 1 BDE 1 BDE 1 FS (S27) 1 FS (S27) in Estonia 2 ASFC 2 ASFC 1 NSFT 1 NSFT

In Kaliningrad


2 BDE 1 ASFC 1 PAC3B 1 FS (S24) 1 FS (S24)

1 FS (S27) 2 SAG 2 NSFT

1 SAG 1 NSFT

in Latvia 1 ASFC 1 ASFC

in Lithuania 1 ASFC 1 ASFC

In Syria






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NATION Total Force






Avail Expeditionary

Russia

South Strategic Command ACTIVE

In Russia



1 FS (M29) 1 FS (S34) 2 FS (S30) 1 FS (S-27) 3 FS (S25) 1 FS (S-24) 1 AWAC 2 ALS 1 UAVS(R) 2 UAVS(A)

1 FS (M29) 1 FS (S30) 1 FS (S25) 1 ALS 1 UAVS(R) 2 UAVS(A)

All SSC naval forces are on next page

In Armenia 1 BDE 1 BDE 1 FS (M29) 1 FS (M29)

in Georgia 2 BDE 4 ASFC

2 BDE 4 ASFC

1 FS (S24) 1 UAVS(R)

1 FS (S24) 1 UAVS(R)

in Moldova 1 BDE 1 BDE in Ukraine 2 ASFC 2 ASFC




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NATION Total Force






Avail Expeditionary

Russia South Strategic Command ACTIVE

(continued) In Caspian Sea 2 SAG

in Crimea/Black Sea


1 ASFC 1 FS (S27) 1 FS (S27)

1 FS (M29) 1 FS (S33) 1 FS (S24) 2 SSG 5 SAG 4 MCMG 1 ESG 1 MEB 4 NSFT

1 FS (S33) 1 SSG 2 SAG 2 MCMG 1 ESG 1 MEB 2 NSFT

in Syria/Mediterranean

Sea



1 SSG 1 SAG 1 MCMG

1 SSG 1 SAG 1 MCMG




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NATION Total Force






Avail Expeditionary

Russia

Central Strategic Command ACTIVE

In Russia



1 BS (T22) 3 FS (M31) 2 FS (S24) 1 AWAC 3 ALS 2 UAVS(R) 1 UAVS(A)

1 BS (T22) 3 FS (M31) 1 FS (S24) 1 AWAC 1 ALS 1 UAVS(R) 1 UAVS(A)

in Kyrgyzstan 1 BDE 2 ASFC

1 BDE 2 ASFC

1 FS (S-25) 1 UAVS(R)

1 FS (S-25) 1 UAVS(R)

in Tajikistan 1 BDE 1 ASFC

1 BDE 1 ASFC

BDE = ground combat brigade BS = bomber squadron (approx 20 planes) FS = fighter squadron (approx 20 planes) ALS = airlift squadron [C-5/C-17 equiv] AWAC = Airborne Warning & Control Package CSG = Carrier Strike Group (incl escorts & aircraft) SSG = diesel pwrd atk submarine group (2 boats) SSNG= nuclear pwrd atk submarine group (2 boats) SAG= surface action and/or anti-sub group MCMG = mine counter mine group ESG = amphib lift group (incl escorts) MEB = Marine/Naval Inf Amphib Brigade PAC3B = Patriot PAC3 Battery (6 launchers) THAADB = Thtr BMD Btry (6 launchers) UAVS(R) = Unmanned air vehicle squadron (recon) UAVS(A) = Unmanned air vehicle squadron (attack) NSFT = Naval Special Forces Tm (approx. 20 pers) ASFC = Army Special Forces Com (approx. 80 pers)



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NATION Total Force






Avail Expeditionary

Russia

East Strategic Command ACTIVE

In Russia



1 BS (T95) 2 FS (M31) 2 FS (S35) 2 FS (S30) 1 FS (S27) 3 FS (S25) 2 FS (S24) 1 AWAC 4 ALS 6 UAVS(R) 2 UAVS(A)

1 BS (T95) 1 FS (M31) 2 FS (S35) 1 FS (S30) 1 FS (S25) 1 FS (S24) 2 ALS 3 UAVS(R) 1 UAVS(A)

1 FS (M-31) 2 SSN 2 SSG 6 SAG 4 MCMG 1 ESG 1 MEB 4 NSFT

2 SSN 1 SSG 1 SAG 1 MCMG 2 NSFT

In Kurile Islands

1 BDE 1 AFSC 2 PAC3B

1 BDE 1 AFSC 2 PAC3B 1 FS (S27) 1 FS (S27) 1 SAG 1 SAG

BDE = ground combat brigade BS = bomber squadron (approx 20 planes) FS = fighter squadron (approx 20 planes) ALS = airlift squadron [C-5/C-17 equiv] AWAC = Airborne Warning & Control Package CSG = Carrier Strike Group (incl escorts & aircraft) SSG = diesel pwrd atk submarine group (2 boats) SSNG= nuclear pwrd atk submarine group (2 boats) SAG= surface action and/or anti-sub group MCMG = mine counter mine group ESG = amphib lift group (incl escorts) MEB = Marine/Naval Inf Amphib Brigade PAC3B = Patriot PAC3 Battery (6 launchers) THAADB = Thtr BMD Btry (6 launchers) UAVS(R) = Unmanned air vehicle squadron (recon) UAVS(A) = Unmanned air vehicle squadron (attack) NSFT = Naval Special Forces Tm (approx. 20 pers) ASFC = Army Special Forces Com (approx. 80 pers)



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Russian Reserve Military Forces in 2018


NATION Total Force






Avail Expeditionary

Russia Northern Fleet-Unified Strategic Command RESERVE 1 BDE

1 MEB

West Strategic Command RESERVE

In Russia 10 BDE 7 ASFC

2 BDE 2 ASFC

in Belarus 1 BDE 2 ASFC

1 BDE 2 ASFC

South Strategic Command RESERVE


1 BDE 3 ASFC

in E. Ukraine 1 BDE 1 BDE

In Crimea 1 BDE 3 ASFC 1 ASFC




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Russian Reserve Military Forces in 2018


NATION Total Force






Avail Expeditionary

Russia Central Strategic Command RESERVE


3 BDE 5 ASFC

in Tajikistan 1 BDE 1 BDE East Strategic Command RESERVE

10 BDE 8 ASFC

2 BDE 3 ASFC 2 NSFT

1 NSFT




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Russian Missile Defense and Strategic Attack in 2018

The following chart depicts national military capabilities for defense against missile threat and for conducting long range/strategic attacks, available in 2018

NATION Missile

Defense Strategic

Attack Strategic

Attack Space

Systems

Systems Warheads

Russia BMD (vic Moscow)

1 BS (T160) 2 BS (T95) 2 BS (Tu22) 8 SSBN 4 SSGN 154 ICBM 144 MICBM

32 80 80 512 64 244 378

35 Comm Sat 33 Nav Sat 4 ELINT Sat 2 Early Warn Sat 12 Ground stations

BMD = Ballistic Missile Defense suitable vs. ICBMs IRBM = Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile SSBN = Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine SSGN = Nuclear Guided Missile Submarine ICBM = Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (fixed site) MICBM = Mobile Intercontinental Ballistic Missile BS = Bomber Squadron (approx 20 planes) capable of delivering nuclear weapons

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Russian Military Forces in 2018

Cyber and the Russian Military1

Until 2003, activities within the cyber domain were the responsibility of the Russian SIGINT agency, FAPSI. In 2003, this agency was abolished and its responsibilities divided between the defense ministry and the internal security service (FSB).

The first official doctrinal statement on the role of the Russian military in cyberspace, the ‘Conceptual Views on the Activity of the Russian Federation Armed Forces in Information Space’, was released at the end of 2011, and described cyber-force tasks with little correlation to those of equivalent commands in the West. In particular, the document contained no mention of the possibility of offensive cyber activity. It was also entirely defensive in tone, and focused on force protection and prevention of information war, including allowing for a military role in negotiating international treaties governing information security.

Following a mixed performance in the information aspects of the armed conflict with Georgia in 2008, there was discussion about creating ‘Information Troops’, whose role would include cyber capability; but this initiative was publicly scotched by the FSB.

In January 2012, then-CGS Makarov gave a different picture of the three main tasks for any new cyber/information command: “disrupting adversary information systems, including by introducing harmful software”; “defending our own communications and command systems”; and “working on domestic and foreign public opinion using the media, Internet and more.” The third task is a reminder that Russia deals in cyber warfare as an integral component of information warfare.

Operations in Crimea in early 2014, and in the wider information space concerning the conflict in Ukraine, demonstrate that Russian thinking and capacity has matured in all these areas. In Crimea, Russian troops have demonstrated integrated use of EW and SOF capabilities, as well as wider use of cyberspace and strategic communications to shape an effective information campaign targeted as much at domestic as foreign audiences.

1 Cyber information is from the 2015 Military Balance, Chapter 5, pp 197-198.

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