Russian Navy Receives Sub, 7 Ships, 7 Aircraft, Missile Systems

© Photo : press-service of the Russian Defense MinistryProject 877 diesel-electric submarine Vladikavkaz
Project 877 diesel-electric submarine Vladikavkaz - Sputnik International
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The Russian Navy received one submarine and seven warships and auxiliary vessels along with seven aircraft and other equipment in the third quarter of 2015, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Speaking at a military procurement day, the defense official said the delivery plan was 25.8-percent complete, while the Navy was 45.7-percent supplied with modern types of equipment and weapons.

"A Project 877 submarine, seven auxiliary ships and vessels, seven aircraft, 10 air defense missiles, two radar locators, one Bastion mobile coastal defense missile system were accepted in the interest of the Navy," Borisov said.

© SputnikProject 877 Paltus Kilo-class Submarine
Project 877 Paltus Kilo-class Submarine - Sputnik International
Project 877 Paltus Kilo-class Submarine

(L-R) Russian navy corvette Steregushchy, destroyer Nastoichivy and frigate Admiral Gorshkov are anchored in a bay of the Russian fleet base in Baltiysk in Kaliningrad region, Russia, July 19, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Borisov said nearly 2,500 pieces of equipment had been delivered to the Russian Airborne Forces and two new early warning network satellites to the Aerospace Forces in the August-October period.

Russia is currently carrying out a $325-billion rearmament program to modernize 70 percent of its military equipment by 2020.

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