"Russia in the nuclear sphere overtook the whole world, otherwise lagging behind by 30 years"
Problems in the Russian defense industry (defense industry), the seriousness of which can be judged by the opposition of manufacturers weapons and the Ministry of Defense, on Thursday considered during hearings in the Federation Council. Yuri Solomonov, who is the chief designer of the Moscow Thermal Engineering Institute, who has always brought a lot of trouble to the Defense Ministry with his sharp criticism, during his speech at the hearings predicted new problems related to the implementation of the state defense order for the 2012 year. So, Solomonov noted that at the moment the efforts of defense industry enterprises are not coordinated with the actions of the Ministry of Defense. This task in the current year should be urgently solved. This question is very sensitive and sensitive.
According to the developer of Bulava, the situation is not as critical as last year, but this issue should be considered today, not tomorrow, at the forefront. Recall that it was Solomonov in July last year who first warned about the upcoming disruption of GOZ-2011.
Having stated this, he thereby set up Sergei Ivanov, the then deputy prime minister for armaments, who then had to report to Dmitry Medvedev on the measures taken to improve the situation.
Not spared and the head of the Ministry of Defense Anatoly Serdyukov, who also inherited from the president. So, at the end of a meeting dedicated to fulfilling the instructions of the head of state, Dmitry Medvedev reported that he had read about the failure of the state defense order (however, Solomonov’s name was not named, although it was obvious that the president had in mind precisely his interview, which was published in day). He demanded to immediately investigate the situation and either dismiss persons who disrupted state defense orders, or "shoot the alarmists."
After that, the Defense Ministry promised to conclude contracts more than once, however, after the July presidential instruction, 4 passed a month before the state defense order was fulfilled at 100%.
However, this time Solomon didn’t limit himself only to criticism, but also praised the strategic nuclear weapons, in which the Russian Federation is 10-15 years ahead of the whole world.
The general designer of MIT listed the tasks that were fully completed last year. He referred to the development and adoption of a ground-based strategic Topol-M missile in the 2 variants, as well as the Yars missile system, which has the first solid-fuel missile with dividing heads, and the completion of flight tests of the Bulava sea-launched missile system .
He also noted that in the 10 years of development of the nuclear weapons industry, production efficiency was achieved, which was absent in the years of the Soviet planned economy. In his report, Yuri Solomonov relied on the assessment given by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. According to him, this committee is difficult to suspect of something, including the bias.
Nevertheless, according to him, in the field of defense industry there remain problems associated with a partial lag of the production base, with a lag in some scientific and technical issues.
In this regard, Solomonov supported the proposal put forward by the chairman of the military-industrial commission to create a special fund.
The scientist summed up, saying that you can not think about tomorrow, having technology 30-year-old. In this regard, the foundation that Dmitry Rogozin spoke about creating (the vice-premier for the military-industrial complex) and which is supported by all is necessary as air.
In turn, Alexander Sukhorukov, First Deputy Minister of Defense, in his speech at the hearing stated the existence of claims of the military department to the quality of the products of the Russian military-industrial complex. According to him, over the past years there has been a stable and serious decline in product quality. Compared to 2009, the number of complaints in 2010 was 20% more, in 2011 - even more.
In addition, the main reason for the delay in the performance of the state defense order in 2011, Sukhorukov considers overvalued suppliers. He said that in accordance with the analysis conducted by the Ministry of Defense, prices for military products show an increase of 15-20% per year. As a result, the growth of prices for military products over 5 years in 2 times.
During the same hearings in the Federation Council, Deputy Prime Minister Rogozin, who defended domestic manufacturers of weapons and military equipment, promised by the 2020 year to make the defense sector more competitive. In his report, he said that the appearance will be represented by 40 by large research and production companies capable of self-development and efficient asset management, as well as being able to actively position themselves not only on the Russian market, but also internationally.
According to Rogozin, the pace of economic growth in the military-industrial complex is much higher than the pace of development of civilian industry. Thus, the volume of industrial production in the 2009-2011 years in the field of defense industry has increased 1,3 times, labor productivity over the same time - 1,6 times.
The Deputy Prime Minister stressed that many defense organizations have a serious development resource.
He also opposed using the media as a platform for disputes between the Ministry of Defense and the defense industry. He said that discussions on the quality of domestic weapons should take place only within the framework of a professional workshop.
According to Rogozin, all claims from the Ministry of Defense about the quality of domestic products should be discussed and expressed only at relevant meetings. He clarified that such meetings are held only with the participation of design teams of defense enterprises.
Earlier, Rogozin challenged a fairly tough criticism, addressed to the industrialists by General Nikolai Makarov, the head of the General Staff. He said that the Ground Forces were unhappy with any of the proposed models, ranging from small arms and ending with armored vehicles, and that in some of its characteristics, Russian products are seriously inferior to their Western competitors.
In this regard, according to Makarov, the Russian army will not purchase armored vehicles over the next 5 years. This deadline was given to developers with the goal of creating a completely new and undeniably high quality. Rogozin, commenting on this speech on Twitter, said that the rearmament of the army and fleet will be held as planned, and hinted that the General Staff is not the only agency making a decision on the procurement of weapons and military equipment.
Last Wednesday, there were reports that the Russian government is ready to give the GOZ under the control of Rogozin and the government. Some publications wrote that the federal service Rosoboronzakaz would be left out of the Ministry of Defense, and the functions of the state customer would be divided between the departments of the industrial unit. Their work will be carried out under the scrutiny of the military-industrial commission under the government.
In the opinion of the same print media, the changes will most likely be approved not earlier than mid-June, after the inauguration of the new president has passed and the State Duma will approve the new prime minister.
However, Rogozin denied such rumors. He said that the decision of this issue is the responsibility of the government of the Russian Federation, and the Russian president will think about it. All the talk on this topic is only speculation.
According to a high-ranking source in the Kremlin, no decisions were made on this issue. He recommended that some members of the Russian government "stop the fuss about this issue." He also added that only the new president, on the proposal of the new chairman of the government, will decide who will be responsible for executing the state defense order.
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