The head of the Ministry of Defense said that the German tanks Russia is not needed

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Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov privately reported to the State Duma on the progress of army reform. The deputies present at the meeting told what the head of the military department was thinking about the causes of the recent bombings at military depots and how he responded to calls for resignation.

On Wednesday, Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov discussed with the deputies the state of the Russian military-industrial complex, in particular, the situation with the state defense order last year and the state defense order for 2011 on Wednesday at the State Duma meeting closed to the press.

After the speech, the minister told reporters that the Russian army does not plan to purchase Tanks neither domestic nor foreign production. Moreover, Russia is not going to introduce NATO standards for military equipment and weapons. We don’t buy Leopards, just like ours (we were talking about tanks - approx. LOOK), ”the minister said, noting that they“ do not meet ”the requirements of the military department.

Answering questions about the means by which the Russian army will conduct military operations in the event of war, given that the Defense Ministry does not buy new tanks, Serdyukov said: “With what we have available.” Recall that Russia’s plans to purchase Mistral-type helicopter carriers from a NATO member country of France have raised speculations that the Russian Armed Forces may switch to NATO standards in the future.

Konstantin Makienko, an expert at the Center for the Analysis of Strategies and Technologies, explained to the VIEW newspaper that in this case the minister meant the sufficiency of the potential of the Russian troops precisely to contain internal conflicts in the country.

“Conflicts can be of different types. This is not necessarily aggression against Russia. Separatist rebellions or local conflicts like the war with Georgia in 2008 are most likely. To contain such conflicts, the military-technical equipment of the Russian Armed Forces is quite satisfactory. ”

Commenting on the refusal of the Russian army to switch to the so-called NATO standards, the expert stressed that there is no such thing. “This concept is replicated in the press, but there are no specific requirements behind it. Nevertheless, the imitation and copying of the weapons strategy adopted by NATO is unprofitable for Russia for political reasons. The purchase of Mistral does not indicate such a transition, ”he believes.

"The case is not hopeless"

First Deputy Chairman of the Duma Defense Committee Yuri Savenko told the newspaper VIEW that the meeting discussed the procurement of specific types weapons and related issues.

“Serdyukov said that the military-industrial complex is still experiencing great difficulties. MIC enterprises are trying to correct the existing situation both in terms of engineering design, and in terms of technical performance. They work on the bugs, but the gap is still too great. However, I think this is not a hopeless matter, people are working, ”he said.

# {weapon} Viktor Zavarzin, chairman of the State Duma’s defense committee, also said that the minister focused on the implementation of the state defense order.

“We understand that the leading countries of the world are now replacing the concept of a mass army for preparing for the conduct of the so-called network-centric wars, which means a fundamentally new quality of warfare,” Zavarzin said. That is why, the deputy explained, it was decided to transfer the Armed Forces to the new content of the service, for which the armament program was adopted before the 2020 year.

“For“ future wars, ”a qualitatively new weapon is needed, ensuring constant superiority and preemption of the enemy in delivering high-precision strikes. And this, of course, sets fundamentally new tasks for the defense industrial complex, ”said the deputy. In this regard, in his opinion, it is necessary to toughen the requirements for the defense industry for the serial purchase of modern types of weapons and military equipment, reports "Interfax".

In continuation of this topic, Chief of the General Staff Nikolai Makarov said that the newest center of combat training of military personnel, which Russia buys in Germany, should pay off in two or three years. “This will happen due to the fact that the troops will be less exploitative of military equipment, waste motor resources, fuel and ammunition,” he said.

“This is a huge training base with modern software that allows you to operate with any kind of actions in each simulator and in the group of simulators as a whole. This will help train military personnel in more modern ways of warfare, ”Makarov added, recalling that the agreement to start designing a combat training center was signed in early February. The cost of the simulator is not called. The object may appear on the basis of the Mulino landfill in the Nizhny Novgorod region already in 2012.

According to the deputy chairman of the Duma Defense Committee, Igor Barinov, they also decided at the meeting to adopt bills by the end of the month on granting a deferment from conscription to schoolchildren, graduate students, and students of secondary technical schools.

“There will be three separate bills. The first is for schoolchildren. Until October 1 everyone will be given a deferment, everyone will have the opportunity to enroll. The second bill will settle the roughness in granting deferments to graduate students, and the third will resolve the issue of delays for students at secondary specialized educational institutions, ”he said.

“Isn't it easier to resign?”

A hot topic of the meeting was the recent explosions of weapons arsenals in Bashkiria and Udmurtia. According to Barinov, the cause of the recent explosions at military arsenals in Bashkiria and Udmurtia was inadequate storage and the human factor. “Almost all the deputies spoke about the warehouses. Serdyukov replied that these were remnants of the Soviet era, ”the parliamentarian informed.

Referring to the incident in Udmurtia, Barinov noted that all the ammunition that was on the 102 arsenal of the Main Missile-Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense got there at the beginning of the 90 of the last century after the abolition of the Warsaw Pact. They were exported from Germany and Hungary.

“All this was stored in an open way, in the field. Therefore, there are questions about whether any indicators, such as pressure or temperature, were measured there at all. However, this problem is not only Udmurtia. There are so many ammunition in warehouses that we have to destroy for decades, ”Barinov said.

Commenting on the reports of some media that these emergencies were allegedly organized in order to hide the facts of the theft, Barinov expressed doubts about the authenticity of such a version.

"That is unlikely. This was true in the 90s, perhaps in the early 2000s. Then the warehouses were burning, and then samples of weapons that seemed to have been destroyed by fire, we found in the militants in the North Caucasus, ”the deputy, who once headed the regional division of the Alpha group, reminded.

Barinov also gave explanations to Serdyukov that “there are too many such warehouses, the sapper units were being prepared for disposal, but, as always, not everything has been brought to fruition in the form in which it is planned, therefore conscripts are involved in military service” .

In their turn, Communist deputies suggested that the head of the Ministry of Defense should think about his resignation in this connection.

“Isn't it easier for you to resign?” - Oleg Shein, the representative of the Communist Party faction, informed the words of the representative of the CPRF faction. “In my opinion, Minister Anatoly Lokot asked about this. Serdyukov did not respond to this proposal and did not comment on it, ”said the parliamentarian.

Recall that in recent weeks in Russia, two major incidents happened at once in arsenals: first a fire and explosions at a military base in Bashkiria, and then a fire and, again, explosions of ammunition at the Udmurt warehouse. As a result of the incident, civilians were injured, there are victims.

"Nothing secret"

As part of the morning discussion of the order of the Communist Party faction tried to achieve an open "government hour" with Serdyukov. The first deputy head of the Communist Party faction Sergei Reshulsky asked, "what secret is the secretary of defense going to report here?"

“For all the previous closed meetings, I have never heard, and no one will confirm to me that we are discussing something secret here,” he argued. “What will he tell us? What is the "Mistral" is not supplied in full set? This is not a secret, ”said the deputy.

“The fact that the training of officers is ruined is also not a secret,” he continued. “The fact that retired servicemen do not receive housing is not a secret either.” In this context, Reshulsky proposed to “remove the security stamp” from this part of the plenary session.

His colleague Valentin Romanov also demanded that Serdyukov give a clear open explanation of why Russia is spending 1,2 billion euros to buy two Mistrals without electronic equipment.

The vice-speaker from the LDPR, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, gave a sharp remarks to these speakers. "We, too, all 40 people can speak, demand to open the" government hour "and spend a minute on the rationale," he assured.

“Half a day we will demand openness of the meeting? If there is one proposal from the faction, there should be no more, ”the deputy stressed. In his opinion, there must necessarily be a closed regime, especially in the conditions of aggravation of the international situation. ”

Summing up the discussion, the speaker Boris Gryzlov recalled that the Council of the Duma decided that "the mode of operation will be closed." After he put this issue to a vote, 317 was against the idea of ​​preserving the previously approved format of work, 90 expressed itself.

Recall the practice of holding closed "government hours" with the participation of the head of the defense department appeared with the appointment of Serdyukov to this post in February 2007 of the year. The previous head of the Ministry of Defense, Sergei Ivanov, answered the questions of the deputies in a mode open to the press.
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  1. +4
    16 June 2011 10: 48
    In short, the army is being prepared not for repelling external aggression, but for suppressing "separatist insurgencies" inside the country. This really does not require a large army, and the number of police forces in our country is already comparable to that of an army. At the same time, reservists are not needed, and young people do not need to be trained in weapons handling skills, and weapons reserves are not needed. We are waiting for "partners" as in the 41st.
    1. 0
      16 June 2011 11: 06
      I agree. Perdyuk and his gop team will go to defend us himself. There are a lot of cops and the truth. It turns out that the tanks will be dispersed by old people and old women who come to rallies. And to give a serious rebuff to Western or Chinese spiteful critics, we will grimace and twist face, send them three letters and they themselves will run away from fear.
      Absolute insanity in the country ... Perdyuk on felling !!!!!
    2. Joker
      0
      16 June 2011 11: 08
      I don’t remember the exact numbers, but the internal troops are 20-30 percent higher in the number of aircraft.
      1. 0
        16 June 2011 11: 17
        BB-184, BC-000 1. (Interestingly, the DPRK-037 BC is 000.) Perhaps you meant all the Ministry of Internal Affairs, then yes.
        1. Joker
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          16 June 2011 11: 25
          Well, yes, not so put it. To suppress internal unrest (riots), all the Ministry of Internal Affairs can be involved.
    3. 0
      16 June 2011 16: 52
      Internal troops and armament. 3 times more formations than the army itself.
  2. voin-xnumx
    0
    16 June 2011 11: 28
    There are enough tanks for the war with Georgia, which means you can sleep peacefully, the fart saves us. Morons buy from the Hans a training base. The mentality of Russian and German cannot be compared at all. If their equipment is standing for years at any moment ready for combat use, then if the machine is not in operation for one day, it will take all the light, if it is not suitable for a week, the whole thing evaporates, and if you go on vacation, then after it, roughly speaking, one frame remains. Keep it up and we will win.
    1. Superduck
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      16 June 2011 12: 27
      That’s for sure, the deputy head of the USSR in the morning woke up in a cold sweat every day because he was afraid that the commission would come and make me run the entire tank battalion and God forbid some tank or truck did not start. And now they will check if the monitor is dusty chtoli? So it’s easier to take 13-year-olds into the army, they’re better chopped into computer toys.
  3. 0
    16 June 2011 12: 50
    on the outskirts of Russia in Ukraine (although in colloquial speech the phrase "IN Ukraine" is still present) Serdyuk called the Registered Cossacks who joined the enemies of the Lyakham (Polish magnates) .... very large
    1. Superduck
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      16 June 2011 13: 36
      You are a little confused. Serdyuki - it was the hetman guard and security, soldiers of high qualification and great personal devotion. But since in Little Russia the position of the hetman was shaky and the german could be re-elected posthumously after a good Cossack drinking, then Poles were recruited there, Moldova and others often, i.e. Janissaries vice versa. And they were famous (Serdyuki) for both courage and rudeness, all kinds of lawlessness and immense cruelty. At Mazepa, Serdyuki were entirely from Poles for example.
      Serdyuk, by the way, is a very common surname in Ukraine, Serdyuk is a russified version.
      1. 0
        16 June 2011 15: 15
        Superduck
        Serdyukov - ohh ... version
    2. MichaelVl
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      16 June 2011 15: 37
      This is not colloquial, dear Benzin. In the school books of the Russian language there is such an exception - it is spoken and spelled correctly in Ukraine. I don’t see anything bad here :) Although, perhaps this rule has already been canceled.
      1. Superduck
        0
        16 June 2011 15: 48
        In Russian, both options are correct; in Ukrainian, only "v" was used even during the Soviet era.
  4. Andrei
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    16 June 2011 15: 34
    I have no more questions about Russia's defense capability to Serdyukov. For the current army and internal troops with the Ministry of Internal Affairs are directed not at the external, but at the "internal" enemy - the unemployed, pensioners, students and all sorts of "dissent" - from communists to liberals. Drive the oil further, s ... ki!
    1. Superduck
      0
      16 June 2011 15: 51
      I also wondered if there was a Mistral fighting oil tanker :-)
  5. 0
    17 June 2011 16: 05
    the stool abandoned the leopards in favor of the leclerts they are more glamorous.
    1. 0
      17 June 2011 16: 35
      exactly more glamorous and calibrate them on the podium before the battle
    2. Superduck
      0
      17 June 2011 18: 56
      Glamorous is half the battle, eclair is the most expensive tank in the world, and the main defender of our probably gilding on boilers has already worn out in some places.
  6. 0
    17 June 2011 16: 57
    viktor_ui, just as they fit into the nanoconception - this is so advanced not even a couple of our junk.
  7. 0
    18 June 2011 13: 31
    Superduck,
    Glamorous is half the battle, eclair is the most expensive tank in the world, and the main defender of ours, probably the gilding on the boilers, has already worn out somewhere .----- not a hottsaa gold toilet, it’s very straight horrible !!!!!
  8. 0
    24 June 2011 17: 39
    Russia generally does not need tanks! That's right Mordyukov! Well done! It’s better to build and buy a batch of three-leaved cabinets in a furniture factory, a few nightstands, hallways. And, we will fight them!
  9. werr17
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    4 January 2012 09: 24
    Fucks like breathing, and the face is still shiny from fat!

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