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The Independent: Vladimir Putin says all big Russian businesses should be ready for war production
'Our army and navy need to have the very best equipment — better than foreign equivalents'
Russian business should be prepared to switch to production to military needs at any time, said Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. The Russian president was speaking at a conference of military leaders in Sochi.
“The ability of our economy to increase military production and services at a given time is one of the most important aspects of military security,” Mr Putin said. “To this end, all strategic, and simply large-scale enterprise should be ready, regardless of ownership.”
A day earlier, the president had spoken of a need to catch up and overtake the West in military technology. “Our army and navy need to have the very best equipment — better than foreign equivalents,” he said. “If we want to win, we have to be better.”
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WNU Editor: Knowing what I know about Russian factory production .... shifting to war production "just like that" is not going to happen.
