Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Russia Missile Arsenal 80 Percent New By 2016: General

From Defense Talk:

MOSCOW: New rockets will by 2016 account for at least 80 percent of the strategic missile forces in Russia as it replaces its Soviet-era arsenal with new nuclear-capable missiles, the military said Friday.

"Plans for the development of the Russian strategic rocket forces through 2016 foresee a decrease in quantity and a transformation in quality at the same time," Nikolai Solovstov, the commander of Russia's strategic missile forces, told reporters.

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My Comment: And as for the U.S. ..... nothing new. U.S. strategic forces are already a number of years old with no plans to develop any new systems .... and I guess with the Obama administration .... it will be a few more years at that.

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