Putin Calls for New Ground Forces Equipment
"We need new solutions for equipping our soldiers, for small arms, individual communications and body armor," Putin said at a meeting in Sochi on the theme of the State Armaments Program and Infantry and Airborne Forces. "I call on you to start design and research work in these fields," he added.
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“Ten Iskander-M tactical missile launchers, nine S-300V4 air defense missile systems, more than 2,300 tanks, about 2,000 self-propelled artillery systems and mobile guns, as well as more than 30,000 vehicles must enter service with the Russian Army,” Putin said.
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Putin Backs Imports of Foreign Military Technology
“We must make full use of the mechanisms of military-technical cooperation for purchasing foreign technologies, certain samples of equipment, which are needed for the development of our defense industry and for accomplishing specific and urgent tasks for equipping the Russian Armed Forces,"
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Russia, France to Jointly Build Armored Vehicle
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