![]() The Western military alliance, NATO, however, sees the threat as coming from Russia, particularly since it annexed Ukraine's Crimean peninsula last March, something that lead both the EU and the US to impose sanctions on Russia. Political, economic and information methods are also being used," Russia's Interfax news agency quoted him as saying. "Western countries are actively using new forms of aggression, combining military as well as non-military means. Gerasimov said Russia had no choice but to modernize its military due to threats from beyond its borders. President Vladimir Putin has pledged that Russian defense spending will remain stable despite a growing economic crisis that has forced budget cuts at other government ministries. The new missiles are just part of a plan to modernize Russia's armed forces by 2020. ![]() "Support for our strategic nuclear forces to ensure their high military capability combined owth of the military potential of the general forces will assure that (the United States and NATO) do not gain military superiority over our country,"General Valery Gerasimov's statement said. A statement issued by the head of Russia's military on Friday said that despite the country's economic woes due to European and US sanctions as well as a sharp drop in oil prices, the armed forces were to take delivery of 50 additional ballistic missiles by the end of this year.
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