Leonid Nersisyan

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Leonid Nersisyan is a defence analyst and research fellow at APRI Armenia. He is a co-author of the books, Waiting for the Storm: The South Caucasus as well as Storm at Caucasus.

Leonid's areas of focus include foreign policy and military policy in Russia and the CIS region, defence industry analysis, armed conflict and arms control.

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Uncrewed Vehicles

Iran and Russia weigh risks and rewards from potential UAV deal

A potential move to supply Russia with Iranian UAVs makes some sense but it is not without disadvantages.

Defence Notes

Russia's new maritime doctrine big on naval rivalry, short on realism

Russia's July 2022 Maritime Doctrine is noticeably more ideological, closer to Soviet concepts and oriented towards rivalry with the USA and naval aspirations.

Land Warfare

Army-2022: Pantsir air defence system gains anti-drone capability

As part of a range of enhancements to the Pantsir-S1 air defence system, a new short-range anti-drone missile was shown for the first time at Russia's Army-2022 exhibition.

Naval Warfare

Army-2022: Russia details ambitions for next-generation aircraft carriers

Nevsky Design Bureau displayed a new model of its light carrier design, Varan, and further details were revealed of the Projekt 23900 Ivan Rogov amphibious assault ship at the Army-2022 exhibition.

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