Russia will put several dozen silo launchers and over 50 Topol-M mobile missile systems on combat duty before 2015, the defense minister said Wednesday. Sergei Ivanov, who is also a deputy prime minister, said 50 Tu-160 Blackjack and Tu-95 MS Bear strategic bombers would be in use in Russia's Air Force in 2007-2015 according to the $189 billion armaments program for the period. Delivering a report in parliament, the minister outlined plans to create space reconnaissance, communications, retransmission and topographical surveying systems and systems to spot launches of new-generation ballistic missiles.
A Defense Ministry official said last week that Russia's defense spending would be over 860 billion rubles ($32.42 billion) in 2007, 23% more than in 2006. Over 300 billion rubles ($11.28 billion) has been earmarked for procurement.
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