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Russian warship to visit Singapore, Indonesia
Russian Pacific Fleet’s destroyer Admiral Panteleyev will visit Singapore and Indonesia on May 16-27 to take part in IMDEX-2011 naval exhibition and hold joint drills with the Indonesian navy. The biennial IMDEX Asia International Maritime Defense Exhibition (IMDEX) is held in Singapore on May 17-19. “Russian warships have taken part in this exhibition several times [...]
Russia may take action over US missile shield
Russia’s deputy defense minister has said action could be taken if the United States deploys its new missile defense system near Russia’s borders. In a news conference on Friday, deputy defense minister Anatoly Antonov said the Russian military was looking at ways to “protect our nation if Russia is not consulted in talks with NATO.” [...]
New Russian radar to be tested near Kaliningrad
Russia’s Space Forces commander said on Saturday that a new radar being built near the Baltic port of Kaliningrad would be tested by the end of the year. “The westernmost radar Voronezh DM in the Kaliningrad Region may be tested by the end of this year,” Gen. Oleg Ostapenko told a military council of the [...]
Peru to take Mi-171Sh delivery in May
Russian Helicopters is set to deliver 3 Mi-171Sh helicopters to the Ministry of Defense of Peru. The helicopters will be manufactured by Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant (UUAP) under a FSUE Rosoboronexport contract. The delivery is pursuant to a contract signed in 2010. The latter provides for the delivery of 6 Mi-171Sh military transports to Peru. The [...]
Russia to present weapons at IDEF 2011 Defense Fair
The Rosoboronexport federal state unitary enterprise will present more than a hundred samples of weapons and military equipment at the IDEF 2011 International Defence Industry Fair to be held for the second time in Istanbul in the period from 10th to 13th May 2011, paying special attention to needs of the Mediterranean states. “We take [...]
Mistral warship talks stumble over sensitive technology
Talks between Russia and France on the purchase of Mistral class helicopter carriers have come to a dead end over Russia’s demands on the transfer and licensed production of sensitive electronics, a Russian defense industry source said on Friday. Mistral class ships are equipped with a NATO-standard SENIT-9 naval tactical data system and SIC-21 fleet [...]
Russia flexes nuclear muscle on Victory Day
Some 20,000 soldiers and Russia’s most advanced missiles rumbled across Red Square on Monday in a parade marking victory in World War II and reinforcing the country’s belief in its Soviet-era might. But the lustre of the annual show of force was somewhat dimmed by renewed doubts about the wisdom of staging the costly exhibition [...]
Sukhoi Begins Flight Trials of First Production Su-35S Fighter
Sukhoi Company has started the flight tests of the first Su-35S serial fighter. The aircraft was flown from the airfield of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association named after Yuri Gagarin (JSC “KNAAPO”). During an hour and a half flight the pilot performed tests on various operating modes of takes off on its the power plant and [...]
Russia orbits military communications satellite
A Russian Meridian series military communications satellite has been put into a designated orbit, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said on Thursday. A Soyuz-2.1a rocket carrying the Meridian 4 satellite lifted off from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia at 09.41 pm Moscow time (17:41 GMT) on Wednesday. “A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket [...]
