Russian SU-30SM with R-73 short-range air-to-air missile
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Russian SU-30SM with R-73 short-range air-to-air missile. The Vympel R-73 (NATO reporting name AA-11 Archer) is a short-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel NPO that entered service in 1984. The R-73 is an infrared homing (heat-seeking) missile with a sensitive, cryogenic cooled seeker with a substantial “off-boresight” capability: the seeker can “see” targets up to […]
4 Russian warships launch 26 missiles against ISIS from Caspian sea
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Four Russian Navy warships have fired a total of 26 missiles at the position of the terrorist group Islamic State in Syria, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced. The missiles were fired from the Caspian Sea. The missile attacks came from Russia’s fleet in the Caspian Sea, near the northern coast of Iran. The precision […]
Russians make closest contact to date with U.S. war planes over Syria
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Russian aircraft had their closest run-in yet with American war planes over Syria. The yellow aircraft are Russian, the green are American. U.S. pilots flying F-16s out of Turkey first picked up the Russian planes on radar. The Russians closed to within 20 miles, at which point the American pilots could visually identify them on […]
Photo : Russian Defense Ministry Innovation day 2015
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The results of the research activities of the Russian Defense Ministry in 2015 will be presented at the Innovation Day to be held on Monday and Tuesday at the ministry’s exhibition center in Kubinka (near Moscow) and also in Rostov-on-Don, Yekaterinburg and Vladivostok, the ministry’s press service reported.
Russian BMP-3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle Converted To Unmanned Vehicles
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Russian BMP-3 Infantry Fighting Vehicle Converted To Unmanned Vehicles. The prototype of unmanned fighting vehicle was named «Udar» ( English: Strike). The «Udar» Unmanned Fighting Vehicle was displayed at the Russian Defense Ministry’s Innovation Day fair in Moscow. The new Unmanned Fighting Vehicle (UFV) based on upgraded version of BMP-3 is a vehicle that operates […]
In Syria Spotted «Krasuha-4» Russian Mobile Electronic Warfare Systems
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In Syria Spotted 1RL257E «Krasuha-4» Russian Mobile Electronic Warfare Systems at Russian airbase in Latakia, Syria. Mobile electronic warfare systems 1RL257E «Krasuha-4» suppress spy satellites, ground-based radars and airborne systems AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System). Complex “Krasuha-4” fully covers an object from radar detection at 150-300 kilometers, and may also cause damage to […]
Photo : Pantsir-S1 air defense system guarding the air base in Syria
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Pantsir-S1 air defense system guarding the air base in Latakia, Syria Pantsir-S1 (NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound) is a combined short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system produced by KBP of Tula, Russia. The system is a further development of SA-19/SA-N-11 and represents the latest air defence technology by using phased […]
Russian Navy Positions Itself Off the Coast of Latakia
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The Russian Air Force is busy carrying out numerous airstrikes around Syria, leaving certain areas vulnerable to attacks from the Islamist rebels of both the Syrian Al-Qaeda group “Jabhat Al-Nusra” and the Islamic State of Iraq and Al-Sham (ISIS); this has created the need for the Russian Navy to intervene in this Syrian Conflict for […]
Photo report from inside the al-Hamim Russian military air base in Syria
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Photo report from inside the al-Hamim Russian military air base in Syria
Photo of Russian Air Force Su-30SM covered airstrikes in eastern Aleppo
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Russian Air Force Su-30SM covered airstrikes in eastern Aleppo. Su-30SM fighters were reportedly delivered to the al-Assad International Airport in Latakia, Syria in September 2015. The Su-30SM – specialised version of the thrust-vectoring Su-30MKI and MKM variants for the Russian military, produced by the Irkut Corporation. Russia’s Defence Ministry was impressed with the MKI’s performance […]