Vladimir Putin wants to fully re-equip Russian armed forces in 5 to 10 years 2409111

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Saturday, September 24, 2011, 02:47 PM
 

Vladimir Putin wants to fully re-equip Russian armed forces in 5 to 10 years.
Russia must re-equip his armed forces in 5 to 10 years, said Saturday, September 23, 2011, in Moscow Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who could become the next president.
     
Russia must re-equip his armed forces in 5 to 10 years, said Saturday, September 23, 2011, in Moscow Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who could become the next president.
Russia ordered two new French made Mistral class amphibious assault ships
     

"We must completely re-equip our army and our navy force in 5 to 10 years," said Putin, whose candidacy for the presidency next Saturday had been proposed by the outgoing President Dmitry Medvedev in Russian pre-election congress of the party.

The re-equipment of the army "is an important instrument of the modernization of the defense industry and the entire Russian economy," Putin said.