International modernization trends of armed forces

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Abstract

The study analyzes the global military sector from global power and security prospective. The author examines the modern requirements of advanced military forces. After describing modern wars, he justifies the importance of sustainment and development of military power. Having shown the international trends, he overviews the status of the military forces and the defence sector in the USA, Russia and China. The second part of the Study discuesses the modernization of military forces. The article gives special attention to the dominating process of defence revolution, the technological R+D+I. The study concludes with the characterization of defence industry in the XXI. Century and suggestions to introduce the Concept of Effect-Based Operation instead of theory of allocation of traditional weapon systems in the theatre.