Serdyukov told why Russia is not terribly American hypersonic weapons

New American hypersonic weapons are not scared by Russia - it will be able to successfully withstand the new kind of troops created in the Russian Federation - the Aerospace Defense forces (East Kazakhstan region) - such a conclusion can be drawn from the last performance of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Anatoly Serdyukov.

According to him, the East Kazakhstan region’s troops will allow combining the capabilities of air defense and missile defense, warnings about missile attack and space control, Interfax reports.

“Such integration of systems will allow you to intercept any goals with speeds, up to the hypersonic, both in the air and in space,” Serdyukov emphasized at a meeting of the College of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on Tuesday. He noted that it is necessary to complete the creation of VKO troops by December 1 of this year.

Apparently, Serdyukov in his speech transparently hinted at a hypersonic weapon recently tested by the Americans. At the end of last week, it was reported that the US armed forces tested a new type of weapon: it is a aircraft that can develop a speed exceeding the sound speed by five times.

Earlier, the US authorities said that the creation of a “progressive hypersonic weapon” is provided for by a new military program, which will allow Americans to hit objects anywhere in the planet in less than one hour. In Washington, they assure that the new weapons will be used to eliminate terrorists, according to other sources, the regimes in other countries may be overthrown by it.

Serdyukov voiced new tasks of the Russian army in the new year

Serdyukov at a meeting of the Ministry of Defense on Tuesday also stated that the task of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for 2012 is to "bring the preparation of troops to a new level." “If the previous three years we conducted mainly large -scale strategic maneuvers and exercises, then in 2012 we will focus on the preparation of a tactical link,” the minister said.

The priority for the Ministry of Defense is currently the task of equipping the RF Armed Forces by modern weapons and military equipment, said Serdyukov. And in the New, 2012, he emphasized it is necessary to create conditions for one hundred percent execution of the state defense order (with which there were so many problems in the current year - approx. End.), ITAR -TASS reports.

"For this, in December, it is necessary to complete the signing of all contracts in order to start their implementation since the beginning of the year," the head of the Ministry of Defense said. "The functions of the ordering body next year are completely transferred to the Federal Procurement Agency," he said.

Serdyukov also noted that one of the most important tasks considers "the transfer of the entire system for serving troops to outsourcing conditions." “Next year, economic functions are completely transferred to civilian organizations in all types of armed forces. But in order for this mechanism to work, the coordinated work of the commanders of military units and heads of service organizations from planning the need to control the completeness and quality of the provision of services will be required,” the minister said.

He also notified the Ministry of Defense at the meeting of the board of the College that in the new year a completely new structure will begin to function in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - the military police. "It is necessary to complete the certification of officers of military commandant’s offices, to form a military police unit in all garrisons, to develop a normative legal framework governing its activities," said Serdyukov.