Russia, Spurred By Georgia War, Plans Arms Upgrade
-- Reuters
-- Reuters
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia plans a massive increase in its weapons procurement for three years beginning in 2009, with 300 tanks, 14 warships and almost 50 airplanes on the shopping list, a senior government official said on Monday.
Vladislav Putilin, deputy head of the military-industrial commission, told journalists after a cabinet meeting the government planned to allocate 4 trillion roubles ($141.5 billion)in 2009-11 to bankroll equipment purchases to modernize its army.
He gave no comparative figure for previous years, but said the government "had been given the powers ... to redistribute expenditure (on other items) within the budget" to upgrade the armed forces.
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