The Russian military has commissioned more than 1,000 new aircraft and thousands of tanks in the past few years in a massive modernization effort amid tensions with the West, the nation’s defense minister said Monday.
Associated Press: Russian defense ministry boasts about revived military power
Fron L: Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and first deputy head of the Main Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, vice admiral Igor Kostyukov attend the Military Intelligence Day during the event to mark the 100th anniversary from the establishment of the Russian Armed Forces' General Staff at the Russian Army Theatre in Moscow on Nov. 2, 2018.
