Lata, Vasily F.

City:

Moscow

Affiliation:

Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces Academy

Position:

Member of PIR Center Executive Board;
Chief Research Fellow

Expertise:

START Treaty, Missile Defense, Military Use of the Outer Space

Lieutenant-General (ret.). Doctor of Military Sciences. Professor.

Lieutenant-General (ret.) Vasily F. Lata has worked in the Soviet/Russian Defense Ministry’s agencies for over 35 years, including as the deputy chief of the Defense Ministry’s Military Policy Administration in 1992-1994. After that, chief of operations, deputy chief of the Strategic Missile Forces Supreme Staff.

Chief Research Fellow at the Military Academy of the Strategic Missile Forces Academy. Full member of the Academy of Military Sciences. Member of the Presidium of the Academy of Military Sciences. Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation. Laureate of the State Prize.

Until 2023, Lieutenant-General (ret.) Vasily F. Lata was PIR Center Consultant. Since 2023 he holds the position of PIR Center Executive Board Member.

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