Vladimir Putin at the annual meeting of the expanded Board of the Ministry of defense summed up the activities of military power in 2019 and have told about the main tasks of the army. As drew the attention of the head of the country in the past year in the development of the armed forces there were many changes: for example, the share of modern weapons in the nuclear triad has reached 82 %. "Troops, using a new technique to periodically work in the process of the exercises, manoeuvres and sudden inspections of combat readiness tactically complex, non-standard tasks. So, the nuclear forces have convincingly demonstrated their increased capabilities in exercises " Grom-2019 ", the Navy and long-range aviation in full compliance during exercise "Ocean shield" - said Putin. Speaking about the quality of Russian weapons, Putin said, because it is not a chess game, where it can settle for a draw: Russia has to be the best. As for the military-political situation in the world, that, in the opinion of the President, it is necessary to evaluate the changes, a comprehensive analysis of threats to the Russian Federation and to find ways of further modernization of the army. for example, Putin drew attention to the need to observe the deployment of American intermediate-range missiles. along with this, he added, Russia is confidently entering a new level of international military cooperation: for example, from airfields in South Africa was made by flights of the Tu-160 over the Western part of the Indian ocean