(Xinhua) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday hailed the growth of his country's arms exports, saying Russia has already become one of the world's key weapons producers. 'The consecutive annual growth of Russia's arms exports prove that Russia has become one of the leading weapon producers of the world,' he said in a congratulatory letter for the opening ceremony of an international arms fair in Nizhny Tagil, a city on the eastern flank of the Ural Mountains that is considered the home of Russia's weapons industry.
A total of 463 Russian companies, as well as those from 11 foreign nations are exhibiting hundreds of pieces of military equipment and parts in a forested range near the once-secret city located some 1,500 km east of Moscow.
| I never have been able to figure the success of Russian arms exports. I'm guessing it's their price that sells them. After watching its performance in the first Gulf War, they'd have to get me into a Russian tank with a crowbar before I'd face an Abrams. |
| You don't buy a T-80 to go up against an Abrams, you buy a T-80 to crush your own civilian population ... |
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