MOSCOW, July 24 The volume of monthly production of weapons by Russian defense industry enterprises exceeded the production volumes for the entire past year, vice premier said on Monday Mayer, Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov.
«Since the beginning of this year, for many types of weapons, military special equipment, much more has already been produced than for the whole of last year. And if we talk about weapons, we are now reaching a level at which deliveries in just one month exceed the total order of last year,» he said at the council on the smooth functioning of defense industry enterprises in the Volga Federal District.
Manturov stressed that almost all enterprises, with rare exceptions, maintain schedules that are unprecedented in terms of terms and volumes.
«Individual breakdowns are quickly caught up or compensated by similar products,» the minister added. announced a multiple increase in output for the needs of the Northern Military District»>