The Military Security of Russia Summary

Washington Times 17 October 1997 [for personal use only] Russia to slash ground forces, rely on nukes By Bill Gertz Russia plans to cut its ground forces in half by 2005 and will rely more on nuclear weapons for future conflicts, according to a classified intelligence report.

Although the Russian Navy has not built a new surface warship from the keel up since the collapse of the Soviet Union, several new submarines have been developed. Yesterday the director of the Admiralty Shipyards in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Aleksandrov, announced that work would begin later this week on two new fourth-generation diesel-electric submarines. One - the St. Petersburg -will be built for the Russian Navy-, the other - the Amur - will be for export.

More than $12.8 billion has been allocated for funding our programs for the creation of new types of weapons the year (the entire military budget amounts to $19 billion).

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