Contents tagged with Russian army
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Russia to include ‘readiness for war’ in its National Security Strategy
The Russian Security Council is preparing an updated National Security Strategy, which will replace the previous version adopted in December 2015.
The new document will take into account the changes in the military and political situation, the increase in military risks and military threats, Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev told Rossiyskaya Gazeta.
The updated strategy will note the "legitimacy of taking symmetrical and asymmetrical measures to counter and prevent unfriendly …
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Russia to spend another $290 billion on weapons production
The Russian state program of arms production, which started in 2007 and was extended in 2011 and 2018, is becoming indefinite in the post-Soviet history of Russia.
Having spent almost 22 trillion ($290 billion) rubles over ten years on the rearmament of the army, the Kremlin plans to keep the financing of the defense procurement at the same levels until 2035, Andrei Yelchaninov, the first deputy chairman of the Military-Industrial Commission of the Russian Federation, said in an interview with …
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Russia completes testing of new missile attack warning system
Russia has successfully completed tests of the new Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN), stated the general designer, the general director of the corporation Vympel, Sergey Boev, reports the TV channel of the Russian Defense Ministry, Zvezda.
"At the end of December 2020, we successfully completed the tests of the SPRN system in general, including the command center," he said.
According to Boev, the main task was to ensure the processing of information and its immediate transmission to …
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Russian military exercises in Far East end in disaster
The exercises of the Russian Defense Ministry, which are taking place on the border of the Jewish Autonomous Region and Khabarovsk Region in Russia’s Far East ended in tragedy.
In the Smidovich district, during the maneuvers of the railway troops, the bridge collapsed under a heavy load, TASS reported citing a source in the emergency services.
The press service of the Eastern Military District reported that two soldiers were injured in the incident.
TASS reports, citing its source, that 18 …
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Putin bans Russian military from disclosing their affiliation with Russian Army
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree prohibiting the Russian military from disclosing their affiliation with the Russian army on the Internet or social media.
The dissemination of such information will henceforth be considered a gross misconduct, TASS reports, citing the presidential decree published on the website of legal information.
According to the document amending the Disciplinary Charter of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation of 2007, military personnel will …
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Putin: No one should think of going to war with Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia is not going to fight with anyone.
"We are not going to fight with anyone, but we are creating such a situation in the defense, so that no one would think to fight with us," he said in an interview with TASS for the project "20 questions to Vladimir Putin".
Putin reminded that Russia is the seventh largest in the world in terms of military spending. The United States, China, Saudi Arabia, Great Britain, France and Japan are ahead in this …
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Russia upgrades early warning missile strike satellite group
The Russian Armed Forces have replaced the broken “Oko-1” missile strike early warning group of satellites with satellites from the “Kupol” system, according to a press briefing given by Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov to foreign military attachés on Wednesday.
The TASS news agency reports that, in his presentation, Gerasimov showed slides of the structure of Russia’s missile early warning system. A satellite was shown with the inscription “KA EKS Kupol” (Space Apparatus of the …
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Russia plans to protect Arctic with air defense dome
Commander in chief of the Russian Northern Fleet, vice-admiral Aleksandr Moiseyev, said in an interview with the newspaper of the Russian Defense Ministry Krasnaya Zvezda, that in the coming years anti-aircraft dome will be created over the Russian part of the Arctic. The project will be implemented after all military divisions in the region will receive the S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems.
"The Arctic will be protected from any means of enemy's air attack, including aircraft, cruise or …
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Two Russian soldiers to be fined nearly $500k for ‘runaway’ missile
The Russian soldiers Nikolay Zverev and Alexey Chebanov will have to pay the state treasury 31 million rubles (nearly $500,000), according to a ruling by the Crimean Garrison Military Court, which partially upheld a lawsuit by the Russian Defense Ministry. The court ruled that the defendants’ actions caused damage to the state, and found them guilty of breaking the rules for handling weaponry that poses a heightened risk to the surroundings (§1 Art. 349 Russian Criminal Code). Chebanov will …
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Russia to change its military doctrine
Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev said that Russia's national military doctrine might change after the concept of Russian Armed Forces construction and development is prepared, reports RIA Novosti.
"Considering the work [on the preparation of the concept of construction and development of the Armed Forces by the defense agencies], the Security Council of Russia will analyze and make proposals to the President [Putin] to make corrections in the military doctrine of …