Category: Army

Viktor Bondarev © Marina Lystseva/TASS MOSCOW on 8 April. /TASS/. Air and space forces of the Russian Federation in the near future, will adopt promising anti-aircraft missile system s-500. The journalists said Saturday the chief of the HQs of the Russian Federation, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev. “Every year we get five sets of anti-aircraft missile systems s-400, new radar station (radar station – approx. TASS), these rates suit us. There is further development, we industry is not standing still, rapidly developed the newest system s-500, and soon he will go to defense forces,” – said the commander in chief.

The Rosoboronexport stand at the International exhibition of aircraft and defense systems LAAD 2017 © Ilya Kedrov In Brazil concluded international exhibition of aerospace and defense systems LAAD 2017, which was attended by 367 companies from 36 countries of the world. Russia is involved in it since 1997. This year the exhibition was represented by more than 350 exhibits, including the advertised 180 samples of arms and military equipment for all types of troops.

Tank T-14 “Armata” © Russian defense Ministry Press Service via AP photo Foreign editions in recent years, increasingly write about the Russian weapons and the newest technology, some promising comparing the samples with their. This “interest” is dictated by including the fact that domestic weapon has been tested in a difficult desert terrain, and in General has shown its reliability and efficiency in the operation against terrorists in Syria. This combat experience is already taken into account in the operation of military equipment and developing new. One of the perspective developments of Russian military-industrial complex — the newest of the T-14 on the platform “Armata” — the interest of foreign journalists and analysts special. For example, British military intelligence has already acknowledged this tank was the most revolutionary in the world tank manufacturing over the last 50 years.

Nuclear submarine “eagle” © Lev Fedoseyev/TASS, archive MOSCOW, April 6. /TASS/. Multipurpose nuclear submarine project 949A “eagle” returned to the combat strength of the Navy of Russia after the repair. About it reports a press-service of the center of ship repair “Zvezdochka”.

© Yevgeny Kurskov/TASS RIO DE JANEIRO, April 6. /TASS/. Several Latin American countries have expressed interest in the purchase of Russian small arms, told reporters the Deputy Director of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation (FSMTC) of Russia Anatoly Punchy, who heads the Russian delegation at the LAAD exhibition in 2017 in Brazil. “There is interest from a number of countries, and it is at a high level, but I would not want premature to talk about the projects which conducted the dialogue,” said Punchy. Earlier it was reported that Venezuela is building a plant to manufacture Kalashnikov AK-103, and most of the equipment already prepared for installation. “Meeting rooms Russian manufacturers are in a constantly loaded state practically turns there are because there is very good dialogue. And the dialogue is not only with representatives of the Latin American region, but also in Africa. This is a very good

© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, April 4. /TASS/. Planes videoconferencing is not launched air strikes in the village of Khan shaykhun in Idlib province in Syria, where, according to media reports, killed more than 50 people. About it journalists were reported by the Russian defense Ministry.

© Valery Matytsin/TASS YEKATERINBURG, April 4. /TASS/. Military units of the Central military district, stationed in the Urals, Siberia and the Volga region, as well as in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, brought to the highest degree of combat readiness in the framework of the audit. About it reported in a press-service of the district.

© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS ROSTOV-ON-DON, April 3. /Offset. TASS Dmitry Bulanin/. Aviation southern military district (SMD) for the first time will fire at simulated enemy after refueling in the air during long flights to unfamiliar grounds in the Far East. About it journalists were reported by the commander of the 4th army of air force and air defense Lieutenant-General Viktor Sevostyanov. “The aircraft will move without landing with the execution of three refueling in the air, like night and day. And after the first refuel will be output on one of those polygons in the North-West Russian Federation and the combat use of fighter cover. We are going to teach aircrew, combat application will be carried out after six, seven and even eight hour flight. We did a long flight with refueling in the air, but combat use was not performed, we performed it for the first time,” said Sevostyanov. According

© Donat Sorokin/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, April 3. /Offset. TASS Natalia Nikulina/. The crews of fighter-interceptors MiG-31 and MiG-31BM held air fights over Peter the Great Bay in Primorye in the framework of the flight tactical exercises in which participated the pilots of the Kamchatka air base of naval aviation Pacific fleet (PF), reported TASS head of information support a press-services VVO on Pacific fleet the captain of the second rank Vladimir Matveev. “Pilots learned to detect, intercept and engage in combat with aircraft of the conditional opponent. The flights took place in the framework of the flight tactical exercises with the participation of the crews of fighter – interceptors MiG-31 Kamchatka air base of naval aviation of the Pacific fleet. To conduct joint training flights Kamchatka pilots flew more than 2 thousand kilometers to the airfield of the aviation formations of the army, air force and air defense in Primorye”, –

© Yuri Smityuk/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, April 3. /Offset. TASS Natalia Nikulina/. Large-scale reference check for winter training with the conduct of supervision sessions commenced in connections and military units of the Eastern military district (TSB). The working groups will check the preparation and status of both equipment and military personnel that, in particular, have to pass the standards for special and physical training, told TASS the head of press service TSB Colonel Alexander Gordeev. “In the military district, was formed more than ten ad hoc working groups, headed by the commanders of associations, chiefs of arms, services and departments of the County. During control sessions, they will check the status of the alerting and operational training, weapons and military equipment, the state of the logistical, moral and psychological state of personnel”, – said Gordeev. Military personnel will conduct instructional firing from small arms and weapons military equipment, to pass the standards