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Russia's NATO envoy pushes for defense industry overhaul
Published: 23 December, 2011, 14:42
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TAGS: Military, Medvedev, Russia, Politics, USA, Robert Bridge
In his report to the Russian president, Russian permanent envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin proposed the creation of a system of agencies organizing the work of the defense industry.
Rogozin emphasized the need for a technical re-armament of the defense industry encompassing the replacement of equipment, the construction of new plants, and the creation of moral and financial incentives to attract young professional staff into the industry.
"I believe we should re-create the defense industry in some form,” Rogozin advised, as quoted by Interfax. “It should be a powerful agency or ministry.”
The overhaul outlined by Rogozin would provide a long-term boost to the defense industry in the form of lucrative defense contracts.
"The creation of new, modern agencies will promote the development of armaments systems for 20-30 years ahead, that is, give long-term perspective contracts for the defense industry," Rogozin quoted his report to the Russian president as saying.
Rogozin also recommends the implementation of "long" loans to enable companies to plan the manufacture of cutting edge products and systems.
The NATO envoy said his idea was based loosely on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), an agency of the US Department of Defense which funds the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA has assisted in the development of many technologies that have gone on to have a major effect on the world, including computer networking.
Rogozin is advocating the "creation of an agency that will catch civil, scientific, and technological research and modern ideas which will transform into the development of weapons and military equipment, an analogue of the US agency DARPA."
Rogozin also proposed creating a management structure to monitor general contractors and state contractors, as well as interaction between the Defense Ministry and the defense industry.
President Dmitry Medvedev has made military reform one of the major projects of his presidency, calling for the replacement of a conscription-based army for a professional one, as well as the accelerated development of state-of-the-art weapon systems.
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Rosoboronexport already fullfils a common goal promoting the export of Russian weapons.
NWO,Probably Russia can have a combination of the Western and Russian systems. We know that any privatization of Russian defense industry will lead to the control by Anglo-American capital funds, so there have to be limits even if investment is not a bad idea as far as the control is kept in Russian hands.
Also, it is true that thanks to NATO and their military control of several nations, the U.S. has a political advantage in the export of weapons. There is a large Mideas market (Saudi Arabia, U.A.E., Qatar, Oman...) but the U.S. and the U.K. have such a firm military control of those seudo-states (which look more like private companies under a corrupt aristocracy) that Russia have a lot of difficulties to export its products to those (mostly) former British colonies. That´s why Russia used to export to the alternative in the area (Iraq, Iran, Syria...) but the U.S. has already taken one of these markets (Iraq) and doesn´t allow Russian exports to the second and largest market (Iran)
This is of course is a cover for neoliberal privatization of whatever remained of once Mighty design and defense complex. The Soviet Union did not become so powerful after the initial shock of the Germany invasion in 1941 by “decentralizing” resources but by mobilizing all the productive forces for one goal; winning the war over fascism. This guy ,as the rest of those who support Medvedev, is a is spouting retrograde ideas of the neoliberal the economic school of the U.S. I wait for real changes once Putin is in the top post of the President in 4 March 2011. Under Medvedev’s militar reforms including reforming (deforming) so that soldiers and new recruits got sick with cold because the old Russian tradition of using locally made warm military uniforms had been replaced with cheap designer branded counterfeits!.
wow, we have just witnessed the beginning of the 21st century Cold War.
can´t blame Russia to make this step though.