The proportion of modern weapons in the Russian army exceeds 71 percent, and in strategic nuclear powers – 89 percent, Russian President Vladimir Putin informed on an expanded meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Defense. It quotes TASS.
The cause of an increase in the number of modern weapons The head of state called work on large-scale modernization of the army and fleet. “Active pace was the development of the latest types of weapons, some of them – the Avangard and Dagger complexes are set on combat duty,” he added.
Earlier in December, Putin said that Russia is in front of the United States on modern armament – the country improves the available potential and introduces new complexes. At the same time, he stressed that the Americans retain an exemplary parity of nuclear weapons – nuclear carriers and the number of warheads.