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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Minister: Russia to buy weapons abroad

http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Minister_Russia_to_buy_weapons_abroad_999.html
Moscow (UPI) Oct 6, 2010 - Russia will buy foreign and possibly U.S. arms because the domestic industry has failed to modernize, Russia's Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov has said. In an interview with Russian Newsweek, Serdyukov said Moscow was forced to buy from companies abroad as it plans to spend more than $600 billion to modernize its armed forces. "Our weapons often do not meet the required standa ... more

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