Thoughtless and destructive for the country's defense capability, the spotlight of the fathers of the army reform from the Ministry of Defense does not seem to withstand even the very first contact with objective reality ....
The paratroopers will not be deprived of the status of a separate branch of the military. “Airborne troops will remain an independent branch of the military,” Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said yesterday, answering a journalist’s question ...
The airborne troops of Russia took into account the experience of the armed conflict in the Caucasus in August 2008, and began to use unmanned aerial vehicles more actively, ordered new weapons and decided to strengthen ...
Soldiers of the Russian Airborne Forces are preparing for internships in the United States, Germany and other countries, Commander of the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant General Vladimir Shamanov, said Wednesday. The general also ...
What do you think Dmitry Medvedev told the world about when, at a meeting on the budget of law enforcement agencies, he set the task for 2015 to equip the Russian army with modern weapons no less ...
Any maneuvers are a rehearsal of hostilities. Strictly speaking, they are then carried out to check the combat readiness of the troops, the degree of their training. And also to test those concepts ...
What are the reasons why the Russian Federation needs a conscript army? Consider the need to create a so-called professional army very much loved in modern Russia. And supporters of this ...
What should be the age requirement for military service in the army? Opinions of medical and military on this account radically diverged Proposal to raise the bar of military age from 27 to 30 years, deputy ...
"Troops of the Sands" are ready for battle in the deserts of the Maghreb Moroccans have always been considered excellent warriors. For centuries they opposed the European conquerors, and during the First and Second World Wars ...
The Ministry of Defense will try to increase the number of recruits by hook or by crook. This week, active sending of conscripts to the Russian armed forces began. During the spring campaign ...
Russia refuses high-quality professional army. Such a conclusion can be drawn from a number of statements by representatives of higher generals. The chief of the main organizational-mobilization ...
At the suggestion of the Minister of Defense of Russia in the Armed Forces, a five-day working week with two days off will be introduced for conscripts, and for preparing food for the personnel, ...
The head of the Center for Military Forecasting - about the correct age of conscription, the “wrong” contract servicemen and the real enemies of Russia, Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff Vasily Smirnov, said that ...
The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces plans to draft conscripts on a territorial basis already in 2011. Such work, according to Interfax, citing a source in ...
The Ministry of Defense intends to create by December 2010 of the year, on the basis of the existing military districts, operational-strategic commands (USC), which will control the four sides of the world ....
Why did the program of recruitment of parts and formations stall by contract soldiers? Even in the middle of the 90s, Russia, following the example of the advanced Western countries, decided to acquire a professional army. The idea itself ...
Reform of military education increasingly resembles a pro forma In 2010, the implementation of the federal program of reforming the military education system in the Russian Federation is completed. Eventually...
Without spiritual renewal, the armed forces will not acquire a new look. The Russian army has traditionally been famous for its high morale, military art, and patriotism. Russian generals are always ...
The Minister of Defense announced innovations that will soon be accepted in the Russian armed forces. Last day at a meeting with representatives of civil organizations, held in the Public Chamber, the head ...
What legacy went to the new Minister of Defense of Ukraine At the presentation ceremony of Mikhail Ezhel, the newly appointed Minister of Defense said that ...
According to a survey conducted by the All-Russian Center for the Study of Public Opinion (VTsIOM), sociologists found out that Russians continue to consider the non-statutory main task of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation ...
In the near future, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation intends to carry out a number of reforms. Thus, it is planned to work out the issue of creating a military police in the Russian army. The agency is currently studying...