Iranian military hit an American drone, media reported
Iranian military personnel today reported that they destroyed an American RQ-170 drone in the airspace of the Islamic republic. This, as reported by RIA Novosti, reports ...
Nuclear-powered icebreakers and helicopter carriers "Mistral" will build the USC and the Baltic Plant
Baltiyskiy Zavod and USC (United Shipbuilding Corporation) signed a contract for the manufacture of floating hull parts for two Mistral helicopter carriers. Contract in the presence ...
Numerous violations in the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation
On Sunday, December 4, Russia holds elections to the sixth convocation of the Russian State Duma. In addition, local parliamentary elections are held in the 27 regions. In all, around the country - around 2800 local elections and ...
Southern Military District presents a report on weapons received
In 2011, the troops of the Southern Military District received several hundred units of armored vehicles, communications systems and missile systems. This was stated by Colonel Igor Gorbul, head of the press service of the Southern Military District ....
The "Bal-E" complex entered service with the Caspian flotilla
The coastal missile troops unit CFL (Caspian Flotilla) formed this year received a new mobile coastal missile system (DBK) Bal-E. In the press service of the Southern ...
"Admiral Nakhimov" will be modernized after 2012 year
Work on the modernization of the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (Orlan, project 1144) at Sevmash will begin after 2012. At the same time, attention will be focused on ...
The equipment of the newest type of army of Russia will receive within three years
According to the statement of Konstantin Biryulin, Deputy Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation, in order to manufacture ammunition, Russia sent a technological line to Cuba ...
Russia is against the abandonment of the US military base in Afghanistan after 2014
As is known, in 2014, the anti-terrorist coalition of NATO countries will withdraw troops from this state. According to US Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake for South and Central Asia, ...
Ankara sanctions against Damascus
Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu held a press conference on Wednesday morning, where he announced the start of the first cycle of sanctions that Turkey decided to impose on Syria to increase ...
Israel and Egypt are preparing to terminate the peace treaty
According to Israeli diplomatic sources, the Muslim Brothers, who came to power in Egypt as a result of the elections, put Israel in extremely vulnerable conditions. Threatened ...
In Sevastopol, housing for Russian sailors is built by whole districts
In Sevastopol, a new residential neighborhood is being built, in which Russian officers will live. Build residential areas for the Black Sea Fleet sailors for a long time did not allow local authorities, but now ...
New Resolution on Syria
On Syria, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a new resolution. According to the new resolution, Syria is on the verge of civil war. Navi Pillay UN Commissioner urged to accept ...
In the sales season, Americans have increased interest in arms
On the eve of Jerry Pender, the deputy assistant director of the FBI announced that a record of the number of firearms sold was broken during the November sales in the United States ....
The Iraqi delegation to negotiate the purchase of weapons visited Moscow
The official Iraqi delegation on Thursday visited Moscow. The main purpose of the visit is to negotiate the purchase of weapons designed to enhance Iraq’s security capabilities ....
In December, OAO Zavod im. Malysheva "will transfer to Ukraine the upgraded tanks
December 20 OAO Plant them. Malysheva ”plans to ship another batch of MBT Bulat T-64BM. Delivery is carried out under an agreement with the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. This was stated by Nikolai Belov, performing ...
S-200 air defense systems in the Baltic Fleet will be replaced by Triumphs
The air defense units of the Baltic Fleet, deployed in the Kaliningrad region, will receive the first batch of S-2011 Triumph air defense systems by the end of 400. Interfax reports that the vice admiral said this ...
In France, begins construction of the first "Mistral" for Russia
A spokesman for the French state-owned military shipbuilding company DCNS on Wednesday told RIA Novosti that an advance has been received and the construction of the first French ...
Submarine "Dmitry Donskoy" remains in service with the Russian Navy
As stated in his interview for RIA Novosti, Andrey Dyachkov (general director of the Sevmash enterprise), a nuclear submarine named Dmitry Donskoy (project 941 Akula), despite the fact that ...
Army of the United States for the first time purchased anti-tank guns made in Sweden
DefPro reports that the command of the special operations forces and the US Army concluded an agreement with Saab (Sweden) for the supply of Carl Gustav M3 - recoilless anti-tank guns. Contract Amount ...
Emirates ordered almost 5 thousands of aerial bombs from the US
According to the reports of Defense Aerospace, the UAE Ministry of Defense (United Arab Emirates) has ordered nearly 5 thousands of various bombs in the US, as well as control kits for them. Pentagon DSCA ...
60 air defense systems will receive on the arms of the Russian Air Force in 2012 year
The Russian Air Force will receive 60 modernized and new air defense systems next year, including the S-400 Triumph. According to RIA Novosti, with a statement about this ...
Students who attacked the British Embassy in Tehran were released
Iranian authorities released 11 students who were detained during an attack on the British embassy. Official Iranian officials did not comment on why such a decision was made. Behind...
The Ministry of Defense presented a report on the supply of equipment to the Russian Air Force
Since the beginning of 2011, the army aviation of the Russian Air Force has received more than a hundred new helicopters. According to Interfax, this was stated by Vladimir Drik, an official representative of the press service and ...
Kosovo Serbs will not receive Russian citizenship
Russia will not be able to satisfy the petition for admission of Kosovo’s Serbian citizenship to Kosovo, since the laws of the Russian Federation do not provide for this. This was stated by Alexander Lukashevich, the official representative ...