MOSCOW, may 3. /TASS/. United States through its missile defense system able to inflict on Russia the sudden nuclear strike, said at the meeting in late April, the VI Moscow conference on international security Deputy chief of the Main operations Directorate of the General staff of the armed forces Lieutenant-General Victor Pozniki. Why stroke can be sudden for the Russian Federation told TASS chief editor of the magazine “Arsenal Fatherland” Victor murakhovski.
Category: Army
The Russian contractor of Bratsk were killed in Syria
MOSCOW, may 3. /TASS/. Russian contract serviceman of the Irkutsk region was killed in Syria, said the city administration of Bratsk. “Today in Bratsk will be a farewell to Bogdan Derevitsky – servicemen from Bratsk killed in Syria… In Syria, he passed military service under the contract”, – stated in the message on the website of the administration. Currently, Syrian government forces with the support of the Russian space forces carried out an operation against the banned terrorist group “Islamic state”.
Russian military Advisor killed by a sniper militants in Syria
© AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki MOSCOW, 2 may. /TASS/. Russian military Advisor killed in Syria shelling units of the Syrian army sniper militants, the report said the defense Ministry. “As a result of attack by fighters of the units of the Syrian troops killed a Russian military adviser, Lieutenant Colonel Alexei buchelnikov,” – said the Ministry. Alexey buchelnikov was in Syria in the composition of the group of Russian military advisers. He was responsible for training the personnel of the artillery units of the troops of Syria. “During the military training of the Syrian unit came under sniper fire fighters”, – is spoken in the message of the Ministry. “Colonel buchelnikov was fatally wounded”, – said the Ministry. The last time a similar incident took place on April 20. Then in an attack by gunmen on a military garrison of government troops killed a Russian military adviser major Sergei Burgundy. It
Ministry of defence: ammunition HUB 250 has never exported and were not filled with sarin
Igor Konashenkov © Sergey Bobylev/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, 2 may. /TASS/. Soviet ammunition KHAB-250 was never exported outside the USSR and was never filled with sarin, said the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov. He commented on the report of the human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), which said that the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Khan shaykhun was discovered in the debris of the Soviet bombs KHAB-250. The authors of the report suggest that the Syrian air force dropped on Khan shaykhun KHAB-250 with sarin.
In the state Duma introduced a bill on sending subpoenas to the army by email
© Donat Sorokin/TASS MOSCOW, 2 may. /TASS/. A group of senators headed by Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on defense and security Viktor Ozerov introduced to the state Duma a bill that allows you to inform citizens about the necessity to perform military duty, including via e-mail. “Planned agenda to the citizens in electronic form to the email address specified in the documents of the military account”, – stated in the explanatory note placed in the Duma database. In this case, the summons will be signed with the electronic signature of the military Commissioner or the authorized official of this structure.
Four objects “Krasmash” modernized technological line
© Valery Bodryashkin/TASS, archive MOSCOW, 2 may. /TASS/. Modernization of production lines completed at four sites of the Krasnoyarsk engineering plant, said the Russian defense Minister, army General Sergei Shoigu at the selector meeting in the Russian defense Ministry. “Another project, which is under constant control of the Ministry of defence, linked with the modernization of technological lines joint stock company “Krasmash”. In fact, the clock monitors the quality and timeliness of work. Today they performed at four sites “Krasmash,” – said Shoigu.
“Almaz-Antey” will bring to the exhibition in Turkey model s-400 and “Buk-M2”
The launcher antiaircraft missile system s-400 © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, 2 may. /TASS/. EKO concern “Almaz-Antey” will bring to the exhibition of arms”, IDEP-2017″, which will be held in Istanbul 9-12 may, model anti-aircraft missile system s-400, systems “Buk-M2” and other defense systems. About it reported in a press-service of the concern.
Shoigu: the new law on the service contract will improve the quality of the troops manning
Sergei Shoigu © Alexei Nikolsky/press service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, 2 may. /TASS/. The act, citizens with secondary vocational education to be held contract service instead of compulsory military service will increase the quality of recruitment of troops, said defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on a conference call. He recalled that on April 21, a law was passed that allows citizens with secondary vocational education to undergo military service under the contract instead of compulsory military service. Previously, this right was granted only to persons with higher education. “The law is aimed at further improving the quality of the troops manning by contract servicemen, ensuring competitive selection of the most demanded military occupational specialty. We are interested in the troops was motivated to the service and having the need for the Armed forces civilian profession,” – said Shoigu. The Minister noted that 67% of those who entered the military service
Tested in Syria for the protection of sappers will arrive in the Russian army in 2017
© Department of information and mass communications of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, may 1. /TASS/. New tools for the protection of sappers tested in Syria, will enter service in Armed forces (VS) Russia this year. This was reported to journalists by the chief of the engineering troops of the armed forces Lieutenant – General Yuri Stavitskiy.
The command post for advanced electronic warfare passed state tests in the Russian Federation
© Donat Sorokin/TASS MOSCOW, may 1. /TASS/. Automated command posts of the new generation, which will increase the combat capabilities of units of electronic warfare (EW) 20-30% passed the state tests in Russia. This was reported by TASS in the joint holding “Ruselectronics” (included in rostec).