The equipment of the newest type of army of Russia will receive within three years
At the same time, the Russian army is addressing the issue of the volume of state defense orders for 2012-2014.
Yury Borisov, first deputy chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission under the government, noted: “This is the most acute and sensitive issue at the moment. We have already reviewed the draft state defense order and basically accepted it. Positions on ammunition and conventional weapons require refinement. According to the tasks of the state armament program, planned before 2020, at this stage, the total amount of the order in this area does not correspond to the parameters. ”
Sergei Ivanov, the vice-premier, earlier reported that in 2012, the 1,109 trillion rubles would be sent to equip weapons, special equipment and military vehicles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, for three years the amount of investment will vary around the 4 trillion rubles.
In particular, it can be assumed that a certain amount will be spent on the purchase of military perspective equipment "soldier of the future." At the moment, in any case, negotiations are underway between Russia and France on the acquisition of limited quantities of uniforms. In all likelihood, the Russian soldiers will change into modernized equipment for 3 years.
At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of Russia independently develops this area, and, as Yuri Borisov emphasizes, “Russian gunsmiths are able to create by themselves future combat equipment that will be competitive in this segment of armaments among existing analogues of other countries of the world”.
According to RIA "News", the deputy chairman of the military industrial complex specified that this equipment is a comprehensive solution consisting of 10 different subsystems, including: small weapon, body armor, communications equipment, ammunition, data exchange devices and many other high-tech solutions.
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