The Watcher
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Is this just a bluff? Russia can't even manage to take care of its old fleet and they are thinking about new ones already! Recently Russia's military excercises failed to launch three missiles or they were launched but greatly missed their targeted and self-destructed!
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Russian military to get new subs and missiles soon - top officer
New submarines equipped with new missile complexes will soon join the Russian navy, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Military Forces Yuriy Baluyevskiy told a press conference on Thursday.
He said that during the command and staff exercises "the Navy carried out both simulated and real missile launches".
Baluyevskiy added that the reasons for the unsuccessful launch from the Karelia would be investigated "both with the assistance of representatives of the defence industry and with assistance from military scientists".
[http://gazeta.ru/]
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Russian military to get new subs and missiles soon - top officer
New submarines equipped with new missile complexes will soon join the Russian navy, First Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Military Forces Yuriy Baluyevskiy told a press conference on Thursday.
Baluyevskiy also said the RSM-54 ballistic missile which self-destructed during a launch from the nuclear submarine Karelia on Wednesday is one of the most reliable used by the armed forces. "This missile is the most reliable missile we use. Before yesterday, only one out of 36 launches of this missile since 1992 had been unsuccessful," the general said. He recalled that during the launch of the RSM-54 from the Karelia "the missile deviated from its designated track". "A normal self-destruct system came into operation," he said."The navy plans in the near future to receive both new missile boats and new missiles," he said. Baluyevskiy said that the development of the submarine fleet would in future remain one of the priority areas when forming the armed forces. "We will continue in this direction," he said.
He said that during the command and staff exercises "the Navy carried out both simulated and real missile launches".
Baluyevskiy added that the reasons for the unsuccessful launch from the Karelia would be investigated "both with the assistance of representatives of the defence industry and with assistance from military scientists".
[http://gazeta.ru/]