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With Christmas around the corner how about some cheap armor as Europe is tighting the belt before you know we'll be back in the good old days of the Cold War as Russia continues double digit growth in defense spending of around 12% over the next three to four years.
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This should be taken in context: Russia went throught more than a decade of very low spending for a very large force structure. This had all the kind of consequences: top of the line interceptors cannibalized for parts to keep some others flying, ICBMs nearing expire date, production lines shut down and specialized workers fire,inventories of all the kind of items thinning out, research slowed down etc. The system consumed all of his fat an quite a lot of muscles too.
In all likelyhood the existing force could absorb a great deal of spending with relatively few immediate and visible effects: nominal numbers of many weapons systems in particular are still going to decrease for a while as the retiring of older systems outpaces new production.