MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator...
new units and their combat efficiency.The problem-ridden development of new control systems points to an all-out crisis that has plagued the Russian defense industry for the past 20 years.
Hi-tech sectors requiring the coordinated work of dozens or even hundreds of companies and considerable investment are the hardest hit.
Apart from control systems, the Armed Forces are also having trouble developing and testing the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, building new diesel-electric submarines, creating air-defense systems, the Global Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) and other types of military equipment.
It is still unclear how this crisis will be overcome, and standard financial-support measures are not enough. The state which wants to enhance the combat capability of its Armed Forces must oversee the invention of key defensive systems and intervene more actively in those cases when existing managerial bodies are either incompetent or
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