Russias Azov large landing ship will resume its mission as part of the Russian naval task force in the Mediterranean. The Ropucha-II class ship, which took part in recent Russian-Belarusian exercises Zapad-2013, left the Baltiisk base in Russias exclave of Kaliningrad on Tuesday
Belarus will present its defense industry’s capabilities at the 5th Indo Defense 2012 in Jakarta, Indonesia on 7-10 November. It will showcase products made by leading Belarusian weapons manufacturers such as design company OAO KB Radar, the design company OOO KB Indela (Independent Development Laboratory), the commercial and military vehicle vendor OOO Midivisana, OAO Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant (aka MZKT), ZAO TsNIP
Belarus will begin inducting modern Russian-made combat jets to protect the airspace over the Russia-Belarus Union State borders. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian President, said, “We discussed many issues related to the Air Force
The Belarus Ministry of Defense has announced that its special forces will soon be equipped with T-2M-3 ultralight aircraft and Moskit and Lastochka UAVs by 2015. As part of a rearmament program, new special-purpose small arms and reconnaissance equipment will also be provided to the armed forces
The volume of Russians arms sales abroad during nine months of the current year has considerably increased in comparison with the same-year period of 2007, deputy director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation of the Russian Federation (FSMTC), Konstantin Biryulin told RIA Novosti. “The volume of arms deliveries has already exceeded the level reported in the same period of the previous year by 23 percent,” the official said at the opening of Euronaval 2008 international trade fair for naval defense, which is taking place in Le Bourget, France