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| Author: | Sanchez-Andres, A. |
| Title: | The transformation of the Russian defence industry |
| Journal: | Europe-Asia Studies
1995 : DEC, VOL. 47:8, p. 1269-1292 |
| Index terms: | RUSSIA DEFENCE INDUSTRIES |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Traditionally, the defence industry constituted the most powerful industrial lobby in the USSR, with an administrative structure at all the organizational levels where its interests could be affected. With a hierarchical and pyramidal structure, the different entities of the sector remained isolated from strictly civilian bodies. The strategic part it played within the organization of the Soviet Union enabled the defence industry to manage a growing and important volume of resources; on the one hand it had a special supply system which guaranteed regular high-quality provision of the most advanced technology in the country, as well as highly qualified human resources. On the other hand, the sector imposed the production of armaments upon the rest of society as a social necessity. |
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