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| Putin orders formation of new military reserve force. |
| 2015-07-19 |
| [Zero Hedge] Fifteen years after Vladimir Putin first walked into the Kremlin, Russia's army is bigger, stronger, and better equipped than at any time since the end of the Cold War. Able to call on three quarters of a million frontline troops, The Telegraph reports, with more tanks than any other country on the planet, and the world's third largest air force, Russia retains much of the brute force associated with a former superpower. But it has also rapidly modernised, spending millions on rearmament and retraining programmes aimed at professionalising the lumbering, conscript-reliant force it inherited from the Soviet Union. The latest effort, as Reuters reports, Putin has ordered the creation of a new reserve armed force as part of steps to improve training and military readiness at a time of international tensions with the West over Ukraine. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 IMO Artic read, US + CHINA + NUCLEAR HARD BOYZ. * FYI SPUTNIK NEWS > NEW RUSSIAN "STORM" SUPER-AIRCRAFT CARRIER WOWS CHINESE MEDIA. Gotta love the "KIEVAN/RUSSIAN ORTHODOX" DESIGN of the Carrier's island - reminds me of Japan's "Pagoda" design per IJN Battleships. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-07-19 22:14 |