Category: Army

© Elena Nagornykh/TASS IZHEVSK, August 30. /TASS/. The defense Ministry is considering changing the organization for the collection and disposal of explosive ordnance (UXO) at former military Arsenal in the village of Pugachevo in Udmurtia, where in may there was a fire and detonated the remaining after the state of emergency in 2011, the projectiles. About this TASS said the Chairman of the government of the Republic of Yaroslav Semenov. “The question for search, collection and destruction of explosive devices is the responsibility of the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation. Currently, the Ministry of defence, the issue on expediency of the further cooperation with LLC “Special technology”, or other organization that will implement the collection and disposal of UXO”, – he said. Semenov said that the cleanup of technical area to date was carried out by OOO “NPF Special technology” on the basis of the agreement concluded between

The Su-33 © Lev Fedoseyev/TASS MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. Russia will hold 1-8 September exercises in the Mediterranean sea with the participation of 25 ships and 30 aircraft, said on Thursday to journalists the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation.

The Yak-41 (foreground) and the Yak-38 on the deck of the aircraft carrier “Tbilisi”. Illustration 1989 © Brian W. McMullin, via Wikimedia Commons One of the most dramatic statements made in the fields of military-technical forum “Army-2018”, — the message of Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov that on behalf of the Supreme commander in Russia, developed a prototype of a new vertical takeoff aircraft. Work on this project is included in the state armament programme until 2027.

© Press-service of the Ministry of defense of the Russian Federation/TASS, archive MOSCOW, August 30. /TASS/. Russian military on the ground Sary-Shagan in Kazakhstan successfully conducted a test launch of a new domestic missile defense system, she confirmed inherent characteristics. This was reported to journalists on Thursday, the press service of the defense Ministry.

© Sergey Bobylev/press service of the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation/TASS TASS, August 30. Military exercises reflected the drone strike on the airfield Marinovka in the Volgograd region, conditionally knocking devices using complexes “Carapace-C1” and “tor-M2”, as well as small arms. This was reported to journalists by the head of the press service of the southern military district Vadim Astafyev.

© Artur Lebedev/TASS ROSTOV-ON-DON, August 30. /TASS/. Attack helicopters Ka-52 “alligator” Russian military base in Abkhazia attacked the mined car of the conditional opponent during the exercise, units of the southern military district (YUVO).

© Sergey Bobylev/TASS ROSTOV-ON-DON, August 29. /TASS/. The personnel of the Russian military base deployed in South Ossetia raised the signal “a drill” as part of the testing of combat readiness.

© Donat Sorokin/TASS TASS, August 29. Around 1.5 thousand soldiers participate in exercises with units of the electronic warfare (EW), which began in six regions of Siberia and the Far East.

The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu © Sergei Savostyanov/TASS ABAKAN Republic of Khakassia/, August 28. /TASS/. About 300 thousand soldiers and more than 1 thousand aircraft planned to be used in the maneuvers “Vostok-2018”, which will be held in September. On Tuesday he told reporters the Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. He noted that such large-scale maneuvers were not conducted in the country since 1981. “They repeat in the “West-81″, but perhaps something even bigger. Almost 300 thousand soldiers, thousands of aircraft, on almost all ranges in the Eastern and Central districts kennyh, of course, the Northern fleet, Pacific fleet, involved Navy,” – said Shoigu.