Category: Army

The building of the Ministry of defence of the Russian Federation © Stoyan Vasev/TASS MOSCOW, July 17. /TASS/. The Russian defense Ministry is ready to increase contacts with American colleagues on the General Staff to extend the term of the Contract on reduction of strategic offensive arms (SNV). This was reported on Tuesday to journalists the official representative of Department Igor Konashenkov.

The MiG-29K during the tests on the deck of the aircraft carrier “Tbilisi”, 1990 © Alexander Kremko/TASS This year marked the 30th anniversary of the rise to the sky the ship’s MiG-29K. It is considered the first combat aircraft in the Soviet Union, capable of taking off from the deck of the ship and sit on it in the usual way — by run-up and run.

CEO of rostec Sergey Chemezov © Stoyan Vasev/TASS MOSCOW, July 17. /TASS/. Rostec has created a coating for military equipment, which, like a chameleon, mimic, the color of the environment, the first sample – “helmet of invisibility” will soon be presented at one of the exhibitions, told TASS the head of state Corporation Sergey Chemezov.

The fifth generation fighter, the su-57 © Mikhail Tereshchenko/TASS MOSCOW, July 16. /TASS/. Separate on-Board systems for future Russian combat aircraft of the sixth generation are being tested on the su-57, told TASS on Monday, a source in the aviation industry.

© Ruslan shamukov/TASS, archive MOSCOW, July 16. /TASS/. The next call to military service completed in Russia, recruited, as planned, 128 thousand people. This was announced by the head of the Main organizational-mobilization Directorate of the General staff of the Russian Armed forces, Lieutenant-General Yevgeny Burdinsky.

“Sprut-SD” © Vladimir Smirnov/TASS MOSCOW, July 13. /TASS/. State tests of 125 mm deep modernized self-propelled antitank guns “octopus-СДМ1” designed for airborne troops, should begin in October 2018. This was reported by TASS source in the military-industrial complex.

Deputy defense Minister of Russia Alexey Krivoruchko © Sergey Fadeichev/TASS KAZAN, July 12. /TASS/. Promising aviation complex distant aviation (PAK DA) will be built using “stealth technology”, said the Deputy defense Minister of Russia Alexei Krivoruchko.

Su-30M2 © Yuri Smityuk/TASS SIMFEROPOL, July 12. /TASS/. The crews of the aviation regiment of the southern military district (Krasnodar Krai) from the Air and space forces (VKS) Russia held a training battle in the stratosphere on the su-27SM3 and su-30M2. This was reported on Thursday to journalists in a press-service of the black sea fleet.

© TASS One of the biggest and heaviest tank battles, later called the Battle of Prokhorovka took place during the battle of Kursk, 75 years ago — in 8:30 am after a 15 minute artillery barrage under the railway station Prokhorovka faced the advancing German Panzer group and caused a counterattack by Soviet troops. The memories of the participants of the battle, the deafening rattle of armor, and exploding the earth blinded eyes.

Il-22ПП © United aircraft Corporation In a number of media reports emerged about the new Russian aircraft — jammer, which will be able to conduct electronic countermeasures for any purpose and even disable satellites that provide the military navigation and radio communications. It should be noted that in 2016, the aerospace forces (VKS) Russia already getting upgraded electronic warfare aircraft Il-22ПП (“jammer and associated intelligence”) with a new system of electronic warfare (EW) and intelligence “Porobic”. Il-22ПП effectively deal with the aircraft airborne early warning and control, defense systems, and manned and unmanned aircraft. According to the developers, the main feature of the complex is the frequency selectivity which ensures the preservation of the combat readiness of domestic electronic systems. Replacement “Porubsky” Il-22ПП was an Experimental machine-building plant them. V. M. Myasishchev (under the control of the Aviation complex. S. V. Ilyushin) on the basis of the Il-18. This medium-range