Russian Armed Forces (21st Century Crisis)

The Soviet Armed Forces, also called the Armed Defences of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Armed Forces of the Soviet Union (Russian: Вооруженная оборона Союза возвышенных советских республик Vooruzhennaya Oborona Soyuza Vozvyshennykh Sovetskikh Respublik, Вооружённые Силы Советского Союза) refers to the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), SFR Vostchnoslavia (1991-1994) and Soviet Union (1994–present) from their beginnings in the aftermath of the Russian Civil War up to today.

According to the all-union military service law of September 2011, the Soviet Armed Forces consists of three components: the Ground Forces, the Air Forces, the Navy and the Civil Defence.

The Soviet Armed Forces has been ranked the #2 on global power projections scales, and has been ranked the best anti-terrorist fighting force in the world.