The Russian military will commission more than 70 strategic
nuclear missiles in the next three years, Interfax news
agency quoted the deputy head of the military-industrial
committee as saying Monday.
"More than 70 strategic missiles will be bought and
delivered to troops in the next three years, more than 30
short-range Iskander missiles and a large number of booster
rockets and aircraft," said Vladislav Putilin, whose
department is in charge of weapons industries.
He added that the military will also acquire 48 combat jets, six spy drones, more than 60 military helicopters, 14 navy vessels and nearly 300 tanks.
The arms-procurement order for 2009-2011 will cost nearly four trillion rubles (100 billion euros, 140 billion dollars), he said.
The announcement comes after last week's announcement that Russia's weapons arsenal is set to be bolstered by the arrival of new missiles with a range of 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) on December 24.
