Tight Budget Impedes Air Force Radio Units
December 16 2008
Because of budget limitations, the Russian air force radio units are unable to buy enough new equipment to modernize the force, reports Interfax-AVN.
The lack of funds has also forced radio units to use old equipment well beyond its service life, said Lt. Gen. Anatoly Boyarintsev, the head of the air force's radio forces.
Nevertheless, said the general, the air force is still slated to be equipped with Kasta, Gamma and Protivnik series mobile radar stations and modernized...
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