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With Russia's $650 billion rearmament plan, the bear sharpens its teeth

Moscow – The graying bear is getting a make-over. Russia's military is launching its biggest rearmament effort since Soviet times, including a $650 billion program to procure 1,000 new helicopters, 600 combat planes, 100 warships, and 8 nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines.
Analysts say Russia, while already the world's fifth-largest military spender, needs strong conventional forces to reduce its overreliance on its aging Soviet-era nuclear missile deterrent. Valentin Rudenko, director of the independent Interfax-Military News Agency, says it could create "a whole new ballgame."
"For about two decades we've had no real modernization, at least not like what's being proposed now," he says. "Russia will finally have a modern, top-level armed forces that are capable of protecting the country."

ASUG8 wrote:$650B for all that seems like a steal vs. US pricing.

Cluck U wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:$650B for all that seems like a steal vs. US pricing.

Agreed. We should hire Russian workers to build our stuff...especially females. Import them and naturalize them by the tens of thousands. We'd save money as a country and the displaced US workers could have new Soviet sugar mommas taking care of them.

It's a win win for everyone involved.

Cluck U wrote:

ASUG8 wrote:$650B for all that seems like a steal vs. US pricing.

Agreed. We should hire Russian workers to build our stuff...especially females. Import them and naturalize them by the tens of thousands. We'd save money as a country and the displaced US workers could have new Soviet sugar mommas taking care of them.

It's a win win for everyone involved.