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Russia To Induct 50 New Warships, Submarines By 2020

  • 12:00 AM, January 3, 2013
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The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced that it will acquired over 50 new warships to be inducted by the navy by 2016, including strategic nuclear submarines and special operations support vessels. “By 2016, the combat strength of the Navy will be replenished with 18 surface warships of various ranks and designation, and also 30 special-purpose and counter-subversion vessels. It is also planned to put 6 multi-purpose and strategic submarines into operation,” the ministry said in a statement. The quality of new generations of surface warships and submarines being built for the Russian Navy will improve with stronger state acceptance control at the shipyards involved in the Navy’s shipbuilding program, the statement added. By the end of 2020, Russia will have spent about $659 billion in arms procurement as part of a rearmament program.
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