The new weapon of choice for Russia's military is the fourth-generation Kalashnikov rifle, known as the 100 Series. Slightly smaller, it is more balanced and more sophisticated overall. The easiest way to identify these models is by the plastic handguard and black club.
Kalashnik-off: Army rejects legendary rifle — RT
Russia Conducts Missile Interceptor Trial | Global Security Newswire | NTI
Russia on Tuesday conducted a trial flight of a short-range missile interceptor, ITAR-Tass reported (see GSN , Oct. 30, 2007). The test launch occurred just after noon Moscow time at the Sary-Shagan weapons range in Kazakhstan, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. The Russian strategic missile forces conducted the test in cooperation with military-space defense troops and defense industry officials. LinkedIn "The purpose of the launch is to confirm the tactical and technical performance characteristics of interceptor missiles of the missile defense system, which are in service with Russia's military-space defense," according to the ministry ( ITAR-Tass , Dec. 20).
Le porte-avions de la Fédération de Russie, l'Amiral Kuznetsov en 2007 au large de la Norvège et de l'une des plateformes exploitant les gisements pétroliers d'Oslo. Le porte-avions Russe, l'Amiral Kuznetsov (projet 1143.5) a normalement levé l'ancre dans le port de Mourmansk le 13 novembre 2011. C'est en tout cas ce que nous rapportait le site Le Portail des Forces Navales de la Fédération de Russie. Le 29 septembre, il était donc encore prévu que le grand navire russe mène une campagne de remise à niveau opérationnel de son groupe aérien embarqué (huit Su-33, plusieurs Mig-29K et deux hélicoptères Ka-27 de lutte ASM) pendant une semaine en mer de Barrents. La fin de cette première campagne d'essais était alors annoncé pou le 19 novembre, jour où le groupe aéronaval devait prendre corps avec l'adjonction de l'Amiral Chabanenko, destroyer de lutte ASM (projet 1155.1 Fregat M, Udaloy II dans la classification OTAN) au porte-avions.
A quelle date arrivera le Groupe aéronaval Russe en Syrie ? - Le Fauteuil de Colbert
Global Security Newswire - Gates Aims to Ease Russian Concerns Over Missile Shield
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday touched down in Russia, where he was expected to make another effort to assuage the Kremlin's concerns about a planned European missile shield, the Associated Press reported (see GSN , March 18). Under the Obama administration's plan for NATO missile defense, land- and sea-based Standard Missile 3 interceptors with increasingly advanced capabilities would be gradually deployed around Europe as a hedge against potential missile attacks from the Middle East. LinkedIn While Moscow is less opposed to the Obama plan than an earlier Bush-era proposal to field 10 long-range missile interceptors in neighboring Poland, the Kremlin continues to suspect the United States of secretly planning to undercut Russia's strategic forces. The first phase of the Obama plan is now under way with the deployment to the Mediterranean of a guided missile carrier outfitted with an advanced missile tracking radar (see GSN , March 2).
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But that, of course, was before the Duma had a chance to listen to the discussion in the U.S. Senate or to read the Senate resolution of ratification . Even though the Senate did not change the text of the treaty, the ratification resolution includes some understanding and conditions that Russia is concerned could affect the meaning of some of the treaty provisions.
Duma sets its own understandings of New START - Blog - Russian strategic nuclear forces
Global Security Newswire - Next Bulava Launch Scheduled for Summer
Russia would keep the land-based Topol-M missile on active duty for 20 years or longer, he said, adding the Defense Ministry would produce analyses necessary for the weapon's life extension ( Xinhua News Agency , Jan. 27). "It would be nonsense to say that the Bulava could be used by ground-based systems in its present form. No one is speaking about such an option," Solomonov said. Still, the Bulava missile's current design is not suitable for deployment on land, he said. "Approximately half of what was realized in the Bulava was applied to the RS-24 Yars missile as well," according to Solomonov. Advancements gained in the Bulava missile's development has benefited work on land-based strategic delivery systems, the expert said.
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Popular Russian journalist and blogger Alexei Navalny has created a whistleblowing website to document corruption in Russia. The site, which is currently only operating in testing mode at rospil.info, allows users to publish any information they have detailing corrupt practices in Russia, and discuss the material online. The site is modeled on the WikiLeaks website, which hit the headlines last week after if began releasing more than 250,000 confidential U.S. diplomatic cables. Experts said the Russian whistleblowing website may prove to be a good resource for tackling corruption, especially since Navalny is already a popular public figure. Navalny, who is a minority shareholder in a number of large Russian companies, has made consistent calls for greater transparency in Russian business practices.
Russian blogger creates Wikileaks-style anticorruption site | Russia | RIA Novosti
Russian Missiles Fuel U.S. Worries - WSJ.com
The U.S. believes Russia has moved short-range tactical nuclear warheads to facilities near North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies as recently as this spring, U.S. officials say, adding to questions in Congress about Russian compliance with long-standing pledges ahead of a possible vote on a new arms-control treaty. The U.S. believes Russia has moved tactical nuclear weapons closer to its border with NATO countries in Europe, adding a hurdle to President Obama's efforts to get the new START treaty ratified. Adam Entous discusses. Also, Aaron Lucchetti discusses a new report saying Wall Street pay practices are now worse off and less performance-based than before the financial crisis.
Russia's sixth chemical agent destruction plant is to be brought online at the end of the month in the Bryansk region, where the nation's biggest chemical weapons stockpile is housed at Pochep, Interfax reported yesterday (see GSN , Nov. 8). "The Pochep facility is meant to play an important role in Russia's completion of the fourth stage of its international obligations under the [Chemical Weapons Convention]," read a statement from the Federal Directorate for Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons. LinkedIn "The facility construction is a bright example of international cooperation," the statement said. Facebook
Russia to Open Sixth Chemical Agent Disposal Plant
It is curious that while the Russian media were writing about the American scandal, predicting the coalition's imminent demise, quite unremarked was another episode bearing a direct relation to Russia -- another leak. That leak involved the FSB (Federal Security Service) documents, orders and reports stamped top secret, that were published at lubyanskayapravda.com this June. Not only was this the first case of a leak of FSB documents to the Internet over the last ten years (there was one episode when the Georgian special services published the "tally sheet" of a local politician, but the scan of this document looked dubious enough that it attracted almost no attention). Moreover, if in the WikiLeaks case the authors of the dispatches were the junior command, then included on lubyanskayapravda.com were reports prepared by the special services' leadership, including the top man.
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WikiLeaks ready to drop a bombshell on Russia. But will Russians get to read about it? - CSMonitor.com
The Kremlin had better brace itself for a coming wave of WikiLeaks disclosures about Russia , the website's founder, Julian Assange , told a leading Moscow newspaper Tuesday. Skip to next paragraph "We have [compromising materials] about Russia , about your government and businessmen," Mr. Assange told the pro-government daily Izvestia.
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