Pavel Felgenhauer
It’s amazing how little has changed in the strategic outlook of the Russian military in the past few decades.
On Sept.7, General Alexander Shevchenko announced a major change in plans to scrap 10,000 old Soviet-made tanks still on the Defense Ministry’s inventory.
By 2020 only 4,000 tanks will be scrapped, while the rest will be modernized and put back into service or exported. “The changing international situation, the increased patriotism of Russian citizenry and the introduction of new modernization technologies have induced a change of plans,” Shevchenko explained.
https://themoscowtimes.com/articles/russian-military-strategy-stuck-in-the-past-59194
