According to the Commander-in-Chief of the RF Ground Forces, Colonel-General Alexander Postnikov, in 2011 they intend to switch from the modernization of the existing fleet of military equipment to the purchase of new types of weapons.
According to ITAR-TASS, A. Postnikov said: "In 2011, it is planned to purchase modern digital communications and automated control systems (ACS), including an ACS for an anti-aircraft missile brigade of air defense troops, an integrated automation station for the tactical level of command and control of military air defense and other similar systems. ".
In addition, he said that new S-300V4 and Buk-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems, Tor-M short-range air defense systems and "modern portable missile systems" will be purchased. It is planned to continue equipping formations and units of missile forces and artillery of the Ground Forces with Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems, new multiple launch rocket systems, anti-tank missile systems and self-propelled guns.
From armored vehicles, the troops will receive armored personnel carriers BTR-82A, evacuation vehicles BREM-K, armored vehicles "Mustang". The troops of radiation, chemical and biological protection will be supplied with new heavy flamethrower systems, long-range infantry jet flamethrowers and airborne radiation reconnaissance systems. The engineering troops are scheduled to transfer new stations for complex water purification and desalination and universal road vehicles.
The words of the commander-in-chief of the Ground Forces were repeated, according to RIA Novosti, by the official representative of the RF Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Vlasov. According to him: “Starting in 2011, modern S-300V4 and Buk-M2 complexes, Tor-M2 short-range anti-aircraft missile systems, as well as modern portable anti-aircraft missile systems will begin to enter the Air Defense Forces of the Ground Forces.” S. Vlasov noted that "this year it is envisaged to switch to the procurement of only new, highly effective types of weapons and equipment that fully meet the requirements of modern combined arms combat.", self-propelled and combined weapons, anti-tank missile systems."
True, these systems can be called new only in terms of the year of their release, practically all sounded weapons systems and equipment were developed in the USSR, or are modernizations of Soviet systems
Military-industrial complex
The military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation has lost many opportunities and personnel of the military-industrial complex of the USSR, and now the question is whether it will be able to build new weapons and equipment, according to the state armaments program for 2011-2020.
Therefore, the Russian government in the next few months will adopt a federal targeted program for the modernization of the military-industrial complex. This, according to RIA Novosti, said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov. Ivanov did not specify the amount of funds to be spent on the implementation of the program, but noted that "the government already has an idea of what the funding will be."
