Research for Russian Military

Drs. H. H. Gaffney and Dmitry Gorenburg traveled to Moscow 2-6 November 2003 to talk to a range of Russian strategic thinkers, plus two retired Russian officers. Their mission was to understand the political, economic, and military context in which the Russian Federation Navy was functioning today. They found that the military in general seems to be low in Russian priorities, and that the Russian Federation Navy, despite some increased activity of late, is still shrinking, perhaps to a combination of coastal force and strategic nuclear forces.