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21Feb17
Russia's strategic nuclear forces to be 90% armed with modern weaponry by late 2020
Russia plans to arm its strategic nuclear forces with modern weaponry by 90% and its Strategic Missile Force by 62% by late 2020, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
Large-scale work is currently underway to arm Russia's Strategic Missile Force with modern missile systems while the Navy is receiving new nuclear-powered submarines with ballistic and cruise missiles and strategic bombers Tupolev Tu-160 and Tu-95MS are being actively modernized, the defense minister said.
"This will allow us to bring the provision of the strategic nuclear forces with modern weaponry to 90% as a whole and that of the Strategic Missile Force to 62%," Shoigu said.
"I'm confident that this will discourage any potential aggressor to encroach on the security of our country," Shoigu said at the opening of 2nd All-Russian youth forum: "International Military and Political, Military and Economic Cooperation and Modern Trends" at Moscow's MGIMO Institute.
[Source: Itar Tass, Moscow, 21Feb17]
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