Centering Russia
Today (August 31), a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ends. In total, more than 100 thousand servicemen of various types and branches took part in maneuvers in various military districts. Unexpected inspections involved units and formations of the Ground, Airborne, Air and Space Forces, as well as units and formations of the Naval fleet Russia.
From the press releases of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of a large-scale verification of the combat readiness of the troops.
Sniper motorized rifle compound ZVO improve combat skills in urban environments.
The scale is more than impressive. And even the on-duty American concerns this time turned out to be somewhat confused by the fact that NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow stated “the possibility of Russia conducting exercises on its territory without warning partners.” True, Vershbow called this possibility of Russia "a gap in the OSCE legislation." But these are already the problems of Vershbow himself, the OSCE and NATO, which have been extremely rarely and painfully emerging recently from a state of tight concern ...
Against this background, issues relating to the fact that the civilian component was also involved in a sudden test were actively discussed in the media environment and social networks of the Russian Federation. First of all, we are talking about the involvement of various agencies in the inspection - executive authorities, regional authorities and defense industry enterprises. Of release The country's main defense department:
Frankly, strange statements have appeared that if the Ministry of Defense conducts a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces, then "it is necessary to" drag over "to this check territorial authorities or the same Ministry of Industry and Trade with the Ministry of Communications and the Central Bank." The strangeness of these questions and mental delights can be attributed to the clearly serious remoteness of persons reasoning in such categories from the very concept of “mobilization measures”. Apparently, in those years during which no training activities for mobilization training were held in the country, no large-scale military exercises were conducted, a special “caste” of people appeared who believed that if, God forbid, tomorrow is war, it will not touch civil authorities in any way ... The Ministry of Finance will, they say, work with the Central Bank, as if nothing had happened, and the army, they say, let it fight somewhere somewhere by itself ...
Yes - logic ...
In fact, if in this regard, and ask some questions, then, perhaps those, why large-scale checks of mobilization readiness in the structures of the federal and regional authorities began to be held only now? Although the answer, as they say, lies on the surface: in 90-s in liberal fairy tales we were told that Russia had “no enemies”, in parallel with this there was a total collapse and plundering of the army. And then (at the beginning of 2000) it would be strange to talk about large-scale checks on mobilization issues, given that the army itself was de facto lying on the blades, including from total underfunding.
Recently, the situation has begun to improve, and now there is a real opportunity to check how ready the individual institutions of power (federal and regional) are ready for action in military conditions. In some media on this occasion have already managed to write that Russia, they say, so preparing for war. Preparing or not preparing is the tenth thing, it’s just important not to forget about the thesis that when there are so many “friends” around, it is better to keep the powder dry.
During the audit, monitoring was carried out on how materially mobilization measures would be provided on the side of the economic bloc of the government, what priority measures the authorities of the subjects of the federation should take at hour X, what communication channels should remain working, and what the Ministry of Communications should do what mode of operation should enterprises of the military-industrial complex go through, and how to establish uninterrupted funding for such production in wartime conditions.
To put it in everyday language, the officials of various ranks drove the fat very intensively, forcing them to think about actions when the country could be in direct war danger. Not only to think, but to actually act. After all, what a sin to conceal, until recently, the overwhelming number of “effective managers” didn’t keep in mind that the day may come, with the arrival of which you will have to work according to the formula “everything for the front, everything for victory”. It would seem that these two concepts "everything for the front, everything for victory" and "effective managers" are incompatible categorically. But the task is to combine. Those who do not wish to combine, because it’s not the 37 (as is known) year, to transfer to positions where everything is much more complicated with the accumulation of fatty layers ... It is very difficult ...
In this regard, after summing up the results of the audit, one can expect a certain kind of personnel decisions regarding those who “did not combine” and did not want to “mate” with the national task. And, taking into account the fact that parliamentary elections are also on the nose, personnel decisions are very, very likely. Well, not everyone is ready to work, roll up their sleeves, even when necessary. - So it happened in the federal ministries and departments, and in the regions too.
In general, conclusions are expected on the ability of the authorities to respond in a timely manner, and on the basis of these conclusions an additional adjustment will clearly be made.
On this occasion, it is interesting to observe the western reaction. Materials appeared in the American press, in which the “concerns” no longer concern checks of the RF Armed Forces as such, but the fact that Russia is really trying to establish interaction between civilian and military authorities in the most extreme case. And such interaction, even from the point of view of economic mobility, is worth a lot. The West understands this perfectly well, as it understands that it was he who pushed Russia to such decisions. A concentrated Russia, as is known from stories, - a nut, which turned out to be too tough for many.
From the press releases of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of a large-scale verification of the combat readiness of the troops.
The ship fleet of the Pacific Fleet as part of two small anti-submarine ships Ust-Ulimsk and MPK-221 successfully conducted artillery and torpedo firing. In addition to the tasks of combat training, the shipboard group of the Pacific Fleet performs the task of ensuring the safety of maritime navigation and the maritime economic activity of the Russian Federation in the areas of the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan.
Coastal missiles in Kamchatka went into positional areas. The divisions of the missile formation of the Kamchatka group for training alert left the point of permanent deployment to the positional areas for conducting combat training activities. Particular attention will be paid to the development of standards for the deployment of coastal anti-ship missile systems "Redoubt" and "Rubezh".
Sniper motorized rifle compound ZVO improve combat skills in urban environments.
The divisions of the snipers of the motorized rifle formation of the Western Military District have begun to work out practical tasks for conducting combat in urban conditions at a specialized training ground located in the Nizhny Novgorod Region.
As part of a sudden check of the combat readiness of the troops and forces of the Southern, Central and Western military districts, the newest frigate of the Black Sea Fleet, Admiral Grigorovich, successfully carried out artillery firing at sea targets in the training ground in the Black Sea area. Artillery firing by the onboard complexes of the ship was carried out at the sea towed target (sea shield).
Units and military units involved in the sudden verification of the combat readiness of the troops (forces) of the Southern, Central and Western military districts, units of the Aerospace Forces and the Airborne Forces deployed field control points, carried out measures for engineering equipment, disguise, organization of protection and defense field based areas. Conducted practical shooting.
The scale is more than impressive. And even the on-duty American concerns this time turned out to be somewhat confused by the fact that NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow stated “the possibility of Russia conducting exercises on its territory without warning partners.” True, Vershbow called this possibility of Russia "a gap in the OSCE legislation." But these are already the problems of Vershbow himself, the OSCE and NATO, which have been extremely rarely and painfully emerging recently from a state of tight concern ...
Against this background, issues relating to the fact that the civilian component was also involved in a sudden test were actively discussed in the media environment and social networks of the Russian Federation. First of all, we are talking about the involvement of various agencies in the inspection - executive authorities, regional authorities and defense industry enterprises. Of release The country's main defense department:
Structural units of the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Russia will take part in the mobilization events held as part of a surprise check of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. During the surprise check, mobilization activities are carried out with the call of citizens from the reserve, including reservists, the supply of motor vehicles and the formation of military units of territorial defense in the Southern and Central Military Districts and the Northern Fleet.
With the citizens called up from the reserve, military gatherings are held, at which the persons liable for military service will undergo a course of intensive general military training, training in a military registration specialty, and will hold combat coordination as part of units.
With the citizens called up from the reserve, military gatherings are held, at which the persons liable for military service will undergo a course of intensive general military training, training in a military registration specialty, and will hold combat coordination as part of units.
Frankly, strange statements have appeared that if the Ministry of Defense conducts a sudden check of the combat readiness of the Armed Forces, then "it is necessary to" drag over "to this check territorial authorities or the same Ministry of Industry and Trade with the Ministry of Communications and the Central Bank." The strangeness of these questions and mental delights can be attributed to the clearly serious remoteness of persons reasoning in such categories from the very concept of “mobilization measures”. Apparently, in those years during which no training activities for mobilization training were held in the country, no large-scale military exercises were conducted, a special “caste” of people appeared who believed that if, God forbid, tomorrow is war, it will not touch civil authorities in any way ... The Ministry of Finance will, they say, work with the Central Bank, as if nothing had happened, and the army, they say, let it fight somewhere somewhere by itself ...
Yes - logic ...
In fact, if in this regard, and ask some questions, then, perhaps those, why large-scale checks of mobilization readiness in the structures of the federal and regional authorities began to be held only now? Although the answer, as they say, lies on the surface: in 90-s in liberal fairy tales we were told that Russia had “no enemies”, in parallel with this there was a total collapse and plundering of the army. And then (at the beginning of 2000) it would be strange to talk about large-scale checks on mobilization issues, given that the army itself was de facto lying on the blades, including from total underfunding.
Recently, the situation has begun to improve, and now there is a real opportunity to check how ready the individual institutions of power (federal and regional) are ready for action in military conditions. In some media on this occasion have already managed to write that Russia, they say, so preparing for war. Preparing or not preparing is the tenth thing, it’s just important not to forget about the thesis that when there are so many “friends” around, it is better to keep the powder dry.
During the audit, monitoring was carried out on how materially mobilization measures would be provided on the side of the economic bloc of the government, what priority measures the authorities of the subjects of the federation should take at hour X, what communication channels should remain working, and what the Ministry of Communications should do what mode of operation should enterprises of the military-industrial complex go through, and how to establish uninterrupted funding for such production in wartime conditions.
To put it in everyday language, the officials of various ranks drove the fat very intensively, forcing them to think about actions when the country could be in direct war danger. Not only to think, but to actually act. After all, what a sin to conceal, until recently, the overwhelming number of “effective managers” didn’t keep in mind that the day may come, with the arrival of which you will have to work according to the formula “everything for the front, everything for victory”. It would seem that these two concepts "everything for the front, everything for victory" and "effective managers" are incompatible categorically. But the task is to combine. Those who do not wish to combine, because it’s not the 37 (as is known) year, to transfer to positions where everything is much more complicated with the accumulation of fatty layers ... It is very difficult ...
In this regard, after summing up the results of the audit, one can expect a certain kind of personnel decisions regarding those who “did not combine” and did not want to “mate” with the national task. And, taking into account the fact that parliamentary elections are also on the nose, personnel decisions are very, very likely. Well, not everyone is ready to work, roll up their sleeves, even when necessary. - So it happened in the federal ministries and departments, and in the regions too.
In general, conclusions are expected on the ability of the authorities to respond in a timely manner, and on the basis of these conclusions an additional adjustment will clearly be made.
On this occasion, it is interesting to observe the western reaction. Materials appeared in the American press, in which the “concerns” no longer concern checks of the RF Armed Forces as such, but the fact that Russia is really trying to establish interaction between civilian and military authorities in the most extreme case. And such interaction, even from the point of view of economic mobility, is worth a lot. The West understands this perfectly well, as it understands that it was he who pushed Russia to such decisions. A concentrated Russia, as is known from stories, - a nut, which turned out to be too tough for many.
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