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Russia Displays Helicopter Carrier Model Similar To Mistral
June 19, 2015 @ 11:22 AMRussia has started working on a helicopter carrier similar to the stalled French Mistral and is expected to join the forces in 2018, Tass reported last week. Russia recently displayed the layout of the ship similar to the French Mistral amphibious assault ship at the Army 2015 forum
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Russian Kurganets-25 Armored Vehicle Production To Start In 2017
June 18, 2015 @ 01:57 PMRussian Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) along with Kurganets-25 tracked modular platforms serial production can be launched in 2017, Tass reported Tuesday. “Works on APCs, armored vehicles and armored recovery vehicles are underway
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US To Deploy 14 Ships In Japan
June 18, 2015 @ 09:48 AMThe US plans to send 14 ships to the Yokosuka base led by a Ronald Reagan Nimitz-class nuclear-powered super-carrier that is bound to arrive this autumn. The US has deployed a guided-missile cruiser, USS Chancellorsville equipped with Aegis Baseline 9 combat system on a permanent basis in Japan, Tass reported Thursday
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Russian Navy To Receive Eight Borei Subs, Six Yasen Subs By 2020
June 17, 2015 @ 09:04 AMRussian Navy will get eight Borei class and six multi-purpose Yasen submarines by 2020, Sevmash CEO Mikhail Budnichenko was quoted as saying by TASS on Tuesday. Budnichenko said on the sidelines of the Army-2015 military-technical forum that the frames of a seventh Yasen submarine and an eighth Borei, which are the last ones in the series, will be laid next year
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Russia, India In Dicussion For Modernizing Su-30MKI Fighter Jets
June 15, 2015 @ 02:06 PMRussia and India are in discussion on modernization of Su-30MKI fighter jet, deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Konstantin Biryulin told Russia's TASS news agency on Monday. The modernisation package includes onboard communication and data transfer systems, as well as radar equipment of Su-30MKI fighter jets
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Egypt Buying Russian S-300 Missile System: Israeli Intelligence
May 14, 2015 @ 01:26 PMA senior Israeli intelligence official confirmed on Wednesday that Egypt is buying the same advanced S-300 air defense system that Iran had bought from Russia. "I don't know what kind of threat Egypt looks at when they decide to buy it, but we do not see Egypt as the enemy
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Russia To Get Several Hundreds Of BMP-3 Combat Vehicles
May 13, 2015 @ 03:05 PMThe Russian Defense Ministry and “Tractor plants” concern have signed a contract for the supply of several hundred infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3, Tass reported Tuesday. "We have concluded a three-year contract with the Defense Ministry for supplying hundreds of BMP-3," Vice-president and co-owner of the concern Albert Bakov was quoted as saying by the agency
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Rosoboronexport Offers To Co-Develop Hovercraft With Turkey
May 8, 2015 @ 02:59 PMRussias arms exporter, Rosoboronexport has offered to collaborate with Turkey to create amphibious hovercraft for the Turkish Navy. Anatoly Aksyonov, the companys chief delegate was quoted as saying by Tass at the IDEF-2015 on Thursday, "We have been cooperating in the creation of smaller amphibious hovercraft, as well as the integration of combat systems of Russian manufacture with Turkish naval platforms"
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Russian Kurganets-25 Infantry Vehicle Serial Production To Begin In 2019
April 30, 2015 @ 04:13 PMSerial production of the infantry fighting vehicle of a new generation of “Kurganets-25″ is scheduled to begin in the 2019-2020 years, Deputy Chairman of the board of the Military-Industrial Commission, Oleg Bochkarev said on Monday. “Defense Ministry has signed state contracts with our vendors
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Russia May Resume BlackJack Supersonic Bomber Production
April 30, 2015 @ 01:04 PMRussia is likely to resume production of Tupolev Tu-160 (Blackjack) supersonic strategic bombers, Tass reported Wednesday. “It is necessary already today to start implementing tasks not only for keeping in good order and modernizing the fleet of long-range aviation but also for reproducing Tu-160 missile carriers,” Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu was quoted as saying by the agency during a visit to the Kazan plant
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Russian Su-57 and Chinese J-20 as Alternatives to the American F-35 Stealth Fighter
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NATO’s Intensified Exercises a Prep to Attack Russia?
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