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Black Sea Fleet To Cut Personnel, Improve Weaponry

June 09 2010

Russia

The Russian govenrment plans to reduce the number of personnel in the Black Sea Fleet while outfitting the ships with better weaponry, RIA Novosti reports.

The fleet will be reduced to under 24,000 personnel, said the head of the Federation Council's committee on defense and security.

Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov told Parliament that the fleet will be equipped with unspecified new weapons, said the lawmaker..

Some defense sources have indicated that the fleet could...

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