Soviet military-industrial commission

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The Soviet military-industrial commission was a powerful government body that coordinated and oversaw the USSR’s defense industries, weapons production, and military technology development.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government commission
state committee
aims increasing efficiency of defense production
strengthening Soviet military power
appliesToJurisdiction Soviet Union
surface form: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
country Soviet Union
dissolved early 1990s
fieldOfWork arms production
defense industry
military research and development
military technology
governedBy Soviet state planning priorities
hasAuthorityOver Soviet defense industry enterprises
Ministry of Defense of the USSR
surface form: Soviet defense ministries

Soviet design bureaus in defense sector
hasMainTask allocation of resources to defense sector
coordination of defense industries
coordination of military technology development
implementation of defense-related five-year plans
inter-ministerial coordination in the military-industrial complex
oversight of weapons production
hasMember representatives of defense ministries
representatives of industrial ministries
representatives of military leadership
representatives of scientific institutions
headquartersLocation Moscow
inception 1960s
influencedBy Cold War
surface form: Cold War arms race
locationCountry Soviet Union
partOf Soviet military–industrial complex
Soviet planned economy
politicalAlignment Communist Party of the Soviet Union
responsibleFor coordinating production of conventional weapons
coordinating production of strategic weapons
ensuring technological parity with NATO
meeting military procurement targets
overseeing quality and timelines of defense projects
shortName VPK
significantEvent coordination of Soviet nuclear weapons production
coordination of Soviet strategic missile programs
coordination of major Soviet aerospace and defense projects
subordinateTo Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union
Soviet government
timePeriod Cold War
uses centralized planning
state orders system

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Oleg Baklanov associatedWith Soviet military-industrial commission
First Deputy Chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission of the USSR partOf Soviet military-industrial commission
this entity surface form: Military-Industrial Commission of the USSR
Soviet military–industrial complex overseenBy Soviet military-industrial commission
this entity surface form: Military–Industrial Commission of the USSR