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Friday, October 19, 2007

Russia to continue developing defense capability

President Vladimir Putin said Thursday Russia will continue to develop both nuclear and conventional components of its armed forces.

"We will not only focus on all components of the nuclear triad, meaning the Strategic Missile Forces, strategic aviation and nuclear submarines, but also on other kinds of weapons," Putin said in his annual question and answer session live on TV.

"A weapons development program until 2015 has been approved for the development of all armed services and branches," Putin said.

Russia deployed 36 types of modern weaponry with the Armed Forces in the first half of 2007.

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