MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/. The civilian defense industrial complex has supplied the Russian Armed Forces with over 65 types of units, including 31 types of drones and four types of drone boats, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said.

The final meeting of the the technical council of the Russian Defense Ministry and the All-Russia People's Front was held with Belousov's participation. The top defense official praised the new mechanisms for accelerating the introduction of advanced weapons and equipment developed by the civilian defense industrial complex in the interests of the Russian army.

"The civilian defense industrial complex has provided the Russian Armed Forces with more than 65 types of units: 31 types of drones, including three reconnaissance drones, eight ground robotics systems, two types of electronic intelligence systems, 20 electronic warfare systems, four types of drone boats. All this equipment has been delivered to the troops since April," Belousov said.

Belousov also added that drones are primarily used to perform reconnaissance, strike and transportation tasks during the special military operation.

"During the special military operation, drones of air, land and sea basing <…> are widely used to perform reconnaissance, strike and transportation tasks. They are used as means of combat and network information exchange," he said at the final meeting of the the technical council of the Russian Defense Ministry and the All-Russia People's Front.

He noted that the role of such means in modern combat operations is so great that it has been decided to create a separate branch of troops in the armed forces: the unmanned systems troops.