Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned state and private defense companies to be ready to quickly transform their production in view of an upcoming war. So the Kremlin tenant reports the British network Sky News, he addressed the officials of the Defense Ministry on Wednesday, ordering that the companies in the sector must always be ready, in case he gives the order, to increase the production of weapons. “The ability of the economy to rapidly increase the production of weapons systems at the right time is one of the most important conditions for guaranteeing the security of the state. To this end, all strategic or simply large companies should be ready, regardless of whether they are private or state-owned companies, ”he said ominously. But Putin did not say when and against whom Russia should start or defend itself from a conflict. Although far from the Pentagon's defense budget of 700 billion dollars, Putin's Russia in recent years has invested 20.000 billion rubles equal to 340 billion dollars to replace at least 70% of the weapons systems (airplanes, tanks , ships, submarines, missiles) by 2020.
