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This meant that a lot of stuff ended up rusting. This really isn't helpful when it's a ''nuclear submarine''. It's been estimated by some analysts that only about 30 of 300 Russian ships could've been put to sea at any one time. This situation has been steadily improving since about 2005, with large scale rearmament programs in place (though invariably slipping in deadlines and costs, but that's another matter), and some cool new stuff in the pipeline, but it's a rather slow process. At least the old hardware gets to be properly maintained and modernized again at last.
The [[Reds with Rockets]] were broken up among the new states, with all their forces being withdrawn from East Germany, as well as the Central and Eastern European states that had been satellites. The nuclear forces ended up all in the hands of Russia or destroyed. Russia retained some foreign facilities in the new states, including the Garbala radar tracking station in Azerbaijan, the Sevastopol naval base in Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula<ref>There are plenty of folks in Sevastopol that wish the Crimea had gone to Russia, but that's another matter entirely, mostly having to do with Crimea ''being'' Russia until
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With the arrival of Putin and Medvedev, major investment is going into the Russian military, with new carriers and subs planned, stuff being upgraded (such as the Su-24 "Fencer" aircraft) and new missiles being tested. It may take a while to come to full effect- the Russian military has had a lot of problems getting things built on time. The low oil prices are certainly not helping with the monetary issues, as Russia is a major exporter of oil, producing an average of 10 million barrels of oil per day.
In recent years, the Russian Federation has engaged in a number of acts that could be termed sabre-rattling, <s> using the excuse of</s> in response to the American "Son of Star Wars" missile defence system after the American withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty and the continued expansion of NATO. These include restarting long-range bomber patrols, threatening to target [[Mnogo Nukes]] on Europe (nuclear missiles are currently de-targeted<ref>Except that's all just a diplomatic bullshit. Nuclear missiles are ''always''
There was of course the war against Georgia in summer 2008, where the Russians lost a "Backfire" bomber to Georgian fire and their air force generally didn't do too well, mainly because of general lack of training, as the current generation of pilots mostly came around during the worst time of [[The Nineties|the 90s]], when there ''wasn't enough fuel'' to train. The series of the large-scale maneuvers undertaken in the closing years of the decade were mostly to address these problems.
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As said above, the situation has been improving ever since the early Nougties, with something finally being visible by the beginning of [[The New Tens]]. There's been a number of large-scale maneuvers, something that hasn't happened since the Soviet times, the long-range air patrols were
New equipment finally starts to get out of the pipeline, initially starting small, such as with project 22350 corvette, dubbed ''Stereguschy'' (''Vigilant'') class. Relatively small, just 2500 tons of displacement, it is nevertheless extremely heavily armed for its size, as is in Russian tradition, and is a smallest warship in the world to carry an integral helicopter. Three are commissioned, and five are on the slips, with the plans to eventually built 20 to 30 of them.
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Its larger counterpart, the project 20350 frigate of ''Admiral Gorshkov'' class (named after Soviet admirals) would be better designated a destroyer, hadn't that moniker been grabbed by the essentially light-cruiser sized vessels nowadays. 4500 tons and bristling with the guns and missiles, the lead ship is undergoing a testing, to be commissioned in late 2012. Two more are building, with around ten projected overall. They are to be supplemented by six or nine projected ''Admiral Grigorovich'' (Tsarist admirals this time) class ships, of the 11356 project (the same Russia build for India), a tried and true design, which would give the Navy a respected frigate force.
On a heavier side there's the plan to repair and refit the three mothballed ''Kirov''
Two new classes of nuclear subs are entering service, the project 955 ''Borey''-class boomer, armed with the infamous, but (when all the kinks were finally ironed out) pretty capable ''Bulava''("Mace") missile, and a multipurpose 885 ''Yasen'' ("Ash tree") boats, essentially a ''Sea Wolf'' counterpart (and similarly hellishly expensive). Two of the former and one of the latter are already commissioned, with the plans to build around ten of each. Older boats are repaired and modernized, and there's also a thriving diesel boat program, supported by the brisk export sales.
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Things are also pretty bright on the Air Force front, with the new 4++ gen fighters like Su-35 and MiG-35, a major upgrades of the Su-27 and MiG-29 families entering serial production, and a new [[Super Prototype|5-gen fighter prototype]], a Sukhoi's T-50, undergoing testing. The humongous An-124 transport is getting on the assembly line again, funded in part by the US military's inexhaustible airlift needs, and new Yak-130 advanced trainer helps young pilots to learn the ropes. Even the new bomber platform is deliberated, with [[Mnogo Nukes Bombers|some truly unbelievable rumors]] coming down the grapevine. And helicopters are being baked by the dozen, both utility and gunships as well, including the navalized Ka-52 Sea Alligator for ''Mistrals''.
Land forces are also getting an overhaul, and receiving some new toys. The 2008 South Ossetia war showed the weakness the Russian Army has in C&C, with officers sometimes having to switch to civilian mobiles to direct the troops. Thus the whole slew of new communication and
You see, the MoD decided to introduce a new, modern synthetic uniform, rather closely modeled after the American ACU, with a new digital camo pattern (unofficially dubbed ''Tsifra'', "Digit"), which theoretically was much better than the old natural fabric (mostly wool and cotton, with some sheep furs) one, but in fact the quality was a hit-and-miss, and, in a stellar example of [[Poor Communication Kills]], the upper echelons failed to adequately inform and train the line officers, who in Russia decide the details of the wearing, such as issuing the hats and warmer coats in a cold weather, that it has the completely different wearing directions than the old one.
This has lead to several high profile cases of the soldiers contracting pneumonia (with some deaths) due to improperly issued uniforms, which cemented the ill reputation of ''Yudashkin's uniform'' (after a famous fashion designer, even though he wasn't really involved in its design<ref>He designed a ceremonial parade uniform of the Presidential Regiment's Honor Guard and most other dress uniforms</ref>) in the minds of many. Now there's a second iteration in the works, now basically a carbon copy of the ACU in cut and structure, that's
Another matter of note is the armor. A several major development programs were initiated to create three unified platforms for most armored vehicles: heavy, up to 60 tons, tracked -- this will become [[Tank Goodness|new tanks]], SPGs, etc, it was dubbed "Armata"; medium tracked one, up to 25 tons, mainly for the future [[Awesome Personnel Carrier|IFVs]], designated "Kurganets-25"; and two wheeled ones, medium, for the future APC, and light, as a mine-protected Humvee counterpart -- current armored light truck, GAZ Tigr, has pretty limited mine resistance.
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See also [[Yanks With Tanks]], [[Reds with Rockets]], [[Mnogo Nukes]], [[Peace Through Superior Firepower]].
* ''Tom Clancy's [[End War]]'' : A rebuilt, vigorous, and thoroughly modern (by 2020 standards) Russian army is one of the playable sides in ''Tom Clancy's Endwar'', though it is less high-tech focused than the American and European armies - for example, their command vehicle uses bodyguard soldiers rather than unmanned drones for defense.
* ''[[Battlefield: Bad Company]]'' puts the player in the role of an Army grunt during a war with Russia, though the plot doesn't concern itself much with the actual war. The sequel puts the war with Russia in the forefront, with Russia gaining ground at an alarming rate.
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