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Russian Development New the Federation's weapons are forced due to the need to maintain a balance of power with the United States. This was stated at a meeting of the UN General Assembly's Disarmament Committee Konstantin Vorontsov, Deputy Director of the Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
As noted by a Russian diplomat, Russia acquires new weapons regularly, mainly due to the replacement of obsolete weapons with more modern ones. According to Vorontsov, promising complexes are being formed in order to maintain a strategic balance of forces.
According to a representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the United States is taking destabilizing measures, including the development of a global missile defense system.