Dizzy with success, or "Anxiety" in the Russian army
And at this time, right today, here and there, various statements by government officials and army superiors are heard to postpone the supply of arms for a while, so to speak. About the postponed descents of the ships on water. On the adjustment of the timing of delivery to the troops of something.
So what's up? Why it happens? After all, quite recently, all officials, including the president and the prime minister, spoke amicably about the fulfillment of the defense order, as a matter of almost honor for Russia. Many people remember Putin’s April statement on the unconditional implementation of the state order? And many are able to say exactly how it is made and whether it is made at all?
The thing is that the budget did not have the necessary funds! The crisis that we "successfully overcome", still got us with its claws. We talked a lot about the fact that sanctions harm Europe and the United States, and we seem to be benefiting. We develop, we increase the output, we conquer the markets ... In any analytical program of our TV you can hear a complete set of such statements.
The support of the president and the real successes of our servicemen in Syria gave us hope that everything will be fulfilled. The government will find money for us and the army. The industry will start working not only well, but also quickly and cheaply. New ideas of developers will be implemented as soon as possible.
Prime Minister Medvedev’s decision to adjust the GOZ to 2016 for the year, signed on September 5, is just the first call. It is clear that there is no specific data on this issue today. The only thing that can be assumed is that defense enterprises will not receive some of the promised funds. And this, in turn, means that the state defense plans for the next year are crumbling. Snowball adjustments will grow into details gradually.
And now, without hiding what, however, does him honor, Putin himself already says that by 2018, our army will be reequipped for 70%, and the state order will be reduced. And he says that it is necessary to replace the places of the defense order, but not with pots and pans.
On the one hand, who is forewarned is forearmed. And on the other? It is difficult to predict what the enterprises, miraculously pulled out of the debt pits, will do. And where will the workers go who will be superfluous at one moment? Although one scenario, we have already passed.
True, some specifics have already "pecked." The Ministry of Defense planned to make the famous "Armata" the main a tank by 2020 already. For this purpose, it was planned to purchase more than 2000 of these machines for military units. According to tank manufacturers, there was an order for 2300 vehicles. However, quite recently a completely different figure has appeared on the website of the Ministry of Defense: for 2017-19, it is planned to purchase up to 70 Armats.
Naturally, the reasons for changing the order are not called. I think, after some time, versions will be announced about some flaws, about the modernization of an existing one, some more. In fact, the reason is banal. The military budget is curtailed and will be curtailed. Everything is logical, because you will not take money from a shelf of money if you have not put them there. So say the people.
Even more confusing is the situation with the Navy. The need for modernization fleet Even the blind see Russia. Ships, like people, are aging, losing their striking power, turning into respected veterans. And warriors are needed. And these "warriors" need to be built. Build a lot. The Soviet legacy can no longer guarantee a worthy response to the aggressor.
With 2007, construction seems to have begun. Missile boats, small vessels and even submarine cruisers began to leave the docks for testing. New cruisers and frigates were laid at the shipyards. The rebirth has begun.
The first "brake" was our excessive faith in "the love and friendship of fraternal peoples." When construction was stopped by the Ukrainian side. Ukrainian engines have ceased to be delivered to us. In fact, the question of launching military equipment and the armament of "their" components sharply rose in the last century. And in the USSR it was successfully decided. And in Russia they postponed "for later."
Then came the "rockfall" statements by military and government officials about reductions in the needs of the fleet. Let me remind readers, the BNC project 11711. Large landing ship, which was supposed to replace the Soviet BDK. In 2004, the need for 6 of such ships for the Navy was announced. Then they decided to revise the project.
Today we see two ships. Two instead of six. The project decided to close. "Ivan Gren" and "Peter Morgunov" - that's all that will be transferred to the fleet after the tests.
You can talk endlessly about the submarine fleet. About new missile cruisers. But they, alas, for the most part remain only in projects. Building ships of this class is very expensive. And it means, while very heavy.
Even strategic rocket forces will not receive all that is promised. Although, at all times, priority was always precisely for these troops. No, "Yarsy" and similar systems will be supplied. But the stationary-based system "Sarmat" most likely the original plan to place will not work.
Let me remind you that the “Voivods” that have served their time and are already outdated (known to the majority under the NATO nickname “Satan”) were planned to be replaced by “Sarmatians” by the 2020 year. Today it is clear that these plans are not feasible. Already today. At best, such a replacement will be carried out in the 2021 year. Or a little later.
So where is the way out of this situation? And is there anyway? Approved - there is. And the way out is to use today the developments that are and have already been tried out in battles.
When the commander of the Airborne Forces announced the creation of tank companies and mouths on the BMP in the subordinate units of which vehicles did he speak? And he talked about tanks T-72B3 and BMP-2. I hope no one will blame General Shamanov for the stupidity and unwillingness to have the most powerful and modern weapons? So why exactly these cars?
Yes, simply because both the tank and the combat vehicle have a huge potential for modernization. And in the coming decades, this potential will be used. A massive mass production has reduced the cost of this technique to the limit. And long-term operation in the army practically revealed all the "minuses" of these machines.
Upgrading the T-72 to the T-72B3 level costs a little over 50 million rubles. In other words, for one "Armata" we can get several T-72B3 at once. Naturally, T-90 would be more desirable, but it also “bites” in cost.
Exactly the same situation with the famous T-50 complex. The plane is ready. Moreover, it is launched in a series. And according to the plans should be the main one. In our plans, this "hulk" looked impressive. Already in 2020, we had to have 60 fighters in the army. And in the future, their production should have increased.
In reality, it turned out about the same as with “Armata”. They wanted to get on the “splits”, but the trousers interfere ... Well, if in 2020, we will have a regiment of such machines.
But we also have a fully combat-ready, even in competition with the American F-22 and F-35, Su-30MK. And, according to the designers, the potential of these machines is far from being exhausted.
And what is the result? And in the end we see the famous "half a glass of water." Some readers now sighing sadly. Army in the "pen". The other part reflects on whether the Russian army, in the form in which we have it, can really resist the enemy. The third part giggles happily. Failed to upgrade. Clumsy And we said ...
I knowingly called the article in Stalin. This is not a delusion of grandeur and not a desire to show off the knowledge of the "leader of the peoples" works. We are really a little "spin". All at once did not work.
In general, I think that the right movement is walking, running. But not "frog" jumps. Movement should be uniform and in one direction. Because the modernization of the army must continue. Continue, no matter what. But not tearing the navel.
Talk about our weapons and military equipment as trash, I would beware. Especially after what this technique showed in the Syrian battles. Similarly, talk about the superiority of the Western armies in some components, too. Yes, if we consider the army as a world, there will always be a "gap". But this gap is always "shut up" by something else.
The dizziness quickly passes if to leave a centrifuge or a lope. Unless, of course, your vestibular apparatus works correctly. I think healthy people serve in our Ministry of Defense.
And one moment. It’s not necessary to explain to anyone that our officials, who have seized upon such an opportunity, are not just stealing. The Internet and TV rare day do not report about the next "flown".
Those who are “dizzy with success” should be stopped. By the methods of the person I quoted. Hard and for a long time. Take the same Zakharchenko. 9 billion rubles is a lot. T-90, for example, today costs approximately 120 million rubles. That is, the cattle in the human image lay in the guns of 75 tanks. Two battalions. Not bad…
And this is one of the deputies ...
And if you still search for relatives, then I am sure that it would be possible to scrape the brigade easily and naturally.
The “effective managers” of our time have shown that effectively they can only steal. From that very budget, from that very GOZ.
We must really change the situation radically. And tear up this root with a crunch and crackle on the model and likeness of 37 of the year. With the confiscation of all that is possible.
Only then will the state defense order be executed on time and without problems. And the president will not have to dodge, talking about the percentage of 70, so that we feel calm.
Is not it?
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