NOVOSIBIRSK, November 15 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian defense industry should focus on the development of advanced technologies that would allow soldiers to become virtually invulnerable on the battlefield, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday.
“Our soldier must be able to hit targets without being hit by enemy fire. That’s what we are working on now,” Rogozin said at the Technoprom high-tech industry expo in Siberia.
Rogozin said a new state arms procurement program for 2016-2025 will take into account new challenges and threats that could undermine Russia’s national security in the future.
He reiterated that the Russian military should become a compact, rapid-reaction force equipped with robotic weaponry and automated combat management systems with highly secure and fast communication links.
According to Rogozin, robotic technologies should be present in the development of all types of military hardware for use on the ground, in the air, and underwater.
Russia is currently implementing an ambitious rearmament program through 2020, with a budget of some 20 trillion rubles ($640 billion).
The program will see the share of modern weaponry in Russia’s armed forces reach 30 percent by 2015 and 70 percent by 2020.
