The improved version of Russian Mi-28NM attack helicopter was spotted at Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant. The Russian Helicopters company produced the first prototype of the improved helicopter in 2015. According to the company’s report, helicopter tests will be carried out during 2016, and then the Russian Defense Ministry will receive the first delivery. Mi-28NM has…
The batch of 10 armored vehicles “Dozor-B” was manufactured and successfully accepted by military representative offices of Kharkiv and Lviv. The event took place at UkrobOronProm SE “Kharkiv Morozov Machine-Building Design Bureau”, according to UkrobOronProm director general Roman Romanov. “We have included all customer requirements – the vehicles have successfully accomplished acceptance tests and are…
The Guards missile cruiser Varyag, the flagship of the Russian Pacific Fleet, has returned to Vladivostok port after a nine-month voyage during which it has been involved in the Indra Navy naval exercises in the Bay of Bengal and provided air defense cover to Russia’s Hmeymim airbase in Syria, the press service of the Primorsky…
The first batch of missiles of the S-300PMU2 has arrived in Iran. These systems will reinforce the air defense of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Iran plans to place the air defense systems it has received from Russia on combat alert until the end of the current Iranian year ending on March 20, 2017. It…
The naval version of the Tor antiaircraft missile system may be developed in 2018-2019 and the Russian Navy command shows interest in this project, the press office of Almaz-Antey manufacturer said at the KADEX-2016 international weapons exhibition. The Russian Navy is considering the possibility of creating the naval version of the Tor antiaircraft missile system…
The Russian Defense Ministry will receive 7 modernized Tu-95MS strategic cruise missile carriers, Tupolev PJSC director general Alexander Konyukhov said. The ministry has already received the first Tu-95MS aircraft, which had been modernized in accordance with the state requirements and technical documentation, according to Konyukhov. “In accordance with conditions of state contracts, the Russian Defense…
According to the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the country’s armed forces received a number of new weapon systems in the second quarter of 2016. The upgrades include an Iskander-M brigade, an S-400 missile defense system regiment and over 90 aircraft. “Over the last three months, the armed forces have received a brigade set of…