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Russia may export 232 new multi-role fighters worth over $10 billion in 2010-2013, a Russian think tank reported on Monday.
“A total of 821 fighter jets worth $53.3 billion will be sold on world markets in …
The South Korean Navy on Thursday started large-scale anti-submarine drills in the Yellow Sea as part of measures to counter any further attacks by North Korea, the Xinhua news agency reported.
According to Xinhua, the exercises …
Flagships of three Russian fleets have united in Russia’s Far East for the large-scale naval exercises in the Sea of Japan in June, a Pacific Fleet spokesman said on Wednesday.
The flagship of the Black Sea …
Troops in the Russian Far East have not been put on high alert following the brewing crisis between North and South Korea, several military officials said on Wednesday.
“We have not received any orders from Moscow …
Russia will resume on May 28 a search for the bodies of the crew members of a Tu-142M3 maritime reconnaissance plane that crashed in the Tartar Strait in November 2009, a Pacific Fleet spokesman said …
A new state arms procurement program for 2011-2020 will be adopted by the Russian government and signed by the president this fall, a deputy prime minister said on Tuesday.
“The deadline is the third quarter of …
The official results of a probe into the latest failure of Russia’s ill-fated Bulava ballistic missile are ready and have been sent to the government for review, a defense industry source said on Tuesday.
The latest …
State tests of the new model of Kalashnikov automatic rifles will be held in Russia next year, Izhmash Director General Vladimir Grodetsky said on Tuesday.
The new model of the legendary assault rifle, the AK-200, is …
An ammunition plant being built by Russia in Venezuela will have the capacity to produce over 50 million rounds for Kalashnikov assault rifles per year, a Russian defense industry official said on Tuesday.
The Urals-based Izhevsk …
Тhe flagship of the Black Sea fleet, the Moskva missile cruiser, arrived to Vladivostok on Wednesday to take part in large-scale military exercises in the Sea of Japan.
The Moskva will join the flagships of the …
The Russian Baltic Fleet’s amphibious assault landing ship RFS Kaliningrad set out on Monday for the Baltic and North seas, where it will hold military training, a spokesman for the Baltic Fleet said.
“Today, the amphibious …
Russian shipyards are ready to build Mistral class helicopter carriers whenever they receive orders from the military, industry officials said on Monday.
Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said earlier on Monday that Russia had reached the …
Russia has postponed test launches of the troubled Bulava ballistic missile until November this year, the Russian defense minister said on Friday.
The latest launch of the missile, which Russia hopes will be a key element …
Russia will launch in July the licensed production of thermal imagers developed by a French firm as part of efforts to gain access to advanced foreign technologies, a Russian daily said on Friday.
A plant in …
Indonesia and China have agreed to continue cooperation in training pilots for Russian-made Su-family fighters in service with the Indonesian air force, the Antara news agency said on Friday.
The agreement was reached during the current …
Russia’s Marshal Shaposhikov destroyer will escort a convoy of five commercial ships through pirate-infested waters off the Somali coast, the Defense Ministry said on Tuesday.
“The convoy will consist of five vessels and the Russian warship …
