Perestroika and Change in Soviet Weapons ... - The Black Vault

CONTENTS
PREFCE F A CE.................. iii
SUMMARY
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
..................................... v
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TABLES ........................................ xiii
Section
I. INTRODUCTION ............................ 1
Main Themes: The Changing Context of Soviet
Weapon Acquisition ....................... 1
The Sources of Defense Industry Effectiveness:
In Brief ............................... 1
U. THE PLIGHT OF SOVIET CIVILIAN INDUSTRY .... 3
Phases in Defense Industry Support of the Economy ... 3
Sources of Soviet Civilian Industry Problems ........ 3
Goal-Oriented Programs: Borrowing from Defense .... 8
m. THE FAVORED SITUATION OF SOVIET
DEFENSE INDUSTRY ................... 10
Effectiveness and Efficiency ................... 10
Military Incentives .......................... 11
Military Industry's Access to Supplies ............. 11
The Political Sources of Effectiveness ............. 13
Defense Industry Governance .................. 15
IV.
OVERVIEW OF POLICY ON DEFENSE
INDUSTRY CONVERSION ................ 20
Seeking the Magic of the Defense Sector ........... 20
A Conversion Chronology ..................... 20
The Necessity of Conversion Plans ............... 26
Quantifying Conversion ...................... 30
Redrawing Organizational Boundaries and
Responsibilities .......................... 33
V. APPROACHES TO CONVERSION ................ 34
Transfer of Plants to Defense Industry ............ 34
Total Conversion of Former Defense Plants ......... 35
Partial Conversion or "Reprofiling' .............. 36
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