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11-27-2009, 05:05 PM
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Russia to rearm naval infantry by 2015
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/20...t_12551571.htm
MOSCOW, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Russia will fully equip its entire naval infantry with advanced weaponry by 2015, the Navy said Friday. "The naval infantry will receive T-90 tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, BRDM-3 armored reconnaissance vehicles, 120-mm 2C31 Vena self-propelled guns, modernized air defense systems and small arms," the RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing the Navy statement. As part of the Navy, the naval infantry, which has a total of about 12,000 personnel, consists of three brigades, two independent regiments and two independent battalions. President Dmitry Medvedev said in September that one of the most important issues for Russia's armed forces was to reform the navy in the coming decade. He said in March that Russia's armed forces would undergo comprehensive rearmament beginning in 2011. The part in Bold is what worries me... not the 2015 deadline. BTW 2015 is looking to be a really crappy year. All Members of the UN must fulfill the Millennium Declaration Goals by then(that's what Cap N Trade is REALLY about.)Carbon Emissions tax will be .7% and it will be our GLOBAL tax.Back to sleep  MamaDel
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#2
11-27-2009, 05:24 PM
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Why upgrade unless they plan on invading somewhere overseas (USA)?
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#3
11-27-2009, 05:27 PM
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Dont be silly. Every one spends that kind of money for precautionary measures...
 /Sarcasm off/ MamaDel
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11-27-2009, 06:01 PM
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Why have a 12,000 man combined arms land force separate from the army? If one makes this investment in arms and equipment the money would be better spent enlarging the army. If it is simply a matter of enhancing the navy the money could be much better spent adding another ship to their navy or perhaps better yet improving their existing naval forces.
I believe that Russia's armed forces are in much poorer condition today than they were in the late 1980's and early 1990's. Regardless of their stated intentions, I question their financial ability to provide the equipment and material (food, fuel, spare parts and ammunition) necessary to train a force equal to half that of the old Soviet Union. Even then they do not have the ability to quickly move a major part of that force to any one of their borders.
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#5
11-28-2009, 12:38 AM
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Adding this to the Russians actively looking at buying and building under licence French Mistral LHDs makes this even more of a WTF are they planning long term?
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#6
11-29-2009, 11:32 PM
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The thread on the Mistral sale appears to be another victim of the site problem we recently experienced.
A design that fit this bill from the 1980s that didn't get built by the Soviets.... the Project 1178 LHD....tonnage 40,000, 200 meters long, could embark 1 motorized or 1 tank battalion with at least 12 Ka-29 helicopters embarked.
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