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Putin Signs Law Which Cuts Russia's Participation In INF Treaty

July 4, 2019 @ 12:52 PM

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a new law that axes Moscows participation in the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty signed between the US and Russia in 1987 to avoid a repeat of incidents such as the ‘Cuban Missile Scare. The law, which was backed by parliament was published on the government portal for legal information on July 3, Repors Radio Free Europe
US Awards Lockheed $348M for F-35 Tooling, Test Support

July 3, 2019 @ 06:51 AM

Lockheed Martin has won a $348 million modification contract for production non-recurring, special tooling and special test equipment in support of initial production Lot 12 F-35 Lightning II aircraft for the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, non-US Department of Defense (DoD) partners and foreign military sales (FMS) customers. The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is a family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather, stealth, fifth-generation, multirole combat aircraft
Russian Mini-Submarine in which 14 Sailors were Killed, Believed to be Nuclear

July 3, 2019 @ 06:19 AM

A fire broke out in a Russian mini-submarine near the Barents Sea killing 14 sailors on July 1, according to a statement from the Ministry of Defense in Moscow. Reuters quoted Per Strand, a director at the Norwegian Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority as saying that his agency "made checks" and was "not monitoring too high radiation levels in the area" where the accident took place, suggesting that the vessel is nuclear-powered
Russia Orders 76 Su-57 Stealth Jets

June 28, 2019 @ 11:19 AM

Russia has placed an order for 76 Su-57 multi-role, stealth-capable, fifth-generation fighters at the ongoing Army 2019 event in the capital, Moscow. “Weve ordered 76 Sukhoi Su-57 fighters
Russian Navy To Get 2 New Yasen-M Nuclear-Powered Submarines

June 28, 2019 @ 10:49 AM

Moscow has inked a deal for 2 new Yasen-M multipurpose nuclear-powered, cruise missile submarine for its navy at the Army-2019 event held in the capital between June 25-30, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said Thursday. "Today we have signed a number of large-scale deals
India's $14.4B Nuclear-Powered Sub Project Kicks Off

June 26, 2019 @ 05:15 AM

India's $14.4 billion (INR 1 lakh Crore) project to build six indigenous nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs) for its navy has kicked off after the government green signaled the project four years ago, with work on special alloy meant for the hull having begun
Russia’s Conventional Alternative To Planned Nuclear-Powered Carrier Will Be Better Than UK’s...

June 25, 2019 @ 10:51 AM

Russias Krylov State Scientific Center will unveil the model of a new aircraft carrier with a conventional propulsion unit, touted to be better than UKs Queen Elizabeth carrier, as an alternative to the Moscows planned nuclear-powered carrier, at the Army-2019 event held between June 25-30. "This year, we will demonstrate a full-fledged aircraft carrier featuring a gas turbine unit with a displacement of about 60,000 tonnes
US Launches Retaliatory Cyber Attack Against Iran

June 22, 2019 @ 08:14 AM

The United States Cyber Command launched a retaliatory cyber-attack against an Iranian intelligence group on Thursday, who are allegedly responsible for bombing oil tankers on May 12 off the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the Gulf of Oman. A report published by Yahoo News stated that an undisclosed intelligence group tied to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reportedly “hacked” into US marine traffic tracking websites
Will Return To INF Treaty If US Fulfils Obligations, But Washington Deploying...

June 19, 2019 @ 08:05 AM

Russia is ready to return to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty provided the US follows the statuettes of the treaty, but Romania is now home to Washingtons Missile system, Leonid Slutsky, Chairman of the Russian State Dumas International Affairs Committee said Tuesday. “The missile systems placed in Romania by the US can be easily modified to launch surface-to-surface missiles of intermediate and smaller range," Slutsky told TASS
Russia's Next Aircraft Carrier to be Nuclear Powered

June 13, 2019 @ 03:58 PM

Russia has begun working on its next aircraft carrier which is to be powered by nuclear energy, a source from the country's defense ministry said Wednesday. "The Statement Of Objectives (SOO) on the new aircraft carrier is now being created and has not yet been sent to the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC)," the source told TASS

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