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The Russian Navy has plans for developing a balanced nuclear missile force by 2050, the Russian Navy commander said on Sunday.
"In our understanding, it is important to know exactly what the navy should be by the year 2050, proceeding from two things: it must be a balanced nuclear missile force and, secondly, it must comply with the state's national interests and economic possibilities," Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said on the occasion of Russia's Navy Day celebrated on Sunday. Vysotsky said the Russian Navy should develop harmoniously without any preference given to the construction of surface ships or submarines.
"We will be building combat systems in addition to warships. I call this the construction of the navy with open architecture, which will feature combat systems, complexes, ships, aircraft, anti-missile defence, outer space and the submarine environment," he said.
Vysotsky said that failures with the tests of Russia's new Bulava sea-launched intercontinental ballistic missile manifested a crisis in the development of technologies in Russia.
The navy chief said that Russia's modern 'Project 955 Borey' nuclear-powered strategic submarines were not intended to be equipped with Sineva ballistic missiles instead of Bulava.
Under the Russian State Arms Procurement Program for 2007-2015, the navy is expected to receive at least five Project 955 Borey submarines equipped with new Bulava ballistic missiles and two Project 885 Yasen nuclear multipurpose attack submarines.
