Photo: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev addresses top military brass in Moscow, 17 Mar 2009From Voice of America:
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev this week announced a large-scale military rearmament program, which he says will require considerable resources despite difficulties associated with the current global economic crisis. There are political and economic realities that could be driving as well as hindering Mr. Medvedev's proposal.
Tanks and missiles paraded across Red Square last May for the first time since the Soviet collapse in 1991. But Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov recently said 90 percent of Russia's military technology is outdated. This includes most of the hardware on parade.
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My Comment: After the Georgian War, the Russian Government realized that they were sorely unprepared to protect themselves from future conflicts. They are going to rebuild their forces to a level that will at least deter any of their neighbors from doing the same thing that Georgia did.