News of January 15, 2009
Russian military spending to reach $125 bln by 2011
Posted at: Thu Jan 15th, 2009
MOSCOW, January 15 (RIA Novosti) - The state will earmark 4 trillion rubles ($125 billion) for arms procurements by 2011, including 1 trillion rubles ($31 billion) in 2009, the Russian prime minister said on Thursday. Vladimir Putin said the modernization of defense related enterpri...
Air Force remains committed to unmanned aircraft systems
Posted at: Thu Jan 15th, 2009
WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Air Force officials are "all in" with regard to unmanned aircraft systems, and understand the Defense secretary's direction to field the systems in the combat theater as fully and quickly as possible, a senior leader said Jan. 12 here.
