Military technology innovation enables Russia’s way of war and informs new concepts of operation and military thought around future warfare, especially asymmetric advantages against more powerful competitors.
New weapons systems, dubbed Putin’s superoruzhie (‘super weapons’) and first unveiled in 2018, signal Russia’s intent to innovate in the defence-industrial field to counter the perceived conventional military superiority of great power competitors such as the US and its NATO allies.
The authors of a new research paper offer an overview of Russia’s modern military capabilities and advanced technologies in key sectors, discussing the effects of military innovation on Russian military thinking and impacts for the US, NATO, and their partners.
