But at that time, the overall strength of the Soviet Union was not as good as that of the United States. As far as the military is concerned, the US military strength is also 6.5438+0.2 million, including 6 million army troops. The number of American army is not as good as that of Soviet Union, but the navy and air force are stronger than ever. Navy 1 10,000, as well as internal affairs forces and border guards. It has more than 50,000 tanks, more than 60,000 armored vehicles and 50,000 guns. Correspondingly, the US military strength and civilian personnel are almost more than 4 million, while the army is only in the early 654.38+0 million. At that time, the Soviet Union was far superior to the United States in the army, and there were tens of thousands of countries on each side of the air force that could compete with the United States. 1988, the total strength of the Soviet red army reached 5130,000 (excluding security and internal security forces). The Soviet army is divided into five services: army, navy, air force, air defense force and strategic rocket army.
1988 Soviet military strength is as follows (the number is subject to 1988): 80,000 in Vack and 65,000 in Hungary. Before 1987, the Soviet Union had 1 18000 troops in Afghanistan and 65000 troops in Mongolia. Vietnam, Cuba and other countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America also have garrisons or military advisers and technicians.
The most obvious gap between the United States and the former Soviet Union lies in the advantages in the field of space technology. They are at least decades ahead of the United States. The comprehensive national strength is similar to that of the United States, because of the geographical position of the Soviet Union. But the Soviet Union is backed by abundant oil!
The gap is huge. Let's start with the strategic rocket army (nuclear missile force), air force (including air defense force), army, navy and space force.
1. Strategic Rocket Force: Due to the signing of the strategic nuclear arms reduction treaty with the United States, the size of Russia's strategic rocket force has been greatly reduced compared with that of the Soviet Union. Now, the pillar forces are SS25 Poplar and SS27 Poplar M developed in the later period of the Soviet Union. At present, these two missiles can only carry a single warhead (550,000 tons TNT equivalent). However, after the unilateral abrogation of the ABM Treaty by the United States, Russia began to develop mobile multi-warheads for Poplar M, but there is no sign of installation yet. As for the old intercontinental missiles, such as SS 18 Satan and SS24 scalpel, Russia will not retire for the time being because poplar production is slow and needs powerful nuclear warheads, and will continue to serve for a long time. However, for these missiles first developed in 1970s, many components are aging, which is worrying. And because of the loss of Ukraine and Belarus, many parts can't be taken out, and Russia has to re-develop them. It turned out that the Soviet Union had more nuclear warheads than the United States during the Cold War, and now it has fallen far behind the United States.
2. Air Force (including air defense forces): During the Soviet period, the air force was divided into offensive air force and defensive air defense forces, which merged after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. After the disintegration of the Russian Air Force, from 9 1 to the present, the number of newly equipped fighters does not exceed 100 (less than100 on average one year), except those left over from the Soviet plan. Since the introduction of Su -27 in the early 1990s, the China Air Force has self-assembled and improved the production of Su -27. The reason is that the original submarine-launched ballistic missile bureau was located in Ukraine, and now it can only be handled by Moscow Thermal Power Research Institute, but it has no experience in developing submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
5. Space power. Needless to say. There are not many reconnaissance satellites left in orbit. After the "Peace" crashed, the ruthless space station went to heaven.
In short, Russia's military strength is much lower than that of the Soviet Union, and the main equipment now is developed in the later period of the Soviet Union. After the founding of the Russian Federation, many new equipment was also made with the legacy technology of the Soviet Union, which was very tragic. The reason is two words: no money.
It almost reached its peak in the 1970s and 1980s, and it is the only country in the world that can compete with the United States. At that time, the world was almost dominated by the United States and the Soviet Union, but now it can't compete with the United States. Fortunately, there are thousands of nuclear bombs and advanced missiles in Russia. Even if we fight conventional warfare, it will not be easily defeated by 6-8 countries as some people say. Today's Russia does not have the momentum of that year, but the blood of Russians has not changed, and they still have the courage to fight Germany that year. Don't underestimate him.
In fact, there is a big gap in scale and strength. In its heyday, the Soviet Union's military strength was far inferior to that of the United States.
Practice alone. Russia is strong. Because Russia has a large territory, a large territory means more war resources.
Sea power. America is strong. Because Britain passed Kerry.
The high support rate and commitment to economic growth made President Putin once sought after by investors, but now the relationship between the Kremlin and Crimea has deteriorated, which makes the business community question Putin's future administration. Some commentators said that even though the political ideas and forces represented by nemtsov had no substantial influence on the long-term trend of Russian politics, his death was still the cruelest portrayal of Russia's "hate society".
The murdered nemtsov served as deputy prime minister in Putin's predecessor Yeltsin's government, and later served as the leader of the Russian opposition for a long time. His relationship with Putin has always been at odds, and the mystery of death has directly affected Putin's reputation. When the shooting happened, nemtsov was walking on a bridge in moscow river, south of the Kremlin. A car passed by the scene, and someone in the car shot him seven or eight times with a pistol, causing him to die. Russian media reported that the murderer or Chechen militants hired by Ukrainian intelligence agencies undermined Russia's political stability. Others speculate that the killers are in a state of panic and they will flee the area quickly.