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Russia Working On Airborne Robotized Multiple Launch Rocket System
March 30, 2018 @ 03:05 PMRussia is working on development of new multiple launch rocket system which will be incorporating robotic remote control elements to strike both land and air targets, the head of Tecmash Research and Production Group told TASS. "We are setting the aim of creating a system capable of hitting both ground and air targets
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Russia’s New RS-28 Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile To Be Operational In 2021: TASS
March 29, 2018 @ 02:28 PMRussias newest silo-based inter-continental ballistic missile Sarmat, or RS-28, is expected to go operational in the Uzhur-based strategic missile force division in 2021, a source in the defense-industrial complex told TASS. "Under the government-run program for armaments extending till 2027, Sarmat is to be produced serially starting from 2020
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Russia Signs Contract with Uzbekistan to Deliver 10 Mi-35 Helicopters
March 29, 2018 @ 12:53 PMUzbekistan has signed a contract to purchase 10 Russian-built Mi-35 helicopters, deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Vladimir Drozhzhov told TASS at the ArmHiTec exhibition on Thursday. "Weve got a delivery contract for Mi-35 helicopters signed in accordance with the agreements
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Russia to Replace Tu-160 Strategic Bomber Fleet With New Aircraft, Upgrades
March 22, 2018 @ 11:11 AMRussia will replace existing Tu-160 strategic bomber fleet will all-new versions of the aircraft besides upgrading operational aircraft to the level of new planes. "We are going to purchase the entire fleet of our strategic Tu-160 bombers in their new version and carry out heavy upgrade of operational aircraft where only the fuselage will remain while all the onboard radio-electronic equipment and engines will be replaced
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Russia’s New Avangard Hypersonic Missile System To Enter Service By 2019
March 16, 2018 @ 01:06 PMRussia's most advanced Avangard hypersonic missile system could come into service by 2019, a source in the Russian defense sector told TASS on Thursday. The source said: “After the first series of glide vehicles is produced and a controlling launch of a missile with this armament is carried out successfully, the Avangard complex may be accepted for service already in late 2018
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Kazakhstan Plans to Buy Additional Su-30SM Aircraft
March 13, 2018 @ 12:24 PMKazakhstans Ministry of Defence (MoD) is planning to procure additional Sukhoi Su-30SM multirole fighter aircraft from Russia, according to a March 6 report by Russian news agency TASS. Kazakhstan Armed Forces signed an agreement for first batch of the Su-30SM in 2015
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Russian Troops To Get Modernized Attack Helicopters In 2018
March 7, 2018 @ 10:01 AMThe delivery of Russias upgraded version of Mi-28NE Night Hunter attack helicopter is on schedule and will reportedly be handed over to the Russian defense ministry by 2018 end, the head of Russian Helicopters confirms to TASS. The Ministry of Defence of Russia ordered two improved variants of Mi-28NM attack helicopters last year, which will feature an innovative helmet-mounted target designation and display system as part of its onboard radar equipment
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Russian Military Transport Crashes in Syria, 39 Killed
March 7, 2018 @ 07:49 AMA Russian Antonov An-26 Russian transport plane crashed while trying to land at Hmeymim airbase in northwest Syria killing 33 passengers and six crew members. According to preliminary data, an Antonov An-26 transport aircraft hit the ground 500 meters from Hmeymim airfield during its landing approach at around 15:00 Moscow time on March 6,
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Russia's Weapons Export Order-book Stands at US$45 Billion
March 6, 2018 @ 02:18 PMThe order-book of Russian arms exports stands at US$45 billion with $15 billion new orders singed at the end of 2017 which was double that of the previous year. Russian President Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying by TASS at a meeting of the commission on military-technical cooperation: "The export of military hardware has grown for a third year in a row to more than $15 billion
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Russia’s New Lebedev Pistol To Enter Serial Production
March 6, 2018 @ 12:23 PMRussias most advanced PL-14 handgun or Lebedev pistol will soon enter serial production, the head of Izhevsk Mechanical Factory, part of the Kalashnikov Group firearms manufacturer, said. Factory Managing Director Alexander Gvozdik was quoted as saying by TASS at a presentation of the enterprises investment program on Monday: "The serial production of the Lebedev pistol will start in the short term"
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