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Russian agreement with security group deepens Belarus rift
Moscow: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday Moscow has agreed to establish a rapid reaction force with a regional security group, deepening a rift with longtime ally Belarus which boycotted the talks. “The main result of the summit is an agreement on a CSTO joint rapid reaction force,” Medvedev said after a meeting of the [...]
Russia will not make its soil available for US missile defense
MOSCOW: Russia will not advance U.S. military plans aimed at itself and will not make its territory available for the deployment of U.S. missile defense elements, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Thursday. Commenting on U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ suggestion that U.S. missile defense sites could be deployed on Russian soil, Andrei Nesterenko said [...]
Russian destroyer to take part in drills with NATO warships
MOSCOW: The Severomorsk destroyer from Russia’s Northern Fleet will participate in FRUKUS 2009 international naval exercises in the northern Atlantic on June 22-26, the fleet’s press service said Wednesday. The annual exercises traditionally involve France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States. “The Severomorsk destroyer left the fleet’s main base today and headed to [...]
Gates Hopeful of Missile Defense Progress at US-Russia Summit
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says that when President Barack Obama visits Moscow next month, he may find increased interest in cooperation in the effort to defend Europe from a potential Iranian missile attack. The secretary spoke during a hearing at the U.S. Senate. Secretary Gates says Russian officials have updated their analysis of Iran’s [...]
Topol-M, Bulava missiles to be core of Russian nuclear triad
BALABANOVO (Russia): Topol-M and Bulava ballistic missiles will constitute the backbone of Russia’s nuclear triad, a senior defense ministry official said on Wednesday. Russia’s nuclear triad comprises land-based ballistic missile systems, nuclear-powered submarines equipped with sea-based ballistic missiles, and strategic bombers carrying nuclear bombs and nuclear-capable cruise missiles. “Topol-M and Bulava ballistic missile systems will [...]
Russia could scrap nuclear arms alongside other nations: Putin
MOSCOW: Russia could abandon nuclear weapons if other nuclear powers – official and unofficial – scrap them, the Russian prime minister said on Wednesday. Asked by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier if he believed Russia could be secure without nuclear weapons, Vladimir Putin said: “You bet.” “Why do we need nuclear weapons?” he said. “Did [...]
Russia’s Lada sub trials to be completed in 2009
BALABANOVO: The Defense Ministry plans to complete sea trials of a new diesel Lada-class submarine this year, a military official said on Wednesday. “The Navy will complete trials of the Lada-class submarine equipped with new sonar systems in 2009,” said Maj. Gen. Alexander Shevchenko, in charge of the Armed Forces’ armaments maintenance and support. A [...]
Russia: no nuclear cuts if US unclear on missile defense
Moscow: Russia’s military on Friday warned the US that it would not reduce its nuclear arsenal until Washington made clear whether or not it would go ahead with a controversial missile shield in Central Europe. The comments by the country’s top general exposed a potential hitch as the two sides hold talks on replacing a [...]
India, Russia may agree cost of overhauling the aircraft carrier
NEW DELHI: India and Russia could reach a final agreement by the end of July on the cost of overhauling the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier to be delivered to the Indian navy, the Hindu newspaper said on Friday. The original $1.5 billion 2004 contract between Russia’s state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport and the Indian Navy, which [...]
