Articles By: RIA Novosti

Washington to unveil new US nuclear doctrine

Washington: The new U.S. nuclear doctrine will be send for review by the Congress within a month, a senior U.S. defense official said. The document outlines the U.S. policies in the sphere of nuclear deterrent for the next decade and includes an assessment of current and future nuclear threats to the...

March 18th, 2010 | Nuclear Weapons News | Read More

Russia to float out new nuclear submarine on May 7

Moscow: A new Russian nuclear-powered multipurpose attack submarine will be floated out on May 7, a shipyard spokesman said on Monday. Construction of the Severodvinsk, a Project 885 Yasen (Graney) class submarine, began in 1993 at the Sevmash shipyard in the northern Russian city of Severodvinsk but...

March 16th, 2010 | Navy News | Read More

Russia signs $1.5-bln fighter jet contract with India

New Delhi: Russia and India have signed a $1.5-billion contract on the supplies of 29 more MiG-29K carrier-based fighter jets to New Delhi, the head of the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG said on Friday. "An agreement on supplying an additional set of MiG-29K fighter jets has been signed, the start...

March 15th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

Russian Military Reform In Times Of Crisis

Moscow: On March 5, 2010, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev attended an expanded meeting of the Ministry of Defense in Moscow. The focus of this meeting was the ongoing military reform. The Russian war machine has not undergone such extensive restructuring in the past 150 years. New tables of organization...

March 15th, 2010 | Defense & Security News | Read More

NATO commander backs cooperation with Russia on missile defense

Washington: The new U.S. adoptive approach for European missile defense includes the possibility of using a Russian radar system as part of an integrated system, NATO's top military officer has said. Adm. James G. Stavridis, NATO's supreme allied commander for Europe and commander of U.S. European Command,...

March 12th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Russia-India military transport plane could be ready by 2018

A new Russian-Indian military transport plane could make its maiden flight by 2018, the head of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said. New Delhi: Russia and India signed an intergovernmental agreement on the joint development of a multi-role transport aircraft (MTA) in 2007. The cost of the $600-mln...

March 12th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

India, Russia agree details of joint 5G-fighter project

New Delhi: India and Russia have agreed in general on shared responsibility for the joint development of the fifth-generation fighter, the chairman of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) said. Moscow and New Delhi are expected to sign a contract on the joint development of the new fighter in the...

March 12th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces conduct large-scale drills

Moscow: More than 2,000 servicemen from Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are taking part in large-scale command-and-staff exercises that started on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. "The SMF are conducting command-and-staff drills on March 10-12 in line with the annual training program," Col....

March 10th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Russian military denies plans to buy Italian armored vehicles

Moscow: The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed on Wednesday media reports that it was planning to purchase a large number of armored vehicles from Italy. Russian and Italian media said on Tuesday that Russia was in negotiations to buy up to 1,000 IVECO M65 (LMV) Light Multirole Vehicles. "The Defense...

March 10th, 2010 | Army News | Read More