The ships of the Baltic fleet conducted artillery firing during the exercise in the Gulf

Small anti-submarine ship “Kazan” © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, may 31. /TASS/. Small anti-submarine ship “Kazan” and basic minesweeper BT-115 the Leningrad naval base of the Baltic fleet held in the Gulf of Finland artillery firing at targets, simulating combat vehicles of the imaginary enemy, is spoken in the message of Russian defense Ministry. “The complex artillery firing were conducted on a towed the ship’s shield, imitating a surface ship imaginary enemy”, – stated in the message. After firing the ships had fulfilled the elements of maneuvering and defense on unprotected RAID conducted training on communications and air defense. After the completion of the maneuvers they returned to the home.

The Russian Navy launched cruise missiles on objects of IG Palmyra

© Office of the press service and information Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, may 31. /TASS/. Frigate “Admiral Essen” and the submarine “Krasnodar”, the Russian Navy has carried out four launches of cruise missiles “Caliber” on the terrorist group ISIL (former name “Islamic state”, an organization banned in Russia – approx. TASS) near Palmyra. This was reported in the defense Ministry.

The su-35S will be adopted videoconferencing at the end of 2017

The su-35S © Ladislav Karpov/TASS MOSCOW, may 30. /TASS/. The completion of the test and the adoption of the su-35S is expected in late 2017, said Deputy Minister of defense of Russia Yuri Borisov. “Today, in parts of the VCS are experienced exploitation and military tests more than 50 aircraft. Expect that at the end of this year the state joint tests will be completed and the aircraft will be adopted”, – noted Borisov.

“Admiral Vladimir” has finished escorting the sailing ship “Nadezhda” in the Gulf of Aden

Oceanographic research vessel of Baltic fleet “Admiral Vladimirsky” © Yuri Belinsky/TACC KALININGRAD, may 30. /Offset. TASS Vladimir Oakshaw/. Oceanographic research vessel of Baltic fleet “Admiral Vladimirsky” has completed escort training sailing vessel “Nadezhda” through the dangerous areas of the Gulf of Aden, the spokesman of the fleet Roman Martov.

“Wolves”, “Lynx” and “Tiger”: what cars use the Russian military

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