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Russia’s Kornet-D1 Anti-Tank Missile System to Enter Trials in 2019
2019-01-14 Read More...
Russia’s latest Kornet-D1 anti-tank missile system designated for the Airborne Force will undergo state trials this year, the Defense Ministry

Russia to Hold Over 4,000 War Games in 2019
2019-01-04 Read More...
The Russian Defense Ministry plans to hold more than 4,000 drills and roughly 8,500 practical combat training events throughout 2019, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a conference last week, TASS news agency

Russian Strategic Tu-160 Bomber Test-Fires 12 Missiles
2018-12-20 Read More...
The strategic Tu-160 missile-carrying bomber test-fired 12 Kh-101 missiles at the Pemboi practice range in November, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at the Ministry’s year-end board meeting attended by President Vladimir Putin on

Russia Ranks Second Among World’s Arms Producers
2018-12-11 Read More...
the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a statement on Monday that sales of arms and military services by the world’s largest arms-producing companies continued to grow in

Egyptian Minister of Military Production Hails Russia’s Participation in EDEX
2018-12-07 Read More...
Russia’s active participation in this week’s EDEX 2018 (Egypt Defense Expo) shows a high level of relations between both countries, Egyptian Minister of Military Production Mohamed Al Asar told TASS on the third and final day of the

Mil Design Bureau to Develop Fast-Speed Combat Helicopter
2018-11-26 Read More...
Russia’s Defense Ministry has opted for the project of the Mil Design Bureau to create a cutting-edge fast-speed combat helicopter while the Kamov Design Bureau will continue developing the naval version of the Minoga rotorcraft, Russian Helicopters

Russia’s Admiral Kasatonov Frigate to Start Trials in December
2018-11-22 Read More...
The cutting-edge frigate Admiral Kasatonov under construction for the Russian Navy at the St. Petersburg-based Severnaya Verf Shipyard will enter sea trials in early December 2018, the Shipyard’s press office

Russia’s Viking Air Defense Missile System at Airshow China
2018-11-08 Read More...
Russia is demonstrating its latest Viking air defense missile system (the export version of the Buk-M3 complex) for the first time abroad at the Airshow China 2018 in Zhuhai on November 6-11, the press office of Russia’s state arms seller

Massive Russian Drill to be Regularly Held in Mediterranean
2018-11-06 Read More...
Large scale naval and air exercises Ocean Shield will be held in the Mediterranean on the permanent basis, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a distance conference on Friday, TASS news agency

Russia’s Avangard Hypersonic Missile System to Enter Service in 2019
2018-11-02 Read More...
The first regiment armed with the Avangard system comprising an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and a hypersonic glide vehicle will assume combat duty until the end of 2019, a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS news

Fifty Russian Paratroopers Land in Egypt for Joint Drills
2018-10-24 Read More...
Russian paratroopers have landed near the Egyptian Capital Cairo in the framework of joint international drills “Defenders of Friendship 2018,” the Russian Defense Ministry’s department of information and media said on

India to Receive First S-400 Missile Systems Within 2 Years
2018-10-22 Read More...
The first deliveries of S-400 missile systems to India will take place within two years, Dmitry Shugaev, head of Russia’s Federal Service for Military Technical Cooperation, told

Russian-Pakistani Military Drills to Kick Off Sunday
2018-10-19 Read More...
Russian-Pakistani military drills ‘Friendship 2018’ will be held in the mountains of Pakistan from October 21 until November 4, Head of the Russian Southern Military District Vadim Astafyev told

Russia Developing New Generation Frigates
2018-10-16 Read More...
Research and development for a new generation frigate of project 22350M has begun in Russia, the CEO of Severnaya Verf (Northern Shipyard), Igor Ponomaryov, told TASS, in an

Egypt, Russia to Discuss Military-Technical Cooperation
2018-10-09 Read More...
The Presidents of Russia and Egypt Vladimir Putin and Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will discuss military-technical cooperation during the Egyptian leader’s visit to Russia on October 17, Russian Presidential Envoy for the Middle Eastern and African

India Inks $5.43 Billion Deal for S-400 Air Defense Systems
2018-10-08 Read More...
India on Friday inked a $5.43 billion (Rs 40,000 crore) deal to purchase 5 advanced S-400 Triumf surface-to-air squadrons from Russia, despite the looming threat of US financial sanctions, The Times of India

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