Russia may speed up rearmament of Airborne Troops due to tense international situation
Russia may speed up rearmament and reorganization of its Airborne Forces over the tense international situation, Head of the State Duma Defense Committee Vladimir Shamanov said today. “No doubt, they all [plans] will be implemented. The situation may only expedite the implementation. But it can’t cancel the plans because everything was worked out precisely in the context of our forecasts, which, unfortunately, are coming true...
Putin to attend post-Soviet military bloc summit in Armenia
Russian President Vladimir Putin is due to take part in the session of the Collective Security Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in Armenia’s capital Yerevan today. The Council is scheduled to discuss a broad range of issues, including measures of fighting against terrorism and election of the organization’s new secretary general. The CSTO is a regional security group comprising six post-Soviet countries...
Russia’s new Pantsir-SM air defense system to roll off production lines in 2 years
The production of the first batch of Russia’s new Pantsir-SM air defense missile systems will begin in approximately two years, the General Director of the Shcheglovsky Val Defense Company (part of the Vysokotochnye Kompleksy Holding) Vladimir Popov told journalists on Friday. “The engineering design has been completed,” he said. “This year or early next year we will start the production of the test specimens.”...
Final check kicks off in all air units in Russia’s Western Military District
A final check has been kicked off in all aviation units in western Russia, Igor Muginov, a spokesman for Russia’s Western Military District, said on Monday. “All aviation units and groups of the Western Military District are subject to a final check for the 2016 academic year. The district’s command officers will joint special commissions to check the combat and mobilization readiness, piloting and teamwork skills of the air...
Lawmaker: military base in Tartus will elevate Russian militaries’ status
The opening of a Russian naval base in Tartus, a city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, will elevate the Russian militaries’ status in the region and improve the quality of implementation of combat tasks, Frants Klintsevich, the first deputy head of the Federation Council Committee for Defense and Security, told TASS on Monday. He believes that a legal solution on the naval base will make it possible to create all the necessary...
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