The Russian armed forces will receive new digital communications systems worth $10bn by 2012, chief of the Russian general staff Nikolai Makarov has said.

“It is necessary to have a technical base for resolving military tasks. It is communication that must be turned digital. We are currently working on it. We should resolve these tasks by 2012,” he said.

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One of the main projects in the modernisation of the armed forces is creating a new tactical control system, according to RIA Novosti.

The armed forces digital communication programme is part of the Russian Defence Ministry’s draft arms procurement programme until 2020.

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