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The Russian Armed Forces have the largest percentage of modern weapons and military equipment. Of all the equipment, 71% is modern equipment and weapons. This was stated by Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu.
“Today, everyone – some angry, some with consent – understand and claim that the Russian military has more than 70%, more precisely almost 71% of modern weapons and technology,” the minister said during a meeting with airline employees. Rostvertol.
Shoigu noted that the strategic nuclear forces, which are the basis of nuclear intimidation, are equipped with 83 percent modern weapons. According to the minister, the whole situation in the army and the attitude towards it in society have changed radically in the last decade.
“But the most important thing is, of course, the armaments, equipment, training and formation of the armed forces of the Russian Federation as one of the most modern armies in the world,” Shoigu said.
According to him, nine years ago, people said that regular “cans with nothing in them” were brought to the show, but today no one says that anymore.