"The Armed
Forces will receive new strategic and tactical missile
systems, such as RS-24 Yars, Bulava and Iskander
M," Putin said at a meeting with defense industry
officials in the southern Siberian republic of Udmurtia.
"Starting from 2013, the production of [ballistic]
missile systems must be doubled."
Putin
said Russia will invest 77 billion rubles ($2.6 bln) in
the production of ballistic missiles in line with a state
program on the modernization of the defense industry until
2020.
Missile
manufacturers, including a missile production plant in
Votkinsk, will receive 15 billion rubles ($500 mln) in
the next three years for the development of production
capacity, the prime minister said.
"The
financing will gradually increase in the future,"
Putin added.
