MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) Russia...
market, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday. Analysts believe Russia will have to follow India and China"s lead and buy up foreign technology."In 2010, we must supply more than 30 surface- and sea-based ballistic missiles and 11 space systems to the armed forces," Putin told the defense industry. Many models lag behind foreign designs, while their lead times are running behind schedule. This must be remedied in the shortest time possible, the prime minister said.
Anatoly Tsyganok, head of the Center for Military Forecasting, said the space and rocket industry is experiencing huge problems with equipment. "In Soviet times, we purchased high-precision machine tools using every devious trick in the book. There were only a few of them in the country, and they were able to machine parts down to a micron. Now most of them are out of commission, and no one is going to sell us new ones," the analyst said. In addition, the defense plants are short of workers because
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