Dmitry Medvedev inspects a Topol missile. Photo AFPBehind Moscow's Arms Buildup -- New York Post Commentary
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev has unveiled a plan that commits his government to spending $140 billion on arms within the next two years the most massive rearmament program in Russian history.
The package is part of what Medvedev calls the New Russian Defense Doctrine, a program of sweeping reform to be completed by 2020. The headlines focus on the modernization of Russia's nuclear capability, but the really significant changes are elsewhere.
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