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Barred from Farnborough, Russia to Display Su-57, other Jets at Army 2018
July 11, 2018 @ 11:53 AMBarred from the Farnborough Air show starting 16 July, Russia has chosen the Army 2018 event to be held in August near Moscow to mark global public debut of its Su-57 fifth generation fighter jet. The Russian MoD announced on their website Tuesday that the Su-57 along with the Su-30SM and the Su-35 would be on display at the Army 2018
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Qatar in Talks with Russia Over S-400 Missile Defense System Purchase
July 10, 2018 @ 08:07 AMQatars Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin on purchasing S-400 missile defense system. “There is no agreement
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India Clears $5.5 Billion S-400 Air Defense Missile Systems Buy from Russia
July 2, 2018 @ 03:48 PMThe Indian Defense Acquisition Council (DAC) has cleared a $5.5 billion agreement to purchase S-400 air defense missile systems from Russia despite US opposition to the deal
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Boeing, Russian Firm to Commence Titanium Components Project in September
June 29, 2018 @ 11:50 AMAmidst current Washington-Moscow tensions, Ural Boeing Manufacturing (UBM), a joint venture between Russian VSMPO-AVISMA and Boeing will launch production of aircraft components from its new plant in the Titanium Valley Special Economic Zone, Sverdlovsk Region of Russia. The UBM facility will perform rough and final machining of titanium blanks, airplane fuselage components, wing and pylon structural elements, chassis parts for all models of the Boeing civil aviation programme, including the new 777X model, a Rostec statement said
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Russian Cities Get Anti-drone Radar Shield
June 25, 2018 @ 08:40 AMA radar shield to detect low-flying targets, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has been put into operation above all major Russian cities, a senior Russian military official has told TASS Sunday. "At present, we have a low-altitude radar field in operation above all major Russian cities," said Maj
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US Sanctions Russian Firms Citing Cyber-attacks
June 12, 2018 @ 11:39 AMThe US government has sanctioned several Russian firms, businessmen for engaging in cyber-attacks as well as assisting Russian military and intelligence services. Five Russian firms and three executives from one of them have been imposed sanctions by the US treasury department under the legislation passed last year and an executive order aim at punishing efforts to hack into US computer systems
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Sanctions Threat Fails to Frighten Russian S-400 Missile Defense System Buyers
June 11, 2018 @ 02:17 PMThe United States efforts to dissuade its allies and partners from buying large defense systems from Russia using the Countering America's Adversaries through Sanction Act (CAATSA) seems to be running into a brick wall with India, Turkey and Saudi Arabia likely to go ahead with S-400 missile defense systems purchase from Moscow. The CAATSA requires that the countries that have significant defense cooperation with Russia can be sanctioned by the US for no fault of theirs except that they have entered into a commercial buyer-seller agreement with a Russian defence industry entity
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Rosoboronexport Bets on Artillery for Future Sales Prospects
June 8, 2018 @ 01:56 PMRussias Rosoboronexport has sought a production and export push for artillery guns and projectiles after the countrys military identified artillery as being effective in 60% of recent conflicts in the Middle East. “If anti-terrorist operations waged in the Middle East are any pointer, then one has to take into account that artillery has to shoulder 50-60 percent of fire missions in ground operations
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Turkey Threatens Retaliation if US Sanctions S-400 Missile Defence Purchase
June 7, 2018 @ 12:10 PMTurkey has vowed to retaliate if the United States sanctions Russian S-400 missile purchase, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said during a diplomatic meeting with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Washington early this week. "If the United States imposes sanctions on us or takes such a step, Turkey will absolutely retaliate," Cavusoglu said Sunday
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Russia To Unveil Kurganets-25 Infantry Fighting Vehicle At Expo Army-2018
June 6, 2018 @ 12:22 PMRussia will unveil the new Kurganets infantry fighting vehicle at the ARMY 2018 International Military and Technical Forum this summer, the Russian defense ministry said Tuesday. The new Kurganets-25 tracked IFV is designed for transporting personnel, increasing manoeuvrability of the troops, providing them with armament and protection on the battlefield
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