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Russia’s $billions spending spree on nuclear weapons

Much of the spending will be channelled into strategic missile forces. Several hundred mobile S-400 and S-500 defence missile systems are on order and a new intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of carrying 10 nuclear warheads, is being developed.

Billions to be spent on Russian rearmament, Sydney Morning Herald, Andrew OsbornFebruary 26, 2011 MOSCOW: Russia has unveiled the biggest rearmament program since the fall of the Soviet Union, saying that it intends to buy 600 planes, 100 ships and 1000 helicopters within the next decade…….
Mr Popovkin said the navy would get 35 new corvettes, 15 frigates and 20 submarines, eight of which would be nuclear-powered and armed…….

Russia’s fearsome TU-160 strategic nuclear bombers, which have begun to probe the limits of Britain’s airspace in recent years, will also be modernised.

Much of the spending will be channelled into strategic missile forces. Several hundred mobile S-400 and S-500 defence missile systems are on order and a new intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of carrying 10 nuclear warheads, is being developed.

Billions to be spent on Russian rearmament

February 27, 2011 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Russia, weapons and war