Category: Army

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. The inclusion in the sanctions list of seven other companies of the Group SAIs “Almaz-Antey” indicates the weakening of the global influence of the military-industrial complex and strengthening of positions of defence products of Russia, says a leading expert of the Bureau of political and military analysis Alexander Mikhailov.

© CSTS “Dinamika” MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS-DEFENSE/. JSC “Center of scientific-technical services “Dinamika”, has completed research and development related to the definition of technical shape of the universal perspective of unmanned aerial complex with the vertical takeoff and landing. About it reported in a press-service of CSTS “Dinamika”. “In the early stages of the project were summarized the world experience in the field of existing analogues and prototypes, made the appropriate patent research, defined the concept of application of UAV complexes. An analysis was conducted of critical technologies for the project, justified by the appearance of complex perspective and the image of the demonstrators of the technology – experimental designs BLAH (aerodynamic configuration, propulsion, onboard systems, target load, etc.), programmes and methods, ground and flight experimentation”, – said the press service.

© SANA via AP MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Ammunition made in the USA, Germany and Bulgaria found by the Russian military in mine action, Aleppo. This was announced by the commander of group of mine action the international mine action centre of the Armed forces of the Russian Federation Ivan Gromov. “It presents ammunition and small arms heavy, ending with rockets for “Grad”. The shells of the German, American, produced in Bulgaria”, – he told on air “Russia 24”.

© Timur Abdullaev/NewsTeam/TASS MOSCOW, December 28. /TASS/. Russian soldiers International mine action centre in humanitarian demining liberated from the militants neighborhoods in Eastern Aleppo for the past day cleared from explosive objects four schools, nine mosques and one kindergarten.

Fighter J-31 © AP Photo/Xinhua, Liu Dawei MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. An improved version of a promising fighter fifth-generation J-31 (“Jian-31”) of the Corporation “Shenyang” conducted a test flight on December 23. This was reported by the newspaper China Daily, citing sources close to the aviation industry of the PRC. Information about the power plant on the fighter is not given. The previous version of the plane J-31 was used in the Russian turbofan engines RD-93, however, the magazine Kanwa Defence Review reported that the new prototype will be equipped with Chinese propulsion, which in the future we plan to put on the conveyor. It was also alleged that the airframe of the fighter by 30% will consist of composite materials. Earlier it was reported that the maximum takeoff weight J-31 will be 25 tons when combat radius of 1.2 thousand km Fighter can reach a top speed of 1.8

© Marina Lystseva/TASS ARKHANGELSK, December 26. /TASS/. The center of ship repair “Zvezdochka” in Severodvinsk, was handed over to the Navy of Russia, a large nuclear submarine “the suburbs” after repair and modernization. On Monday reported the press service of the plant.

© EPA/SANA MOSCOW, December 26. /TASS/. Mass graves of civilians subjected to torture and violence by militants that was discovered in liberated Aleppo, told reporters the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia major-General Igor Konashenkov. “Discovered a massive burial places of many subjected to wild torture and massacre of Syrians. Many missing parts of bodies, most shot in the head,” he said.

Missile cruiser “Marshal Ustinov” © AP Photo ARKHANGELSK, December 26. /TASS/. Ship repair center Zvezdochka (part of JSC “United shipbuilding Corporation”) in Severodvinsk has completed a factory repair of the missile cruiser “Marshal Ustinov” (project 1164 Atlant). Saturday, 24 December, the ship left the waters of the enterprise and headed for Severomorsk – the main base of the Northern fleet, said Monday the press service of the shipyard.

© Ladislav Karpov/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, December 26. /Offset. TASS Natalia Nikulina/. Naval aviation Pacific fleet (PF) in 2017 will replenish the updated batch of helicopters Ka-29 is intended to counter the ships and submarines of the enemy, said on Monday TASS head of information provision in Vladivostok, the press service of the Eastern military district (BBO) second rank captain Vladimir Matveev.

Sergei Shoigu © Vadim Savitsky/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. The proportion of combat-ready launchers in the strategic Missile forces reaches 99%, said the head of the defense Ministry Sergei Shoigu at the Board office, which involved President Vladimir Putin.