Russia’s nuclear triad is 60% furnished with
modern armaments.
MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces received 40 precision
weapon carriers and 180 long-range cruise missiles in 2016, which helped
increase their non-nuclear long-range capabilities by a third, Russia’s Defense
Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu said on Wednesday.
"In the past year alone, units and formations received 40 precision weapon carriers and 180 long-range cruise missiles. This helped increase the Armed Forces’ capabilities for striking enemy targets by a third," Shoigu said in the upper house of Russia’s parliament.
"In the past year alone, units and formations received 40 precision weapon carriers and 180 long-range cruise missiles. This helped increase the Armed Forces’ capabilities for striking enemy targets by a third," Shoigu said in the upper house of Russia’s parliament.
Russia’s
long-range ground-based, sea-and airborne non-nuclear containment weapons are
arriving for troops at an accelerated pace, he said.
As a whole,
Russia’s nuclear triad is 60% furnished with modern armaments, the defense
minister said.
Source: ITAR-TASS 24-05-2017
