Dave Majumdar
Security, Europe
Economics seem to hold the key.
Uralvagonzavod is set to deliver the first batch of 100 operational T-14 Armata main battle tanks to the Russian Ground Forces between 2017 and 2018.
Russian industry officials had earlier indicated that the new tank was already in production—which came as a surprise to many observers who believed that the new armored fighting vehicle would not be ready for production until the early 2020s.
“The projected delivery date—2017-18—does not move,” Vyacheslav Halitov, deputy general director of Uralvagonzavod, told the Moscow-based TASS news agency.
The Russians hope to reduce the cost of the new Armata …read more
Source: The National Interest
