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Russia to Upgrade Over 10 Tu-160 Bombers by 2020
The Russian Air Force will receive more than 10 modernized Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers by 2020, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. According to official data, Russia has at least 16 Tu-160 aircraft in service. There are plans to increase their number to 30. “The Tu-160 in service with the Air Force are already undergoing [...]
Russia Completes Final Trials of Indian Frigate
The Yantar shipyard in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad has completed the final tests of a missile frigate for the Indian navy, the company’s spokesman Sergei Mikhailov said o Tuesday. Russia and India signed a $1.6 billion contract on construction of three modified Krivak III class (also known as Talwar class) guided missile frigates for [...]
Delivery of S-500 Air Defense System Delayed Until 2017
Russia’s Almaz-Antey concern will finish the development of the advanced S-500 air defense system by 2017, two years later than the deadline announced earlier, the company’s General Director Vitaly Neskorodov said. The S-500, a long-range air defense missile system, is expected to become the backbone of a unified aerospace defense system being formed in Russia. [...]
Russia, India Prepare for INDRA-2012 Military Drills
Russia and India started on Monday the preparation for joint INDRA-2012 military exercises scheduled to be held in Russia this summer, a spokesman for Russia’s Eastern Military District said. “An Indian military delegation arrived on Monday in Ulan Ude [in Russia’s Far East] to discuss the preparation for INDRA-2012 military drills to be held this [...]
Russia to Deploy 7 Subs in Black Sea by 2017
Russia’s Black Sea Fleet will have seven diesel-electric submarines by 2017, the fleet’s commander, Rear Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov, said on Monday. There is only one submarine, the Alrosa, a Kilo class vessel, currently in service with the Black Sea Fleet. The Alrosa joined the Russian Navy in 1990. Russia is planning to add six Varshavyanka [...]
Russia to Sell 60 Armored Vehicles to Indonesia
Russia is set to sell up to 60 infantry fighting vehicles to Indonesia in a deal worth more than $100 million, the Izvestia newspaper cited an unnamed military source as saying on Tuesday. The deal will be finalized on February 10, the source said, adding that 20 BMP-3 vehicles will be delivered before the end [...]
Russia to Modernize 30 Tu-22M3 Bombers by 2020
About 30 Tu-22M3 strategic bombers from Russia’s Long Range Aviation fleet will be modernized by 2020, Russian Air Force spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said on Tuesday. “We plan to upgrade about 30 strategic bombers to the M3M standard,” Drik said. Tu-22M3 (NATO reporting name Backfire-C) is a supersonic, swing-wing, long-range strategic bomber that Russia uses [...]
US Making More Powerful Bomb to Hit Underground Facilities
Pentagon is stepping up efforts to make a bomb capable of destroying Iran’s most heavily fortified underground facilities, the Wall Street Journal said on Saturday referring to U.S. officials briefed on the plan. “The 30,000-pound [13,600 kilograms] “bunker-buster” bomb, known as the Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP), was specifically designed to take out the hardened fortifications [...]
Russia Unveils New Kalashnikov Assault Rifle
Russia’s largest firearms manufacturer, Izhmash, has unveiled a prototype of its new Kalasnikov assault rifle with improved ergonomics and tactical flexibility. The new assault rifle, dubbed AK-12, is being designed as a basic platform for the development of nearly 20 different modifications of the weapon. It could be adapted for cartridges varying from 5.45×39 mm [...]
