Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu spoke at an expanded meeting of the Defense Ministry board with the participation of President Vladimir Putin about plans to re-equip the army for 2022.
"Priority tasks for 2022 ... To supply the Ground Forces, Airborne Forces and Coastal Troops of the Navy with more than 1,000 modern means of armored and artillery weapons," the head of the Ministry of Defense enumerated.
He said that next year it is also planned to supply the Aerospace Forces and the Navy with 257 new and modernized aircraft, 5 divisional sets of the S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system.
In addition, he said that in 2022 the Navy will include 5 submarines, 11 surface ships, 3 combat boats, 2 coastal missile systems and a new nuclear-powered submarine of the Borei-A project - Generalissimo Suvorov.
Let us remind you that the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin said at today's meeting of the Defense Ministry board that in 2022 it is necessary to continue the planned and balanced equipping of troops with modern weapons.
