A project I worked on at CIA’s Office of Strategic Research (OSR) circa 1977 – a directed research effort – may help illuminate how these elements – basic research, directed research, and current reporting – I’ve been talking about fit together. The timeframe was 1976-1977. The Soviet Union’s forces based in the Soviet Far East were heavily mechanized (its infantry, artillery, support units, etc. were equipped with tracked vehicles, not just the armor units), and they had been for some time. The Chinese forces remained truck-mobile and were armed with weapons and equipment that were sometime two or three generations older than their Russian counterparts. Most estimates gave the Soviet Union a clear advantage should war break out.
IS CHINA MECHANIZING ITS GROUND FORCES?
IS CHINA MECHANIZING ITS GROUND FORCES?
IS CHINA MECHANIZING ITS GROUND FORCES?
A project I worked on at CIA’s Office of Strategic Research (OSR) circa 1977 – a directed research effort – may help illuminate how these elements – basic research, directed research, and current reporting – I’ve been talking about fit together. The timeframe was 1976-1977. The Soviet Union’s forces based in the Soviet Far East were heavily mechanized (its infantry, artillery, support units, etc. were equipped with tracked vehicles, not just the armor units), and they had been for some time. The Chinese forces remained truck-mobile and were armed with weapons and equipment that were sometime two or three generations older than their Russian counterparts. Most estimates gave the Soviet Union a clear advantage should war break out.