Number of precision weapon delivery vehicles to increase fourfold before 2021

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Number of precision weapon delivery vehicles to increase fourfold before 2021 - Shoigu

MOSCOW. May 8 (Interfax-AVN) - The Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces are receiving modern Yars and Bulava missile systems and their number will increase, Russian Defense Minister Army Gen. Sergei Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin during a military control exercise on Thursday.

"Given the role and significance of long-range precision weapons in strategic deterrence, the number of precision-weapon delivery vehicles is expected to increase fourfold before 2021," the minister said.