Armed Forces: Liaison Forces

There are special types of armed forces that are designed to control troops and ensure the exchange of information - these are communications troops. They consist of supply and repair units. Naturally, these also include the parts responsible for providing communications.

Signal Corps
Such units appeared in the Russian army in the mid-nineteenth century. This was soon after the electric telegraph was invented. For the first time this apparatus was used in the Crimean War, and the first communications troops in those days were known as “telegraph marching parks”, they were replaced by telegraph companies. Scientific and technological progress did not stand still. And in 1899, the first radio part in the world began to work in the Russian Empire.

In 1919, the Main Directorate of Communications of the Red Army was created in the Soviet state, and from that moment on, government communications troops actually became an independent type of troops. This was facilitated by the creation of the Higher Electrotechnical School in the same year. The events of the Great Patriotic War became a serious impetus to the further development of communication technologies.

government liaison troops
New tools have appeared that provide for the exchange of information at a distance, including letter-printing machines and ultra-short-wave radio stations.

Already in our time, communications troops can well provide full communication between various objects, regardless of how far they are from each other. According to competent specialists, their contribution is tantamount to an increase in combat capabilities.

A communications system is one of the most important conditions for the success of the process of managing the actions of the armed forces. It is also its technical basis. Therefore, in our time, the armies of the most influential states of the world are constantly applying novelties in the field of navigation and communications. The Russian armed forces were no exception. One of the priority areas in the process of improving the functionality of the army is the automation of the activities of its command and control bodies. In recent years, it often happened that the latest technologies were not put into operation, and many modernization projects remained unrealized. However, in recent years, this process has finally moved forward. Financing of the military sectors improved, the first steps towards modernization were taken. In service there were such models of equipment that are in no way inferior to their foreign counterparts. Among them are automation tools, the latest types of radio and satellite communications stations (both mobile and stationary), digital equipment and much more. Nevertheless, in this area there are still many problems that need to be addressed as soon as possible.

Russian armed forces
So, there are significant time intervals between the designation of the task for the production of technical equipment and the issuance of this tool in operation. This leads to the fact that during this period the weapons simply become morally obsolete. Equipment purchases are planned for only one year, which does not allow providing the communications troops with the necessary means in the right amount.

Nevertheless, it is worth noting that there is no point in importing equipment into Russia. This is due to the fact that foreign partners are not interested in selling the most modern and high-quality samples of equipment used by communications troops. And also with the fact that domestic manufacturers produce equipment at least no worse than its foreign counterparts.


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