The Ukrainian company Arsenal together with the German Rheinmetall Defense created a new modern mobile anti-aircraft missile system (ZRK) ASGLA. This complex is based on the Igla air defense system and ...

Defense Minister A. Serdyukov, responding to questions from State Duma deputies, said that Russia is developing its own missile defense system. A reasonable question arises: “Does Russia have the capabilities and means ...”

New, promising SAMs (anti-aircraft missile systems) C-500, the main feature of which is the ability to shoot down targets in space, will soon enter service with the complex ...

In Russia, a unified air defense system is being created on the basis of the operational-strategic command (OSK). The decision, apparently, will be made in May. Recently our freelance ...

In the shooting at Kapustin Yar in September, the Buk-M2E anti-aircraft missile system (ZRK) demonstrated 100-percent performance. He was hit five targets five ...

The Pantsir-С1 anti-aircraft missile system in March-April 2011 will be put on combat duty to protect the sky of Moscow. About this in an interview with the TV channel "Vesti-24" said Lieutenant-General ...

Today, Russia does not see systemic measures to create new airspace protection systems, said Leonid Ivashov, President of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Problems. According to RBC, ...

Today, the Ministry of Defense, debunking the myths that in the Russian army each soldier has a demining shovel and a third Mosin rifle of the 1891 model of the year, has shown that ...

The experience gained in exploiting the first anti-aircraft missile systems accumulated by the end of the 1950-s showed that they were of little use for fighting low-flying targets. With particular clarity, this manifested itself when ...

The first serial copy of the Akash anti-aircraft complex is a very important event in ensuring the defense capability of India. Many experts believe that the underdevelopment of air defense weapons represents ...

Anti-aircraft missile system C-400 "Triumph" adopted by 28 in April 2007, the Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation. In 2007, the Red Banner Guards anti-aircraft missile regiment was the first in ...

Missile defense systems have always been and remain among the leaders of the most advanced intellectual, high-tech and, accordingly, expensive types of military equipment. Therefore, the possibility of their ...

In October of this year, the Belarusian research and production private unitary enterprise (UE) Tetrahedr conducted demonstration shooting of the modernized combat vehicle T381 on the Domanovo training ground ...

Tehran is conducting fire tests of its own air defense missiles, which correspond in their characteristics to the Russian C-300. The weapon was created in connection with the cancellation of the contract for ...

According to Jane's Missiles & Rockets, the Belarusian enterprise "Tetraedr" on October 4-7 this year held demonstration firing of the Stilet air defense missile system. The shooting was carried out at the air force-air defense range ...

Western military experts, analyzing the situation in the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, invariably note the high competitiveness of the segment connected with the development and production of means ...

Calculations of anti-aircraft missile systems C-300В for the first time in combat training practice were able to hit targets that simulated operational-tactical ballistic missiles, told reporters on Friday at ...

Annual practical shooting air defense compounds are held at the Astrakhan training ground Ashuluk. In a matter of minutes, the Kola formations of the air defense missile repelled an air attack ...

The TOR-M2E anti-aircraft missile system is a representative of a new generation of Russian short-range air defense weapons. Designed to repel massive air attacks, the SAM is capable of ...

“My plane was hit so suddenly that the attack warning system did not even have time to work. I don’t remember how the lever of the catapult pulled ... ”So how did 27 March 1999 get it down ...

The American company Raytheon and the Polish WZU-2 have developed their own version of the modernization of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems 2K12 "Cube", reports Lenta.ru with reference to Jane's ...

The jointly implemented MEADS (Medium Extended Air Defense System) medium-range anti-aircraft missile system developed by the USA, Germany and Italy successfully passed the stage of protecting the working ...

At the Kapustin Yar range, live firing of an anti-aircraft missile brigade equipped with a modern anti-aircraft missile system "BUK-M2" will take place. RIA Info-RM reported this ...

According to a study by the Australian analytical center Air Power Australia, Russian air defense systems have reached a level that virtually eliminates the possibility of survival of the United States Air Force in the event ...