According to the expert, the country's task is to "carefully spend money, while increasing the combat effectiveness of the armed forces, conducting their effective construction, rearmament and re-equipment with the most modern means."
“The position of the Russian Federation (both the Ministry of Defense and the military-industrial complex) is to produce a small amount of weapons, but of the highest quality, and most importantly, advanced.
Therefore, we have the Armata tank, which no one else has, we have the best electronic warfare systems ... We have hypersonic weapons that no one else has, and so on for a number of parameters, "the source said.
Konovalov noted that there is parity between the three great military powers - Russia, the United States and China.
"Russia maintains this parity due to the fact that we have the best dynamics of the development of the armed forces, support for the armed forces in the country ... We have the most advanced weapons systems at relatively low financial costs," he concluded.
On May 18, it was reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to have a series of military meetings next week.
Earlier, the Russian leader said that Russia will "knock out its teeth" by those who want to "bite off" something from it.
At the same time, he stressed that in terms of spending on national defense, Russia is among the top ten countries, occupying the last lines.