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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 |
Russia’s new Su-35 Flanker multirole fighter aircraft completed its first demonstration flight on Monday. In six-minute flight, it performed a number of maneuvers. Chief of Air Force Colonel General Alexander Zelin attended the event. The Su-35 prototype made its maiden flight on February 18.
“We have a large number of orders for this aircraft. Deliveries will be made both for the Russian Air Force and foreign clients… We will start deliveries in 2011,” Chief of Sukhoi, Mikhail Pogosyan said.
“We plan to train two to three regiments to fly the Su-35 aircraft,” Russia’s Air Force commander Alexander Zelin said.
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 |
On September 9, 1952 a memorandum was signed marking the beginning of work on creation of the first Soviet domestic submarine with the main atomic power plant. The Malakhit Design Bureau was restructured for the venture. VN Peregudov, one of the leading specialists in underwater shipbuilding was appointed head of works. The task of building the nuclear reactor was given to an academician GA Gasanov. Soviet Union drew in the best designers and researchers the country for the fundamentally new design of the submarine.
The development and funding of the project, which was assigned the number 627, was entrusted the Ministry of medium machine building. Meanwhile, the Navy General Staff has begun the selection and training of the crew for a new boat. The captain appointed was Leonid Ossipenko, and the senior assistant assigned was Lev Zviltsov, who was tasked to assemble the first crew.
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Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 |
For the first time French fighter jets Mirage-2000 based at the airbase Keflavik (Iceland) accompanied 2 TU-95’s for about an hour and a half. On June 9, Russians had scheduled flight for the air patrolling above the Arctic with 2 Tu-95’s, when the incident happened.
According to Ministry of Defense of France, two Mirage-2000’s took off from Keflavika after the NATO air operations radar Centre recorded two unidentified objects, close to Iceland.
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Friday, June 27th, 2008 |
The combat capabilities of aircraft Yak-130 will be increased and after the completion of the program of state joint testing (GSI), said commander-in-chief of Russian Air Force Colonel General Alexander Zelin. After the completion of current flight tests, the YAK-130 will be flight tested in the next phase for the growth of the combat capabilities of aircraft the Air Force chief said.
As per the new equipment projection of Russia for the period until 2020, it is also planned to improve the combat training potential of Yak-130 by new modifications. Series production Yak-130 and its varients are planned for the period after 2015”, said the Russian Air Cheif.
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 |
Within the framework of his visit to Russia, the military delegation of the Indian armed forces headed by the chief of Army staff General Deepak Kapoor, met with Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces Colonel-General Aleksey Maslov. They discussed on military cooperation, as well as problems and prospects of building and development of the land forces of both nations.
In particular, the Russian Army chief decided to regularly exchange experience in the training of mountain warfare units. Already this year it has been planned to send ten soldiers from the Russian motorized infantry brigades (mountain) highland training centre for training in mountain-infantry units of India (Jammu and Kashmir). Russian and Indian generals discussed the possibility of a joint Russian-Indian Army exercises on peacekeeping under UN auspices, exchanged views on the problems of Russian weapons and military equipment, in use with Indian Army.
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008 |
In North-Caucasian military district on a mountain range Darya, the third and final stage of trial of the new 82- mm mortar system has begun. The trial is managed by the Deputy Chief of Army Lieutenant-General Valery Evnevich.
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 |
During this summer, the Russian Navy is going to increase its training activities not only in Atlantic, but also on the Pacific Ocean said the head of training and service of the Russian Armed Forces troops, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Shamanov.
He also said that the increase in training will be for the forces of Northern submarine fleet. He was talking to journalists during a meeting in the press club.
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Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 |
The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) has concluded in a report that a Georgian reconnaissance drone aircraft that crashed in Abkhazia last month was shot down by the Russian air force.
UNOMIG carried out an investigation after receiving a report on the downing of an unmanned surveillance aircraft on 20 April, and brought together a team of specialists who examined eyewitness, radar and video evidence to establish what had happened, concluding that the drone had been downed by a Russian fighter jet.
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 |
Yesterday, May 21, two Tu-95MS from the Engels airbase (Saratov region) took off for a 18 hour flight on air patrols over the waters of the Arctic and Atlantic oceans. The TU-95 MS refueled in the airfrom two air tankers Il-78 from the airbase Diagilevo (Ryazan).
In the course of the patrol the strategic rocket carriers were accompanied by the F -16, Tornado and Typhoon fighters from NATO, including in the course of refueling. The NATO fighters accompanied strategic rocket carriers Tu-95 MS more than 3 hours.
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Monday, May 5th, 2008 |
Tu-160 (NATO classification - Black Jack) with advanced combat capabilities was received by the Strategic Air Force Aviation, Russia. It differs from previous series of TU-160’s with extended combat capability and advanced equipment. Tu-160 is equipped with modern on-board digital computers, new avionics, which allow maximum use in order to address combat mission information received from space satellites. In addition, the new aircraft can use bombs and not just missile armament.
The plane was named Vitaly Kopylova, who headed the Kazan airline from 1973 to 1993. First flight on a new serial Tu-160 carried on 28 December 2007.
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Saturday, April 12th, 2008 |
Army Commander Alexander Belevich announced today that the 16th air force regiment of the Russian air force will receive Su-34 aircraft by 2008 end.
Multipurpose aircraft Su-34 are in series production in Novosibirsk aircraft factory, which is a part of “Sukhoi” holding. Russia claims that the Su-34 regardless of the time of day and weather can effectively engage in any geographic area, i.e, ground, sea and aerial targets with the application of entire nomenclature of aircraft ammunition, including of high-precision.
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