“Fox hound” with a “Dagger”: the MiG-31 became the bearer of hypersonic weapons

Fighter-interceptor MiG-31 © Russian defense Ministry In March 2018 the world learned about the unique hypersonic aircraft missile complex “Dagger”, designed to destroy ground and sea targets. The carrier was selected supersonic all-weather fighter long-range MiG-31, created by the RAC “MiG” in the Soviet Union and adopted in 1981. Foxhound (translated as “Fox hound”), as it is called in the West, is a veteran of the aerospace forces of the Russian Federation, but for its high-speed and high-altitude characteristics it is unique so far.

In the state Duma said that the agenda for the army failed to hand over 164 thousand citizens of the Russian Federation

© Marat Abulhasan/photo Department of the state Duma of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, April 3. /TASS/. The number of Russian citizens who failed to deliver the agenda of the call to military service, currently stands at about 164 thousand people. This was stated on Tuesday the first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on defense, Hero of Russia Andrei Krasov. “Unfortunately, the number of citizens who cannot serve the summons and, accordingly, to call for military service, around 164 thousand people,” the MP said at a plenary session discussing a draft law, which obliges not received a summons recruits themselves to be behind them in the military.

Source: Russia has completed testing of a small-sized nuclear power plant

© Alexander Ryumin/TASS MOSCOW, March 3. /TASS/. Russia has completed testing of a compact nuclear power plant that can be used in the production of cruise missiles and underwater vehicles. This was reported on Saturday, a military-diplomatic source. “Russia has completed testing of small nuclear power systems for cruise missiles of unlimited range, and Autonomous underwater vehicles ocean-going multipurpose system. And these technologies are developed and implemented today only by Russia”, – said the source.

The Deputy Minister of defence of the Russian Federation stated that the United States plans to deploy about 400 missiles of a missile defense system

The Deputy Minister of defence of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin © Vadim Grishanin/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. The US plans to deploy about 400 missiles of a missile defense system. This was stated on Friday by Deputy Minister of defence of the Russian Federation Alexander Fomin on air “Russia 24”.

Bondarev: several pre-production of “Sarmatian” will soon go into service

The Chairman of Committee of Federation Council on defense and security Viktor Bondarev © Valery sharifulin/TASS MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. A few pre-production samples of the newest missile “Sarmat”, which told the President in address to the Federal Assembly, will go into service in the near future. The journalists said the head of the Committee on defense and security of the Federation Council Viktor Bondarev. “Of course, about the mass production of “Sarmatian” in the next year or two premature. But a few pre-production units will go into service in the near future”, – he said.

The Russians and foreigners during the 17 hours offered more than 63 thousand names for the new weapons of the Russian Federation

Unmanned underwater vehicle equipped with a nuclear power plant © EPA-EFE/KREMLIN MOSCOW, March 2. /TASS/. More than 63 thousand suggestions of names for the newest samples of Russian weapons, which on Thursday said in the message to the Federal Assembly Russian President Vladimir Putin, came to the website of the Ministry of defense in less than a day, said defense Ministry. “After 17 hours since the launch of service to receive suggested names for the newest samples of Russian weapons to the official website of the Ministry of defense received more than 63 thousand sentences. It is noteworthy that the proposals come not only from inhabitants of Russia: about 20% of the names come from Internet users from the CIS countries, another 10% from the inhabitants of near and far abroad”, – reported in the military.