“The rearmament of the army and navy continues. Since the beginning of the year, 776 basic samples of the latest and modernized weapons have entered the troops, ”RIA Novosti quotes Shoigu.

He said that among the received armament samples were “58 airplanes and helicopters, over 140 armored combat vehicles and 510 multi-purpose vehicles”.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian Navy will receive the lead nuclear submarine (nuclear submarine) of the upgraded project 885M Kazan in December 2020.