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Five Revolutionary Soviet Weapons of War That Never Happened
06/29/14
Robert Farley
State of the Military, Defense, History, Russia
Thankfully many of these “wonder weapons” remained safely in the realm of imagination, for both the USSR and its adversaries.
Editor’s Note: Please also see previous works by Robert Farley including Will the F-35 Dominate the Skies?, Five Best Bombers of All Time, Top Five Fighter Aircraft of All Time, Five Worst Fighter Aircraft of All Time , the Five Best Submarines of All Time and Five Revolutionary American Weapons of War that Never Happened.
For
nearly seven decades, the defense-industrial complex of the Soviet
Union went toe-to-toe with the best firms that the West had to offer.
In some cases, it surprised the West with cheap, innovative, effective
systems. In others, it could barely manage to put together aircraft
that could remain in the air, and ships that could stay at sea.
No
single weapon could have saved the Soviet Union, but several might have
shifted the contours of its collapse. The relationship between
technology and the “human” elements of war, including doctrine and
organization, is complex. Decisions about isolated systems can have far
reaching implications for how a nation defends itself.
As with last week’s list,
weapons are often cancelled for good reason. Events intercede in ways
that focus a nation’s attention on its true interests and needs, rather
than on the pursuit of glory and prestige. In the Soviet case, many of
the “wonder weapons” remained safely in the realm of imagination, both
for the enemies of the USSR, and the USSR itself.
Sovetsky Soyuz class battleship
Read full articlehttp://nationalinterest.org/feature/five-revolutionary-soviet-weapons-war-never-happened-10771
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