MOSCOW. Oct 29 (Interfax) - Russia will continue to enhance its nuclear deterrence forces, will transition its Strategic Missile Forces to new stationary- and mobile-base missile systems, but has no intention of getting involved in an arms race, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.
"We will continue to improve all their components. The resources for that are available," Putin said during a training session of nuclear deterrence forces by videoconference on Tuesday.
"I stress: we are not going to get involved into a new arms race. However, we will keep our nuclear forces at a level of required sufficiency. The share of modern types of weapons in their arsenal has reached about 94% in the current year," Putin said.
"In accordance with our state armament program, we will gradually transition the Strategic Missile Forces to new stationary and mobile-base missile systems which, compared with the previous generations, possess higher accuracy, reduced prelaunch preparation times and, crucially, enhanced capabilities in overcoming antimissile defense systems," he said.
"The introduction of new nuclear powered submarine cruisers to the navy and the modernization of our strategic long-range bombers continues," Putin said.