A flurry of construction is underway that could help Russia’s faltering MiG aircraft manufacturer. But a lingering question remains: who is purchasing the expected 46 new MiG-29M fighter jets? There has been no official confirmation about who has signed the jet deal for a contract that has been estimated to be worth $2 billion. Hints…
Artillery units of the integrated combined arms force of Russia’s Eastern Military District stationed in the Trans-Baikal Territory were alerted on Wednesday to march for drills to the Tsugol range, the district spokesman Colonel Alexander Gordeyev said. “Some 500 troops and 100 units of armaments and military equipment covered a distance of more than 100…
Russia’s Su-35 multirole fighter jet can be touted as the best dogfighter in history, according to military expert Sebastien Roblin. In his article, published by the US magazine National Interest, military expert Sebastien Roblin gave kudos to the Russian Sukhoi Su-35 (Flanker-E) super-maneuverable multirole fighter jet, which he said may be a “deadly adversary” to…
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…