Russia has been showing off its new combat tank design, which officials claim is 20 years ahead of current Western designs. But military analysts question those assertions, and warn the cost could be too heavy a burden for Russia’s struggling economy.
During Russia’s Victory Day military parade on May 9, as fighter jets roared overhead and thousands of troops marched through Moscow’s Red Square, there was one new piece of hardware that grabbed the world’s attention – the new T-14 Armata tank.
It is the trailblazer of Russia’s multi-billion dollar military modernization.
Chief designer Andrei Terlikov of the company Ural Transport Machines …read more
Source: Voice of America
