Russia’s armed forces will begin using new-generation command and communications systems by 2015, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says.

“In line with a state armaments programme for 2007-2015, we have planned the outfitting of Army and Navy units with new command and communications systems,” he says.

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Ivanov says the plans were drafted in 2002, Russian media reports say.

Russia is developing a global satellite navigation system, Glonass, set to become fully operational in 2008, and plans to integrate the military into a single telecommunications environment.

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