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Russia is going on a massive arms build up of their own not seen since the end of the "Cold War"
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Not really. What they are doing is starting to face a massive block obsolescence issue. The planes, missiles etc built in the 80's won't last or be good enough forever. For some items, like T-72/80 they can get by with cheap upgrades. But in other cases,
fighter planes, SSBNs, SAMs etc you need something new eventually to mantain a viable force.