Russian Ministry of Defense is not interested in competitive and inexpensive Russian optics
As reported by 17 in February, RIA “Novosti”, Russian-made night optics (night sights, night-vision equipment, day-night systems), successfully competing with European and Asian ...
Airborne divisions: brigades instead of regiments
As reported by 18 in February to RIA Novosti, the divisions of the Russian airborne troops in the near future may consist not of regiments, but of brigades. Such a composition will increase their numbers, as well as ...
The United States does not consider Russia a friend of Syria
The US State Department said that Russia does not support the people of Syria. According to the official representative of the State Department of America, Victoria Nuland, Russia is unlikely to receive invitations to ...
British Foreign Ministry: Iran will cause a new Cold War and an arms race
Iran risks becoming a cause of the nuclear arms race in the Middle East region, which could be much more dangerous than the cold war between the United States and Russia. About this in an interview with the Daily Telegraph said ...
A political movement will be created in the inner circle of Gaddafi
Former high-ranking members of the circle of Muammar Gaddafi, who left Libya, create a political movement whose main goal will be radical changes. This was reported to the BBC by one of ...
Pakistan will not assist the US in their attack on Iran
Pakistan will not assist the United States in attacking Iran. This was announced in Islamabad on Friday by Pakistani President Ali Asef Zardari in conjunction with the presidents of Iran and ...
"Loud" - the seventh corvette project 20380
17 February, the 2012 of Amur Shipbuilding Plant launched the construction of the loud corvette of the 20380 project (2102 serial number). This was reported in the press release of the plant. The brewing ceremony ...
In Latvia, a referendum decides on the status of the Russian language
On Saturday, residents of Latvia will decide whether the Russian language will become the second state language in a national referendum. Russian is spoken by about 40% of the population, however not all of them have the right to vote. What are ...
The prototype of the new Russian tank will be created by 2013 year.
By 2013, Uralvagonzavod will create a prototype of the new main battle tank, Armata. Serial production of the tank and deliveries to the Russian Armed Forces will begin as planned in 2015. About this ...
Russian Ministry of Defense will receive 2,5 thousands of “Azart”
According to Lenti.ru, the Zelenograd-based Angstrom enterprise showed the government delegation a digital radio station of the 6 generation, Azart. As the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Anatoly reported ...
Twenty-one al-Qaida militants captured by the Yemen army
17 February The Yemeni military captured twenty-one al-Qaeda militants. According to RBC, the seizure was carried out during a special operation in the province of al-Baida, in which the terrorists have ...
US senators are against negotiations with Iran
As reported by 18 February from the United States, a group of US senators warned President Obama about the danger of resuming talks with Iran on nuclear programs. According to the channel ...
NATO is not going to intervene in the Syrian standoff
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen noted that the North Atlantic Alliance does not intend to intervene in the Syrian conflict, as it was in 2011 in Libya. According to Rasmussen, on ...
An illegal tourist was planning to blow up the Capitol ... a dummy of explosives
Intelligence agencies detained a terrorist from Morocco in Washington who was about to blow up the Capitol. The criminal was tracked down by agents of FBI. The police stopped the Moroccan at the entrance to Congress. Now he faces ...
"Antisniper" will help both day and night
As reported by 17 in February to RIA Novosti, foreign and Russian intelligence services are currently actively acquiring optical detection devices called Antisniper, capable of ...
Measures to improve the level of communication culture on the site (Survey)
According to the results of the survey, it was revealed that the overwhelming majority of those who voted were in favor of the introduction of a moderator system on the Military Review website. Minority, opinion ...
Colonel Budanov's murderer cannot be convicted without the help of Chechnya
Moscow investigators turned to the Chechen law enforcement agencies with a request to help in the investigation of the murder of Yuri Budanov, a former colonel of the Russian army. Rosbalt reports ...
The system of European missile defense will include four US missile destroyers
The United States plans to base four rocket destroyers of the Orly Burk type on a permanent basis at the Naval Forces of Canada (Spain). The destroyers are equipped with a multifunctional combat information and control system "Aegis" ....
Israelis warn of terrorist threat
17 February, the Israeli headquarters on combating terrorism issued a warning for its citizens who may be outside of Israel. Intelligence agencies assigned a maximum level to the threat –...
Vasiliev: "Russia will work with legitimate governments in Arab countries"
In an interview with RIA Novosti, Alexey Vasilyev, director of the African Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said that the Russian Federation would work with any governments that came to power in ...
As a result of a bloody special operation in the east of Chechnya, the gang of Abudar was eliminated
February 17 in the mountains in the east of Chechnya divisions of the Interior Ministry and the internal troops blocked a gang of 7 people led by Magarbi Timiraliev, known as Abudar. The gang rendered armed ...
Sevastopol authorities want to clarify the conditions of the lease of the bases of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation
The Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation operates thirty eight berths in Sevastopol, which are not included in the intergovernmental agreement on the terms of the lease. This was announced by Sergei Savenkov, who ...
The costs of the Baltic republics on NATO air police will increase by 1,5 times
The Baltic republics are going to increase the cost of maintaining the "NATO air police", which is the mission of the alliance to ensure the protection of the airspace of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. In the past...
US 10 will replace thousands of its soldiers in Europe with 4 destroyers with missile defense systems
The implementation of the defense strategy of the United States implies a reduction in the number of US military contingent in Europe by almost 10 thousands of troops. Leon Panetta in his conversation with ...