Su-27 removed from service in Belarus
On December 7, 2012, at the Belarusian airfield Baranovichi (Brest region), a ceremonial formation of the personnel of the 61st fighter aviation base of the Air Force and the Air Defense Forces of Belarus was carried out, ...
The first export contract for Ka-62 helicopters
Russian Helicopter Development Holding OJSC Russian Helicopters (a subsidiary of the defense industrial complex Oboronprom) in its press release December 14 of the year 2012 announced that it had concluded the first export contract for ...
Shoigu forbade to blow up old ammunition
The head of the Russian military department, Sergei Shoigu, decided to stop the disposal of old ammunition by blowing up. It is expected that to get rid of unsuitable, but still dangerous projectiles ...
The Admiralty Shipyards undergoes hydraulic tests of the Rostov-on-Don submarine of project 06363
At the end of November at the "Admiralteyskie Verfy" were successfully carried out hydraulic tests of the stern module of the submarine "Rostov-on-Don" project 06363 - the second order in ...
Mourning declared in the USA: the killer burst into the school and shot a 27 man
Another mass shooting occurred in the United States. A Connecticut resident broke into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown and shot 27 people, of whom 20 are children from 5 to 10 years. AT...
In the Rostov region begins the trial of the case of an official accused of selling a tank monument
Today, the Belokalitvinsky City Court of the Rostov Region will begin hearings of the case of the ex-deputy head of the Belokalitvinsky district administration on municipal services and construction ...
In the USA they do not want to depend on the "Union"
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the selection of contractors and the allocation of funds to start a new phase of the program to create ...
"Oboronservis" left another "woman Serdyukov"
The head of Voentorg, Marina Lopatina, was dismissed on the initiative of Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu. This information was confirmed by the head of the Department of Property Relations of the Ministry of Defense Dmitry Kurakin ....
About record low unemployment in Russia and unwillingness of migrant workers to take an exam on knowledge of Russian language
At the end of the year, it is customary to sum up various results concerning successes or failures in politics, economics, sports, and other areas. Reports, tables, totals and ratings can be ...
This terrible date - December 21
It will be like this: there will be a large release of some poisonous substance - the Americans have already prepared a version about Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons - and then the dead will leave their masses in droves ...
Gamma-S1 radars entered the Perm Territory and the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Area
The 2nd Command of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Central Military District received two state-of-the-art Gamma-C1 radar stations. "Now specialists ...
Rogozin denied stopping the project GELA
Work on the development of hypersonic speeds in Russia will be continued, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday. “Well, think for yourself if humanity is ready because of some tech. problems to drop ...
Holding "Aviation Equipment" introduced 20 innovation
Aviation Equipment Holding has completed testing of innovative landing gears, an emergency oxygen system and components for the fuel, hydraulic and air systems, ...
Angar storage of new Yak-130 in Borisoglebsk
A curious photograph from the Borisoglebsky Aviation Training Center for the Training of Flight Personnel named after V.P. Chkalov of the Russian Air Force (Voronezh Oblast; a branch of the Krasnodar Military Aviation ...
Russian Armed Forces: the return of chaplains
Armed forces of Russia are waiting for an unusual replenishment. The leadership of the Ministry of Defense decided to increase the staff of military priests in the army and navy. The fact that in the Russian army over time ...
The defendant of the Oboronservis case made a deal with the investigation
One of the defendants in the case of large financial embezzlement in Oboronservis, Ekaterina Smetanova, entered into a pre-trial deal with the investigating authorities, RIA Novosti reports with reference to ...
The planet is not enough people
Pew Research Center summed up a long study that showed that childbearing in the United States fell to a record low - 63,2 child per 1000 women of childbearing age. Analyst Jason ...
Vyborg Shipyard laid the icebreaker and launched a unique press for bending metal
On December 12, 2012, at OJSC Vyborg Shipyard ahead of schedule, a solemn ceremony of laying down a linear diesel-electric icebreaker of project 21900 M was held.
An anti-terrorist operation in Kabardino-Balkaria killed an officer of the Moscow riot police on his birthday
The counter-terrorist operation regime was introduced in the city of Tyrnyauz, Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Security Service of Russia blocked a private household in which, according to preliminary ...
With the Ivanovo Airborne Division will conduct an experimental CST using Andromeda-D ACCS
December 19-20 with the Ivanovo Airborne Division will be held command-staff training (CST) with the use of an automated command and control system (ACCS) at the tactical level ...
The fourth PAK FA made its first flight in Komsomolsk-on-Amur
In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in the Sukhoi holding aircraft production association named after V.I. Yu.A. Gagarin (KnAAPO), the first flight of the fourth prototype of a promising ...
Indian Defense Minister called the cost of the proposals of "Boeing" for the supply of helicopters CH-47 "Chinook" and AH-64 "Apache"
The Minister of Defense of India once again confirmed the victory of Boeing in tenders for the supply of assault and heavy transport helicopters to the Indian Air Force. As A. Antony reported in a written response to the request ...
Israel intends to buy in the US 6900 UAB with sets of guidance JDAM
The Defense Cooperation and Security Agency (DSCA) of the US Department of Defense notified Congress of a planned sale to Israel in the framework of the Foreign Military Sales program 6900 UAB with guidance kits ...
Rogozin announced the beginning of the formation of the Kalashnikov concern - the Izhmash CEO was appointed
Konstantin Busygin has been appointed the new general director of NPO Izhmash. Thus, the formation of the Kalashnikov concern began, he said in his microblog on Twitter ...