Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name:Zatsepin Vasily Author-Name-First: Vasily Author-Name-Last:Zatsepin Author-Workplace-Name: Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy Title: THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY FAILED TO UNDERPIN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY Abstract: The defense industry’s 2015 preliminary performance results have been published. Early fulfillment of the state armament program’s intermediate target index shows that military expenditures are of an excessive nature. Agencies’ reporting data are controversial and need be specified. Russia’s leaders declared about the need of diversification and conversion of the defense industry. Classification-JEL: L3; K1; K2; K3; P16; Y80 Keywords: military reform, military economy, Russian Economy Year: 2016 Issue:5 Month: May Pages: 51-55 File-URL: https://iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/recdev-2016-5-626.pdf File-Format: application/pdf File-Function: Revised version, 2016 Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:recdev-2016-5-626