Saturday, July 06, 2013

Russia to Field 30 Times More Cruise Missiles by 2020

Kh-101 cruise missileRussia will increase its number of cruise missiles by 30 times by the end of the current decade, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Friday.

“We will boost the number of cruise missiles fivefold in the next three years and by 30 times by 2020,” Shoigu told reporters after a meeting of Russia’s Security Council.

Russia currently fields an undisclosed number of air-launched and sea-launched cruise missiles.

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3 comments:

  1. The Navy's Grade 36 Bureaucrat6/7/13 18:23

    Given the great success of Tomahawk by the US, this isn't a big surprise.

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  2. al len27/7/13 19:57

    Why waste money on huge supersonic cruise missiles when they can be killed 50 mile range "Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile"?

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  3. al len27/7/13 20:00

    Looking at ESSM [evolved sea sparrow missile] killing this types of advance cruise missiles I don't think Russia can make a successful target.

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