"Rosoboronexport's
orders is about $38.5 billion; this is the target we hope
to meet in three years," company head Anatoly Isaikin
said.
Last
year Russian arms exports totaled $8.6 billion. Isaikin
said Russia aimed to hold on to its position as the world's
second largest arms exporter. "We are firmly in the
second position, after the United States, and we have no
intention of losing it," he said.
Aircraft
and related equipment account for 43% of Russian arms exports,
ships and naval equipment 22%, arms and military equipment
for ground forces 10% and air-defense systems some 13%,
he added.
|
