Category: Army

BMD-4M © Dmitry Rogulin/TASS MOSCOW, December 24. /TASS/. Airborne troops of Russia will get a battalion set of modern combat vehicles (BMD), reported the press service of the defense Ministry.

© Victor Vetkin/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. Russian airborne troops by the end of 2016 doubled the number of experts on special high-altitude parachute training. About it reports on Friday the press service of the defense Ministry.

© Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. EKO concern “Almaz-Antey” took first place in the national rating of procurement transparency among public corporate customers in the category “High transparency”. The results of the ranking of 2016 published on the project website.

Armored “Tiger” combat module “Crossbow-DM” © Company “Gun shops” MOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The armed forces of the Russian Federation received a shipment of multipurpose vehicles “Tiger-M” with the combat module with remote control (BMDO) “Crossbow-DM”. This was reported by TASS, the General Director of the company “Armoury Studios”, created the module, Dmitry Galkin. “Supply of troops in the next batch of armored cars “Tiger-M” with BMDO “Crossbow-DM” successfully completed”, – said the Agency interlocutor.

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© Ruslan shamukov/TASS SEVERODVINSK, December 23. /TASS/. Eighth nuclear submarine “Knyaz Pozharsky” project 955 “Borey” laid down at Sevmash in Severodvinsk, the correspondent of TASS from the event. Mortgage name of ship and date of the bookmark to the section of the submarine was attached by the Deputy chief of the Russian Navy armament, Vice-Admiral Victor Borsuk and the first Vice-President of the United shipbuilding Corporation Leonid Planes.

© Vladimir Smirnov/TASS NOVOSIBIRSK, 23 Dec. /TASS/. Established in several regions of Siberia frosts below -30 degrees forced to adjust the program field studies deployed there units of the Central military district and begin to issue them to staff of bread, onions and bacon in a special zone. About it reports a press-service of the district. “To prevent hypothermia troops during the occupation commanders of connections and military units took additional measures. At all sites, where classes are held, including parks, military vehicles, deployed items heating personnel, in which personnel are given additional tea, bacon, bread and onions. In the units of the minimized field of study”, – stated in the message.

© Sergey Bobylev/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. The final Board of the Ministry of defence was held on Thursday in Moscow with participation of the head of state Vladimir Putin. There were a few main themes, including the intensification of NATO military forces near Russia’s borders and the operation HQs of the Russian Federation in Syria. NATO close to Russia Reconnaissance aircraft of NATO countries are increasingly at the Russian border, said the Minister of defense General of the army Sergei Shoigu. The total number of such flights in 10 years has increased almost three times, and in the South-West of Russia – eight times: in 90-e years such flights was 107, in the 2000s – 298, this year 852. To prevent airspace violations in the Baltic, the Black Sea and in the Arctic, the defense Ministry was forced to 61%

Oleg Salyukov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, December 22. /TASS/. The ground forces of the Russian Federation in 2017, I plan to participate in six international exercises, three of them will be abroad. This was announced by Deputy commander of the Land forces Colonel-General Alexander lentsov at the annual Military Council of the Main command of the Land forces. “In the 2017 academic year is planned to conduct six joint military exercises with army units in foreign countries, three of them are on the territory of foreign States”, – he said. The largest of these are interspecific joint Russian-Indian land, sea and air exercises “Indra-2017”. “Land of the Russian-Indian exercise “Indra-2017” in India, the naval exercise “Indra Navy-2017” and air exercises “Aviaindra-2017″ will be held on the territory of Russia,” said Lenz. The General management of the holding “Indra-2017” is assigned to the commander of the Ground forces Oleg Slukova. Previously,

© Marina Lystseva/TASS Only two countries — USA and Russia have a strategic (long-range) aviation. Together with underwater nuclear submarines and strategic missile complexes “strategists” are part of the nuclear triad of the state. Modern “dalnik” back to the squadron of aircraft “Ilya Muromets” — the first in the world connection four-engine heavy bombers. The decision on its establishment on 23 December 1914, approved by Emperor Nicholas II. This date is considered the Day of long-range aviation of the Russian Federation videoconferencing.