By: Vympel - 12th August 2006 at 14:36
VOLGOGRAD, July 13 (RIA Novosti) – Russia is planning to purchase 69 silo-based and mobile Topol-M ballistic missile systems in the next decade, the defense minister said Thursday.
“We are planning to buy 69 [Topol-M] systems by 2015,” Sergei Ivanov said at a meeting with defense industry officials in the Volgograd Region.
Ivanov, who is also a deputy prime minister, said the defense ministry was also planning to procure 60 Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems to equip five missile brigades, 57 Sprut-SD self-propelled guns, 499 Rakushka airborne armored personnel carriers, and several Bereg mobile coastal artillery systems.
The defense minister earlier said that Russia’s 2006 defense order would total $9 billion and increase by 20% to 303.7 bln rubles ($11.2 bln) in 2007.
However, Ivanov reiterated that defense industry enterprises should not rely solely on increasing state orders and must rapidly develop production of dual-purpose and civilian goods to stay competitive.
(the Rakushka is the BTR-DZ, replacement for the BTR-D for the Russian Paratroops).
By: Vympel - 12th August 2006 at 14:31
I don’t think any exist in the public domain.
There is also some controversy as to the relationship between the Russian-only “Iskander-M” and “Tender”. Articles originally described “Iskander-M” as an interim between “Iskander-E” and “Tender”, but now some are saying Tender is now known as Iskander-M.
Recent articles talking about Russian defense procurement reference purchasing “Iskander-M”, by the way.
In any event, Iskander-E and Iskander-M / Tender should look identical.
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August 12, 2006 at 11:52 am