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24 of September, 17:30

The Ministry of defence: the share of modern EW systems in the army can reach 90%
The share of modern means of electronic warfare (EW) in the Russian Armed forces by 2020 may reach 80-90%, said on Thursday Deputy defense Minister Yuri Borisov.

"those priorities that put the Supreme commander of the Armed forces (the President of Russia Vladimir Putin - ed.), Usually a percentage of the samples of modern equipment by 2020 must be 70%. As for EW systems, this is certainly More than 70%, and closer probably to the 80% and 90% ", - quotes the expression of the Barysau office of the press service and information Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation.

He said That the Ministry of defence each year increasing the volume of procurement of EW equipment, the volume of acquisitions meets the needs of military power. According to Borisov, during the current state armaments program undertaken and successfully completed several development works.

"There is a ground EW products, and there are air assets. There are products of the Maritime electronic warfare occupancy, adequate to the world level ", - said Borisov in the process of the 14th industry-specific scientific and technical conference "Russian electronics - the fresh challenges and prospects" in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan.

Speaking about import substitution, He said That Ukraine has supplied Russia's outdated samples of radio electronics, without which the domestic defense industry is quite capable to do.

"currently in full swing program to replace Ukrainian products. As for avionics, I think this is not the most difficult task, because in the field of Radioelectronics Ukraine a little That we have supplied, in the majority of developing even the ancient 1980-ies ", - noted the Deputy Minister.

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