Modest Russian arms plan may dictate defensive posture
The next decade will see new nuclear and cruise missiles but few other all-new weapons in large numbers
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- Strategic defence, nuclear uncertainty
- Budget constraints
- Army's 'quality vs quantity' dilemma
- Mostly old armour
- Air defence
- Naval shipbuilding scaled down
- Ubiquitous cruise missiles
- Silent submarines
- Land-based missiles
- Existing rather than new aircraft
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