TSAMTO, April 23. On April 23, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation. Below is the introductory statement.Putin's statement is provided by the Kremlin's press service.
Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, dear colleagues!
We are holding a regular meeting of the Military-Industrial Commission and today we will discuss a range of issues related to the development of the Armed Forces and the work of the military-industrial complex at the present stage, today and in the future.
We will also analyze how orders and instructions for the supply of the most in–demand types of weapons, equipment and weapons of destruction to the troops are carried out, not only to the units participating in a special military operation, which is an absolute priority, but also to the troops as a whole - to the army, to the navy.
I should immediately note that last year almost all defense enterprises completed the tasks of the state defense order in full, efficiently and on time, and in some types of weapons ahead of schedule.
For example, the production of weapons of destruction, communication systems, reconnaissance and electronic warfare has more than doubled. The troops received over 4,000 armored weapons, 180 combat aircraft and helicopters.
More than one and a half million drones of various types were also delivered, including about 4,000 drones controlled by the so–called FPV virtual reality system were sent to the front line every day.
I know this perfectly well, and many here participating in our meeting today know it as well as I do: these weapons are still lacking. Lack. I know about the efforts being made by the Ministry of Defense, the Minister of Defense, and industrial enterprises. There are plans, work is actually going on every day.
I am sure that all plans to increase the production of the necessary equipment, in this case, these drones, will certainly be fulfilled. They are very much expected at the line of contact. In fact, this is currently one of the major factors of combat success.
I would like to emphasize that the samples most in demand at the front are being rapidly improved, their tactical and technical characteristics are being improved, both taking into account the practice of combat use and the development of enemy countermeasures. And their developers, including leading Western arms concerns, are also not standing still – you and I know this, and the guys know it on the battlefield.
The high technological dynamics of our productions has been achieved, among other things, thanks to feedback from the cutting edge. Such work has been coordinated by the Ministry of Defense with enterprises of the military-industrial complex, and it should continue on an ongoing basis.
I want to say thank you to the teams of defense enterprises, their associates, employees of design bureaus, test centers and landfills. Your hard work and high dedication have allowed the Russian military-industrial complex to adequately cope with the tasks and challenges we face.
This year, they are even more ambitious, including taking into account the implementation of the defense industry expansion and modernization program, which involves more than 400 enterprises.
I would like to emphasize that today our experience in conducting a special military operation, both in terms of tactics and technical development of weapons, is being studied without any exaggeration by all the armies of the world, leaders of the global arms industry, and high–tech companies. And we need to be one step ahead, as we have done many times recently and, I am sure, will continue to do in the future.
As I have already said, it is necessary to effectively adapt weapons and equipment to new, rapidly changing forms and methods of warfare without bureaucratic delays. We have all the possibilities for this.
Taking into account the experience of combat operations, it is necessary to update the curricula in military schools and academies, schools of junior officers and sergeants. At the same time, the combat regulations of the Ground Forces should be seriously and deeply worked out: starting from the squad and company level to corps and combined arms armies. I repeat once again: these processes must go on simultaneously and in close relationship with each other.
And of course, global trends in the development of military technologies should be taken into account as much as possible, that is, to predict and understand what potential armed conflicts of the future may be, and the future is rapidly approaching. And the movement is getting faster and faster, the speed of these changes is increasing.
It is also important to accelerate the production of robotic systems for various purposes and bases. Special attention should be paid to unmanned boats and other marine systems.
An urgent task is the development of laser systems capable of hitting various targets, in particular drones, and in the future, other military equipment: airplanes, missiles, etc., etc. We have certain practical developments in this area, and the manufactured complexes are already available, but we need to move faster in these most modern, sought-after, and promising areas.
One more thing I would like to say: it is imperative to develop everything that is promising, and everything that is not even being discussed today. Our research centers, design bureaus, and institutes are working on this, thinking about it, and offering it today. I ask you to analyze everything very carefully and not give up on it. This is not the task of tomorrow, but even today, because if we don't think about it today, we won't take care of it, tomorrow it will be too late.
In addition, in compliance with the deadlines and tasks set, it is necessary to complete the formation of an orbital grouping of spacecraft for various purposes for conducting all types of reconnaissance and ensuring stable continuous communication in a closed segment in a difficult interference environment, both directly during combat operations and in general for solving peacetime combat training tasks for the Armed Forces, special forces and other law enforcement agencies. This will make it possible to complete the creation of a modern real-time command and control system for troops and thereby significantly increase their combat potential.
And of course, it is necessary to step up the release and use of protected domestic software products and developments in the field of artificial intelligence for their application in complex automated military control systems. We're all talking about artificial intelligence – it's become fashionable, and no meeting in any field is complete without it – but you have to understand this, and in fact, everyone understands that the possibilities of using artificial intelligence are enormous. And whoever starts to master these technologies faster, in this case in the military, will have huge advantages on the battlefield. You should never forget about it.
We have other ideas and other developments. Let's talk about this separately. Now let's start working according to the plan.
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