Category: Army

Heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov” © Andrei Luzik/press service of the Northern fleet/TASS SAINT PETERSBURG, June 29. /TASS/. The only aircraft carrier of the Russian Navy – “Admiral Kuznetsov” – will be repaired without the upgrade. In an interview with TASS at the VIII International military-sea salon in St.-Petersburg the General Director of Nevsky design Bureau Sergey Vlasov. “Will the ship repair with the replacement of some equipment”, he said. Vlasov said that, essentially, the next work cannot be called modernization. “Essentially, no. It repairs,” added he, answering the relevant question.

Official representative of Russian defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov © Anton novoderezhkin/TASS MOSCOW, June 29. /TASS/. The official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov called the boastful words of the British Minister of defense Michael Fallon about the “beauty” of the new British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth, and his superiority over the Russian aircraft-carrying cruiser “Admiral Kuznetsov”. The statement of the representative of the defense Ministry arrived in TASS. “Exalted statement of the head of the British military authorities Fallon about the superiority of the external beauty of a new carrier on the Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” demonstrate a blatant ignorance to them [Minister] of naval science. And above all – the essence of the differences “aviamatki”, which is the de facto British aircraft carrier, aircraft carrier of project 1143.5 “Admiral Kuznetsov”, – said Konashenkov.

VIII international naval salon in Saint-Petersburg © Peter Kovalev/TASS SAINT PETERSBURG, June 28. /TASS/. Promising destroyer “project Leader will be equipped with a nuclear power plant. On Wednesday reported on the International naval salon “IMDS-2017”, the Deputy commander of the Russian Navy armament, Vice-Admiral Victor bursuc.

The Head Of Rostec Sergey Chemezov © Mikhail Klimentyev/press service of the Russian President/TASS IZHEVSK, June 27. /TASS/. The head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov asked the Russian President to give instructions on maintaining the overall amount of funding state armaments program (GPV) for the years 2018-2025. This subject the head of state Corporation raised at the meeting of the Bureau of the Russian engineering Union and the Association “League of assistance to defense enterprises” with the participation of Vladimir Putin. “We ask you, dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, give an indication of the preservation of the planned volumes of financing (the state armaments program for 2018-2015 years)”, – said Chemezov to the President, warning about the risks for enterprises in case of reduction of orders. “Or at least that they (funding), not so much fluctuated in the range of 10-15% we can handle: to increase the share of civilian products using military

© Ruslan shamukov/TASS MOSCOW, June 27. /TASS/. Ruselectronics to naval salon in Saint-Petersburg will show the system Internet access, mounted on a heavy nuclear missile cruiser “Peter the Great” and on Russian nuclear submarines and frigates. On Tuesday told journalists in a press-service of the holding.

© Lev Fedoseyev/TASS MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. Missile submarine of the Northern fleet cruiser of project 955 “Yury Dolgoruky” made a successful launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile Bulava from the Barents sea, successfully hitting specified targets on the Kura test site in Kamchatka, said on Monday the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation. “Missile submarine strategic purpose of the project 955 “Borey” “Yury Dolgoruky” made a successful launch of an Intercontinental ballistic missile “Bulava” from a designated area in the Barents sea at the Kura test site in Kamchatka. The start is made from an underwater position in accordance with the plan of combat training,” – said in the defense Ministry.

The commander of the naval fleet of the Russian Federation Vladimir Korolev © Mikhail Metzel/TASS SAINT PETERSBURG, 26 Jun. /TASS/. The first streamlined submarine (the fourth) of the project 955A “Borey” “Prince Vladimir” – will be launched in August this year. This was announced on Monday, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy Admiral Vladimir Korolev.

© Ruslan shamukov/TASS MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. The volume of deliveries of naval equipment “Rosoboronexport” (part of state Corporation rostec) in 2000 amounted to about $24 billion, the company exported about 50 warships, reported Monday’s press service.

© Yuri Belinsky/TACC MOSCOW, June 26. /TASS/. Russia from the middle of next year get rid of dependence on Ukraine in the production of gas turbines for surface ships. This was announced by the President of the United shipbuilding Corporation (USC) Alexey Rakhmanov. “From mid next year according to in the production of propulsion systems at will,” – said Rakhmanov. According to him, at the last meeting were given instructions for the creation of marine diesel engines, thereby OSK will be able to produce a whole range of power plants for ships – as gas turbine and diesel. Earlier, the Minister of industry and trade of Russia Denis Manturov said that Russia will be able to replace components, which previously were supplied from Ukraine to 2018-2019. In 2014, it was frozen cooperation of Ukraine and Russia in the military sphere. Given the fact that Ukraine since Soviet times, was partly

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin © Alexander Astafyev/press service of the Russian government/TASS MOSCOW, June 25. /TASS/. Vice-Premier Dmitry Rogozin with undisguised sharpness responded to criticism of the Ukrainian blogger, acting under the nickname zloy-odessit, who claimed that the Russian tank “Armata” is made of low quality materials and is starting to rot already at the factory.