© Yuri Smityuk/TASS MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. The state armaments program for 2018-2025 years should be prepared and agreed with the industry in the first half of 2017, said at a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of defense defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
Category: Army
Military pilots of the southern military district in 2017, will carry nearly 100 different exercises
Su-30CM © Marina Lystseva/TASS MOSCOW, January 10. /TASS/. About a hundred different exercises with live firing on the ranges will be held in 2017 with the participation of military pilots of the southern military district (YUVO). About it reports a press-service of the district.
The Northern fleet in 2017 will continue to protect the interests of Russia in the Mediterranean sea
© AP Photo MURMANSK, January 9. /TASS/. The Northern fleet in 2017 will continue trips to various parts of the World ocean including the Mediterranean sea. This was announced Monday in a press-service of the fleet.
The black sea fleet minesweeper “Kovrovets” entered the grouping of the Navy in the Mediterranean
© Ladislav Karpov/TASS, archive MOSCOW, January 9. /TASS/. The black sea fleet minesweeper “Kovrovets” has became part of the permanent grouping of the Russian Navy in the Mediterranean sea. About this informed the head a press-services of the Navy captain 1-rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev. “Anti-mine vehicle based on the planned rotation will replace in the group similar sea trawler “Ivan golubets”, which operated in the far area of operations for more than four months,” he said. “Kovrovets” left Sevastopol on the eve of the New year and has already started execution of the tasks.
Videoconferencing in 2016, set up surveillance in more than 900 space objects
© Ivan Gushchin/TASS MOSCOW, January 8. /TASS/. Space forces, VKS RF in 2016, discovered and adopted to support about 930 space objects, as well as issued 12 warnings of dangerous approaches of space objects with spacecraft of the Russian orbital constellation, said the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation.
The Northern fleet will take part in the most nominations of the international Army games
© Lev Fedoseyev/TASS, archive MURMANSK, January 8. /TASS/. Northern fleet (NF) will participate in 26 of the 28 categories of the contests and competitions that will take place within the international Army games in 2017. About it reported in a press-service of SF. “The command of the Northern fleet will compete in 21 of the existing contests and in new 5”, – reported in the Navy.
Missile forces by 2020 will fully switch to digital technologies of information transfer
© Vladimir Smirnov/TASS MOSCOW, January 6. /TASS/. The Russian strategic Missile forces (RVSN) by 2020 will fully switch to digital transmission of information, said the press service of the defense Ministry.
Northern fleet will receive six modernized Ka-27M in 2017
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MURMANSK, January 6. /TASS/. The pilots of the Northern fleet will receive in 2017, six new helicopters Ka-27M, reported the press service of the fleet. “In 2017, the helicopter pilots of the Northern fleet will get the upgraded multi-purpose helicopter Ka-27M. Six new cars will arrive on arms of army, air force and air defense of the Northern fleet,” – said the press service.
Egypt’s President raised the flag on the helicopter “Gamal Abdel Nasser”
© EPA/EDDY LEMAISTRE CAIRO, 5 Jan. /Offset. TASS Dmitry Tarasov/. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday raised the national flag on the helicopter “Gamal Abdel Nasser” type “Mistral” at a military base near the settlement Safaga on the Red sea.
Peacekeeping connection of the Ground forces will spend in 2017, more than 15 exercises
© Yuri Smityuk/TASS EKATERINBURG, January 5. /TASS/. Peacekeeping connection of the Russian Ground forces stationed in the Central military district, will hold, in 2017 more than 15 exercises. About it journalists were reported by the press service of the district.