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Russia to Start Building First Nuclear-powered Destroyer in 2020
June 21, 2018 @ 09:16 AMRussia will begin work on building the first nuclear powered combined guided missile destroyer for the Navy in 2020, Navy Deputy Commander-in-Chief for Armament said. "A preliminary design [of the destroyer] has been made
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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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Russia's Kalashnikov Plans 'Self Learning' Artificial Intelligence-based Weapons
June 7, 2018 @ 01:17 PMRussias Kalashnikov arms manufacturer is planning to build military defense systems with artificial intelligence that implies weapons self-learning, Industrial Director of the Rostec Conventional Armament, Ammunition and Special Chemistry Cluster Sergei Abramov said Wednesday. The need, prospects and expediency of creating and adapting artificial intelligence systems for military use do not evoke any doubts and all the leading countries are taking efforts for introducing artificial intelligence into existing and future weapons, he was quoted as saying by TASS at the conference tiled: "Digital Industry of Industrial Russia 2018
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New Russian Nuclear Submarine Armed With Hypersonic Missiles To Be Ready by...
June 1, 2018 @ 11:13 AMRussia plans to start building its newest and most advanced nuclear powered submarine armed with hypersonic missiles by 2023, TASS reports. "The Husky has been included in the state armament program for 2018-2027
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Russia Signs Contract to Supply Four Mi-35M Attack Helicopters to Kazakhstan
May 29, 2018 @ 01:50 PMRussia and Kazakhstan have signed a new contract for the supply of four Mil Mi-35 transport and attack helicopters. "A new contract for four Mi-35 helicopters has been signed
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New Russian Quiet Sniper Rifle To Debut At Expo Army-2018
May 29, 2018 @ 11:52 AMRussia will showcase a new 12.7mm quiet sniper rifle derived from the MTs-116M gun for the first time at the Army-2018 arms exhibition in August
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New Russian Aerial Refueling Tanker To Begin Flight Tests In July
May 29, 2018 @ 11:12 AMRussias new aerial refueling tanker will likely undergo first flight tests in July, Ilyushin Aircraft Company First Deputy CEO Pavel Cherenkov said on Monday. "The Il-78M-90A aircraft built at the Ulyanovsk-based Aviastar-SP Aviation Enterprise is now undergoing its stage of ground trials that include, in particular, a check of its fuel system
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Russia Sets Afloat Large Amphibious Assault Ship
May 28, 2018 @ 11:27 AMRussias new large amphibious assault ship Pyotr Morgunov has been floated out at the Yantar Shipyard in Kaliningrad, the defense ministry announced on May 25. "The Project 11711 large amphibious assault ship is the newest development of Project 1171, under which the Yantar Shipyard built a series of 14 warships in the 1960s-1970s
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KRET To Showcase Helmet-mounted Display For ‘Night Hunter’ Helicopters At HeliRussia-2018
May 24, 2018 @ 09:54 AMConcern Radio-Electronic Technologies (KRET), part of State Corporation Rostec, will demonstrate helmet-mounted target designation and display gear for pilots of Mi-28NE ‘Night Hunter helicopters at the HeliRussia-2018 international helicopter exhibition starting on May 24 in Moscow. "The Group will show modern components of Mi-28NE ‘Night Hunter helicopters developed by the Ryazan-based State Instrument-Making Factory
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Russia’s Borei-class Nuclear Sub Test Fires Four Bulava Missiles
May 23, 2018 @ 10:37 AMRussias Borei-class strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky successfully test fired four Bulava intercontinental ballistic missiles from the White Sea, the press service of the Russian Northern Fleet said on Tuesday. "On May 22, the Project 955 Borei-class lead strategic nuclear submarine Yuri Dolgoruky made a successful test salvo launch of four Bulava ballistic missiles from the designated area in the White Sea to targets at the Kura range on the Kamchatka Peninsula," TASS quotes the press service statement as saying
Ukraine, Poland Sign Defense Deal on Ammunition, Vehicles, Artillery, Air Defense
Germany Orders Israeli PULS Rocket Launcher Artillery System
Germany Signs €3.1B Contract for Future Soldier Systems
Australia to Soon Receive 2 MQ-4C Triton Drones
Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
As the Russian Su-57 stealth fighter jet enters serial production, the debate over how it stacks up against the American...
NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
Recent NATO exercises such as the BALTOPS-24, Steadfast Defender 2024 and its first-ever Basic Fighter Maneuvers exercise have been its...
Precision in the Skies: The Evolution of Loitering Munitions
Loitering munitions - drones that hover over a target and blow up near it - have become the weapon of...
Is the Patriot Air Defense System Outdated?
After Israel revealed its decision to decommission its U