Currently, our country is simultaneously implementing two state arms programs. The first is designed for 2011-2020, and the second started last year and will last until 2027. Within the framework of both programs, the purchase of serial samples of weapons and equipment for all types of armed forces is carried out. In 2019, which is ending, the army received a large number of different products, which increases the proportion of modern equipment and affects the combat effectiveness.
Percentage
At the beginning of the year, the Ministry of Defense reported that by the beginning of 2020, the total share of new weapons in the army will reach 67%. In early October, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that this parameter could be brought to 68%. In the coming weeks, the military department will sum up the results of the year and will name the updated figures.
This year, more than 1.5 trillion rubles were allocated for rearmament. rubles. About 70% of this funding is spent on the purchase of serial military products. It also provides for the modernization of existing items: due to its specific features, it accounts for a smaller share of the budget.
As of early October, the troops received more than 2,300 units of modernized and new equipment. This accounted for about half of the overall construction and modernization plans. At the end of December, the Ministry of Defense will have to announce new data on the progress of work this year. It is expected that the plans for the main directions will be 100% fulfilled.
New for the Strategic Missile Forces
The day before, Commander-in-Chief Sergei Karakaev told them about the rearmament of the Strategic Missile Forces. This year, about 100 basic types of equipment and weapons of the missile forces have been purchased. Due to the secrecy, more accurate data, incl. with layout by type, not shown. Due to this year's supplies, three regiments were completely transferred to the modern Yars complex. The transfer of one more unit to the promising Avangard complex has also begun.
According to the results of 2019, the share of new weapons in the Strategic Missile Forces will be increased to 76%. In this regard, the Rocket Forces are one of the leaders in the armed forces. A complete rejection of obsolete samples released during the Soviet era is expected in 2024.
Land rearmament
The main news about the rearmament of the army this year is related to the missile forces and artillery. At the end of November, the 448th missile brigade from the ZVO received the Iskander-M OTRK kit to replace the existing Tochka-U systems, and the latter have now been decommissioned. As a result, MFAs finally switched to modern OTRK and abandoned outdated systems.
The delivery of new and modernized armored vehicles continued this year. The most interesting plans included the delivery of an experimental military batch of MBT T-14. 16 vehicles were planned to be sent to the troops by the end of the year. Whether the equipment was delivered to the unit has not yet been specified.
The production of T-90M tanks was launched. The first vehicles of this type have already been handed over to the troops. There are contracts for several dozen new production T-90Ms and for the modernization of hundreds of combatant T-90A. The production of such equipment is scheduled for several years ahead.
The execution of contracts for the modernization of the T-80B MBT under the T-80BVM project is coming to an end. So, in mid-November, a tank battalion of the 200th separate motorized rifle brigade of the Northern Fleet received a batch of 26 improved tanks. These tanks, together with the previously delivered vehicles, made it possible to increase the combat effectiveness of the coastal forces.
New items in the fleet
By the end of the year, the submarine fleet will be replenished with one combat unit. At the beginning of December, the state tests of the SSBN "Knyaz Vladimir" pr. 955A were completed. Now at the Sevmash plant, the identified shortcomings are being eliminated, and after that the ship will be handed over to the fleet. The acceptance certificate will be signed in the last days of the year.
This year, the non-nuclear submarine fleet received another diesel-electric submarine, project 636.3. The ship "Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky" was handed over to the customer at the end of November. It became the first in the series for the Pacific Fleet. By 2022, it is planned to build and send into service five more such boats.
In January, the Navy received the second base minesweeper pr. 12700 "Ivan Antonov". In June, the first serial patrol ship, project 22160, Dmitry Rogachev, was handed over. In October, the fleet received a small missile ship, project 22800 Sovetsk. They have already entered the combat strength of the fleet and are serving.
According to the old naval tradition, several ships will be handed over at once "under the herringbone" in the last days of the year. Delivery of the frigate of project 22350 "Admiral Kasatonov", corvette "Thundering" (project 20385), another small missile ship of type 21631 "Buyan-M" and the third minesweeper of project 12700 are expected.
In the interests of the Navy, the construction of auxiliary vessels is being carried out. Several tugboats, a number of hydrographic ships and vessels, etc. have been built and commissioned.
In general, this year it was planned to commission about 25 new units. After that, the share of new samples should reach 64%. For a number of reasons, the original plans had to be adjusted and some events shifted to the right, but even in this case, the fleet receives the necessary products.
Aerospace update
The main news in the context of the Aerospace Forces is the launch of serial production of the fifth generation Su-57 fighters. The contract was signed in June, and a few weeks later it became known about the start of construction. According to known data, the first production aircraft will be handed over to the Aerospace Forces this year. The transfer of several cars is planned for the next year.
The deliveries of equipment of the previous generations continue. In particular, the troops receive new Su-34 bombers. During the year, several batches of such vehicles arrived at the Shagol airbase, which made it possible to complete the formation of the second squadron. The mixed air regiment of the base is now armed with only modern front-line bombers.
Re-equipment is being carried out not only for front-line aviation. This year it was planned to supply five new military transport aircraft Il-76MD-90A. The new equipment was transferred to the 235th Military Transport Aviation Regiment, Ulyanovsk.
In general, this year the Aerospace Forces received and will receive about a hundred aircraft of various classes. Due to this, the share of modern technology will exceed 80%, which brings the videoconferencing to a leading position in the renovation business.
The Air Defense Forces, which are part of the Aerospace Forces, also receive and put into operation new products of various types. The formation of the Voronezh high-availability radar network is nearing completion. The latest samples of this series will take up full duty in the near future. Also this year the first over-the-horizon "Container" radar was put into operation. Due to all this, a continuous radar field is formed around the country's borders, capable of tracking a wide range of targets.
The plans to update the air defense-missile defense system for this year included the delivery of two new regimental sets of S-400 air defense systems. The purchase of divisional sets of missile-gun complexes "Pantsir-C1" was also carried out. The bulk of this equipment has already been transferred to the troops and put on duty.
On the eve of 2020
In the State Armament Programs for 2011-18 and 2018-27. for the current 2019, it is planned to purchase and supply a mass of samples of weapons and equipment with a total value of more than 1.5 trillion rubles. By now, most of the plans for this year have been successfully completed, and the military has received almost all the required items.
In the very near future, the Ministry of Defense will sum up and publish the results of the year, taking into account the events of the last weeks and months. Then it will become clear what expenses took place and to what results they led. In addition, it will be possible to clarify which events had to be postponed to the next year.
According to the latest data on this score, this year the total share of modern designs will be brought to 68%. Previously, it was planned to reach the 67% mark, but the increase in spending allowed for an increase of 1%. In practice, this means additional orders for hundreds of products of various kinds for all branches of the armed forces.
Already now, before summing up the final results, it is clear that the plans for 2019 have generally been fulfilled. There are certain difficulties and difficulties, but otherwise the situation is conducive to optimism. The work continues, the army is being renewed. In the next 2020, such processes will continue, which will again lead to understandable results. Most likely, in a year, more than 70% of modern samples will be discussed.
