Russian President Vladimir Putin has introduced billions in investments for the rearmament of his nation’s navy.
“Within the subsequent decade, 8.4 trillion roubles (round $97 billion) are earmarked for the development of latest boats and ships for the navy,” Putin mentioned on Friday at a gathering on navy improvement in St Petersburg, in keeping with Russian information companies.
The brand new gear and rearmament of the fleet is because of new risks and challenges, Putin mentioned. He referred to the event of drone and robotic expertise, digitalization, but additionally the political state of affairs on this planet.
He didn’t particularly tackle the battle in opposition to Ukraine, which he began and by which quite a lot of ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet have been sunk.
As an alternative, he praised the fleet’s tempo of rearmament so far. He claimed 49 warships of assorted courses have been in-built Russian shipyards up to now 5 years, together with nuclear submarines that may be geared up with new Zircon hypersonic missiles.
