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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

Russian Defense Ministry Releases Video of S-300 Delivery to Syria
2018-10-04 Read More...
The Russian Defense Ministry on Wednesday published a video showing the delivery of S-300 surface-to-air missile systems to Syria, TASS news agency

Iraqi Police Receiving BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles
2018-09-27 Read More...
According to local media outlets, the Iraqi Police are receiving refurbished BMP-1 Infantry Fighting Vehicles

Russia to Send S-300 Air Defense System to Syria in 2 Weeks
2018-09-25 Read More...
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that within two weeks Russia would hand over to Syria an S-300 air defense system to strengthen Syria’s combat capacities following the loss of the Russian Ilyushin-20 plane over the Mediterranean

Putin Sets the Task of Developing Weapons of the Future
2018-09-24 Read More...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has set the task of starting the development of new weapons that may become operational in many years’ time, TASS news agency

China Joins Russia in Massive Vostok 2018 Military Exercise
2018-09-13 Read More...
The Vostok 2018 exercise, the largest in Russia’s modern history, which involves 300,000 troops, got underway in the Eastern Military District on Tuesday, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry told

Russian, Turkish Defense Ministers Discuss Military Cooperation
2018-08-27 Read More...
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar have discussed the issue of stabilizing the situation in Syria, as well as military and technical cooperation between both countries, the Russian Defense Ministry told

Indonesia to Receive First Su-35 Fighter Jet by October
2018-08-09 Read More...
Indonesia is waiting to receive the first Su-35 Russian fighter jet by October this year, Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Mohammad Wahid Supriyadi has

China Receives First Batch of Russian S-400 Missile Systems
2018-07-30 Read More...
China has received the first batch of Russian-made S-400 Triumf missile systems, a military diplomatic source told

Russia Test Launches Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile
2018-03-13 Read More...
A MiG-31 interceptor jet made a training launch of a Kinzhal aeroballistic hypersonic missile and the missile hit a target on the test range, the Russian Defense Ministry said on

Egyptian Defense Minister Receives Russian Counterpart
2017-05-31 Read More...
The Commander-in-Chief of the Egyptian Armed Forces, and Defense and Military Production Minister Sedki Subhi, met in Cairo Tuesday with the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who is currently visiting

Russian Admiral Grigorovich RFS-494 Frigate Heads to Syria
2017-04-11 Read More...
A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria last

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