Russia's New Military Projects And Procurements Are Not Meeting Expectations

T-14 tanks with the Armata Universal Combat Platforms. © SPUTNIK/ EVGENY BIYATOV

Sebastien Roblin, National Interest: The Russian Military's Greatest Enemy (And Its Not America)

For several years now, Moscow has been trumpeting its development of sophisticated next-generation weapon systems that finally put the superiority of Western counterparts into question. And much of the new hardware appear to have NATO militaries worried.

If you believe Russian state media, hordes of new super weapons are just around the corner, always just a few years away from becoming operational. Then reality—in the form of defense budgets—sets in.

The new T-14 Armata tank was unveiled to much fanfare in 2015 boasting promising new features including an unmanned turret, dense multilayered armor, a more powerful 125mm main gun, and a revolutionary active protection system. And any number of articles would inform you that 2,300 T-14s would be built by the year 2020, so NATO tankers beware!

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WNU Editor: Russia has the same problem that every other military in the world has. Big promises .... looks great on paper .... but in the end things just do not work out as planned. The latest dream is this one .... Russia may build 115,000-tonne aircraft carriers by 2020 (TASS).