Category: Army

The official representative of the defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov © Sergey Bobylev/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, October 10. /TASS/. The militants of the “Islamic state” (IG, a group banned in Russia) are no longer in Syria, funding sources for acquisition of weapons and ammunition, as well as the recruitment of mercenaries, the economic infrastructure of the country destroyed. This was declared on Tuesday to journalists the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov. “Russian aerospace forces destroyed economic infrastructure of ISIL (formerly ISIS – approx. TASS) in Syria and thwart any attempts of resumption of terrorists and illegal production and sale of hydrocarbons in Syria. Sources of funding for procurement of arms and ammunition, as well as the recruitment of mercenaries from ISIS in Syria not,” he said. “The ongoing replenishment of terrorists from Iraq raises serious questions for the

Anti-aircraft missile system s-400 © Vitaly Nevar/TASS MOSCOW, October 9. /TASS/. Russia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to supply anti-aircraft missile systems s-400. This was reported by TASS in the press service of the Federal service for military-technical cooperation.

The General Director of the plant “Dagdizel” Raul Ilyasov © Vladimir Smirnov/TASS Forming enterprise of the monotown of Kaspiisk in Dagestan, JSC “Zavod “Dagdizel”, which has recently been on the verge of bankruptcy. After the accession to the JSC “Corporation “Tactical missiles” the plant got its second wind — now here are developing promising models of weapons and even aircraft. As told TASS the General Director of the plant Raul Ilyasov, currently in the “Dagdizel” preparing for the testing of the latest submarine torpedoes of their own design, and also working to create prototypes of the helicopter, which is scheduled to present at the largest International aerospace salon (MAKS) in 2018. The new Russian torpedo Work on the creation of a new torpedo factory is almost completed — beginning of the state tests is scheduled for late 2017. “We are completing the development, at the end of the year to

© Sergey Orlov/TASS VLADIVOSTOK, October 9. /TASS/. Guards missile cruiser “Varyag” and nuclear submarine “Tomsk” during the command-staff exercises carried out launches of supersonic cruise missiles at surface targets, said Monday the official representative TOF the captain of 1 rank Vladimir Matveev.

The official representative of the defense Ministry Igor Konashenkov © Sergey Bobylev/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, October 7. /TASS/. Videoconferencing destroyed in Syria, the influential field commanders of the “Islamic state” (IG, an organization banned in Russia), natives of the North Caucasus, including Abu Omar al-Shishani. This was announced on Saturday the official representative of the Ministry of defense of Russia Igor Konashenkov.

© Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP On October 5, talks at the Kremlin between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the king of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud has given impetus to development of relations between Moscow and Riyadh. The two leaders reaffirmed their desire to develop mutually beneficial cooperation not only in Economics but also in military-technical sphere.

The Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu © Alexei Druzhinin/press-service of the Russian President/TASS MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. The goal of the Russian-Belarusian exercises “West-2017” is reached, said Russian defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a teleconference on Friday. “We believe that the objectives of the exercise achieved. Pay special attention that all involved forces and means returned to the places of permanent deployment”, – said Shoigu. He stressed that during the exercise, the organs of military and public administration gained practical experience of joint action to ensure the military security of the Union state.

© Vadim Savitsky/press service of the defense Ministry of the Russian Federation/TASS MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. Two submarines of the Navy in the project carried out the shooting “Calibers” on targets in the Black sea. On Friday, told journalists the head of Department of information support of the black sea fleet Vyacheslav Trukhachev.

Mi-28 © Ladislav Karpov/TASS MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. A Russian military helicopter was shot down in Syria by the terrorists of the “Islamic state” (IG, an organization banned in Russia), as previously reported in the media, and in Hama made an emergency landing due to a malfunction. The life and health of pilots is not in danger, said Friday the Russian defense Ministry.

The MiG-29 © Bogdan Rudenko/Russian Defense Ministry 40 years ago, test pilot Alexander Fedotov, first raised in the air a prototype of a multipurpose front-line supersonic fighter MiG-29. Entering service in 1983, he became the main fighter of world air forces (VVS). The MiG-29 has opened a new era in the development of lightweight fighters. This is the first airplane in the world of this class combining the unsurpassed efficiency in agile air combat with the ability to attack enemy medium-range missiles, and melee.