© Vladimir Smirnov/TASS December 17, Russia celebrates the Day of Missile troops of strategic purpose (RVSN). A memorable date was established by the decree of the President of Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on may 31, 2006. The right to birth in 1959, the troops received the secret decree of the USSR Council of Ministers. At the time of the collapse of the Soviet Union in the strategic missile forces, there were six armies and 28 divisions. The peak number of missiles on combat duty reached in 1985 (2500 missiles, of which 1398 Intercontinental). The greatest number of warheads on combat duty, it was noted in 1986 was 10 300.
Category: Army
Shoigu: the strategic missile forces took a major place in the triad of strategic nuclear forces of Russia
The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu © Press-service of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. The Minister of defence of Russia Sergey Shoigu congratulated servicemen and veterans on the Day of the strategic Missile forces (RVSN). This reports the press service of the defense Ministry of Russia.
The first battalion of the 97th regiment of the Russian airborne troops deployed in Crimea in 2017
© Victor Vetkin/TASS MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. The first battalion of the 97th regiment of the 7th airborne assault (mountain) airborne division of Russia will be deployed in the Crimean city of Dzhankoy in 2017. This was reported by TASS Chairman of the Duma Committee on defense, former commander of airborne troops Vladimir Shamanov.
Shamans: the operation in Syria shows the increasing accuracy and firepower of arms of the Russian Federation
© Vadim Grishanin/Office of the press service and information Ministry of defense of Russia/TASS MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. The military operation in Syria demonstrates a significant increase in accuracy and firepower of the weapons used Air and space forces and the Navy of Russia. This opinion was expressed by TASS Chairman of the Duma Committee on defense, former commander of the airborne forces Vladimir Shamanov.
The state Duma adopted the law on short-term military contracts
© Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. The state Duma adopted in the second (mostly) and once in the third (final) reading of a government bill that would allow the conscripts and citizens in reserve, to conclude short-term contracts on military service during emergencies or to participate in peacekeeping and anti-terrorist operations abroad. To the primary reading of the deputies said that the persons entering into these contracts, do not have to undergo a probationary period of three months prescribed by the General regulations for admission to military service under the contract. Quickly to form a unit “The bill proposes to provide servicemen undergoing military service by conscription, and citizens staying in a stock and wishing to enter military service under the contract, the right to conclude the contract on passage of military service… to participate in the solution of problems in period of emergency or in activities to maintain
Russian military has delivered to the base Hamim Christmas tree
© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, December 16. /TASS/. A three-meter tree delivered on Friday in the Russian avibase Hamim in Syria, became the first Christmas tree in the Russian army. Military transport aircraft of Russian air force arrived at the airbase this symbol of the holiday, handed over to the Russian military members of the Federation Council. The tree was grown in the nursery in Dmitrov district of the Moscow region, said the Russian defense Ministry.
Gerasimov: trust between Russia and NATO is at the lowest level since the cold war
Valery Gerasimov © Mikhail Metzel/TASS MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. Trust between Russia and NATO is at its lowest level since the end of the cold war, said the chief of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces army General Valery Gerasimov. “The dialogue between the Russian Federation and NATO are frozen, the military contacts are rolled, the trust between the Alliance and Russia is at its lowest level since the end of the “cold war,” Gerasimov said at a briefing for foreign military attachés accredited in the Russian Federation.
Gerasimov: more than 2 thousand fighters from Russia and CIS countries destroyed during the year in Syria
© Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. More than 2 thousand fighters from Russia and CIS countries destroyed during the year in Syria. This was announced by the chief of the General staff of the Armed forces – first Deputy defense Minister army General Valery Gerasimov.
Two of the patrol boat “Raptor” for the Russian Navy was launched in St. Petersburg
Speedboat “Raptor” © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. Two high-speed patrol boat “Raptor” (project 03160) for the Russian Navy was launched at a shipyard “Pella” in Saint-Petersburg, has informed journalists the representative of Department of information and mass communications of the Russian defense Ministry for the Navy captain 1st rank Igor Dygalo.
The sky over Moscow will cover a new radar capable of detecting stealth missiles
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