Russian military plans to purchase 600 aircraft by 2020, 100 ships

French "Northwest Wind" amphibious ship

According to the Associated Press news February 24, Russian First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popov, 24, said King, in December 2010 adopted by the state armament program's budget more than 19 trillion rubles (650 billion U.S. dollars .)

Reported that, according to the plan, Russian military will buy 600 new warplanes, 1,000 military helicopters, 100 warships, eight submarines, two French "Rafale" helicopter carrier.

For the procurement plan, some analysts have pointed out, so buying conventional weapons could reduce Russia's dependence on nuclear weapons, but they also warned that it must be to create a professional and efficient army as a precondition.

Just last week, Russian Finance Minister 阿列克谢库德林 said that from 2012 Russia will be 1.5% of GDP used for military modernization and military spending and other projects.