Soviet Military Power

The compilation and design of the magazine was carried out by the Intelligence Department of the Ministry of Defense (RUMO). Of particular value is the rich collection of graphic images (more than a thousand paintings) of Soviet military equipment partially published in the publication, created by RUMO artists in 1965 - 1989 ^[2] . The latest issue of 1991 was titled Armed Forces in Transition.

The publication was a magazine with a volume of about 100 pages. The first 1981 edition was printed in 36,000 copies and distributed to employees of the Department of Defense, the US government, and the media. Anyone could buy a copy at the post office for $ 6.50. According to Caspar Weinberger , who held the post of Minister of Defense in the administration of Ronald Reagan , Soviet Military Power was called upon to demonstrate to Americans a growing imbalance between Soviet military power and American power. In the articles and tables containing the description and technical characteristics of Soviet weapons systems, mistakes and inaccuracies were often made, as a rule, overestimating the qualitative and quantitative indicators of Soviet weapons. For example, the values ​​of the combat radius of the Tu-22M and Tu-160 aircraft were overestimated; The 1987 edition spoke of the latest 240 mm self-propelled mortar capable of firing shells with a nuclear warhead, while this mortar ( 2C4 Tulip ) has been in service with the SA since 1974 , and so on ^[3] .

• Illustrations from the magazine
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  Battery MLRS BM-27 "Hurricane"

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  Heavy self-propelled artillery mount 2S7 "Peony"

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  Project 677BDR Kalmar nuclear submarine

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  Spraying substances from a Mi-24 helicopter

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  Aircraft AWACS A-50 and MiG-29

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  Heavy aircraft carrier “Leonid Brezhnev”

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• Soviet Military Power (neopr.) . Archived May 15, 2012.
• DIA Military Art Collection (Neopr.) . Archived May 15, 2012.