High Tech Weaponry in Russia's Arms Procurement Program

Russia's new state arms procurement program for 2018-2028 has been signed by President Vladimir Putin, which includes robotics, intelligence systems, UAVs and precision ammunition, among other things.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Rogozin said in an interview with the Kommersant newspaper that the new program had been prepared based on the experience of use of weapons and military equipment in combat conditions in Syria.

“Robotics, intelligence systems, combat and reconnaissance UAVs, anti-missile aircraft defense, precision ammunition — all this is included in the new state arms procurement program. At the same time, one should not turn a blind eye to the build-up of NATO's military potential, the implementation of the global strike concept by the United States, the intention to deploy weapons in outer space, and the deployment of strategic non-nuclear systems of precision weapons. We will have a decent answer to all this, believe me,” Rogozin said. 

The effectiveness of combat use of new complexes and systems have been assessed during deployment in extreme conditions. More than 200 types of weapons and equipment were tested, he said.

In November 2017, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Tatiana Shevtsova said the new state arms program would spend 19 trillion rubles (325 billion U.S. dollars) on military equipment procurement and one trillion rubles (17 billion dollars) on the synchronization system.