Reports: Russian military to get more than 70 nuclear missiles over 3 years

[bemildred]

Source: AP

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military will commission 70 strategic nuclear missiles over the next three years, a senior government official said Monday, according to Russian news agencies.

The statement by Vladislav Putilin, a deputy head of the Cabinet's military-industrial commission in charge of weapons industries, indicates the government's intention to significantly increase the tempo of rearming Russia's Strategic Missile Forces.

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Putilin, who spoke after a government session chaired by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that discussed the weapons purchases, said the Cabinet has decided to spend about 4 trillion rubles, or $141 billion, on new weapons over the next three years, Interfax and RIA Novosti news agencies reported.

Putilin said that in addition to 70 strategic missiles, the military will also get 30 short-range Iskander missiles, 48 combat jets, 60 military helicopters, more than 300 tanks and 14 navy vessels in the next three years.

Read more: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-eu-russia-military,1,4570739.story

[villager]

1. Okay, with oil collapsing, where the fuck are they getting the money for *their* necrotic empire?

n/t

[Zhade]

8. Oooh, necrotic, good word!

Nicely done.

Also, more nukes = fuck!

[unkachuck]

10. it's wall streets' wonderful deflationary downward spiral at work....

....the Russians make less per barrel but the things they want cost them less....

"...Cabinet has decided to spend about 4 trillion rubles, or $141 billion..."

....chump change....the Pentagon spends that much in a few days for claw-hammers and pork....maybe the Russians are more frugal than Americans?....bargin-basement missiles?

....to paraphrase chimpolini, "You're either with us, or against us."....I don't believe the Russians are with us, but their not spending enough to be against us....

[Bandit]

11. Same place as America..They print it and/or borrow it..

Bush* initiated a new "Arms Race" and we will see it develop before our eyes..

[Doctor_J]

2. Yup. Cheney and Rove have restarted the Cold War

I hope they both die of cancer before they have time to spend the gigaprofits they're going to make off of it.

[AllentownJake]

3. Wonderful

The only thing conservatives could somewhat argue credit for, even that now they've wrecked.

[iandhr]

4. comforting thought

[nyc 4 Biden]

5. Vladislav Putilin?

Is that Vladimir Putin's more evil twin brother?

[Tutankhamun]

6. LOL. Bizarro to Putin's Superman.

Except Putin's already pretty Bizarro like.

[TheLastMohican]

7. What's the matter gents?

Russia is modernizing its armed forces after a decade of neglect.


Why there is so much fuss about it?

There are plenty of missles which have to be decommissioned in the nearest future. Russia is replacing those missles with new Topols.

[rcsl1998]

9. Thanks George! nt