Russia’s Advanced Weapons’ Production Up Fourfold Over Last 5 Years – Shoigu

June 21, 2018

Sputnik News:

SEVASTOPOL (Sputnik) – The draft plan for shifting weapons and military equipment to domestic software is designed to further ensure the stable development and information security of the Russian defense industry, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.

“In conditions of sanctions pressure and tough competition on the global arms market, our leading defense enterprises are successfully implementing import substitution programs. Over the last five years, the share of models of advanced weapons and equipment increased fourfold [in production],” Shoigu said at a meeting of the Defense Ministry board in Crimea.

According to Shoigu, these results were achieved thanks to out-of-the-box solutions and the use of advanced technology.

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