Iran Aircraft Manufacturing Industrial Company HESA in Shahin Shahr aircraft plant on announced plans to begin development of An-140 light cargo planes. The Antonov Ir.An-140T is a light military transport aircraft developed on the basis of the An-140-100 turboprop airliner. The Ir.An-140T features a rear ramp for loading/unloading of cargo and personnel. Earlier Russia has […]

Russia will deliver new batch of Sukhoi Su-30MK2V fighter aircraft under a recent contract 2013 worth about $600 million. United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) will deliver 4 Su-30MK2 fighters to Vietnam. Two Su-30MK2 jets manufactured by Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant will be delivered to the air forces of Vietnam in November and two more ones – in […]

PHOTO: Newly Modernized Russian MiG-31BSM #57 RF-95477 #62 RF-92386 #34 RF-95451 #38 RF-95452 naval-flanker.livejournal.com

Samples of the up-to-date surface to air missile systems Tor-М2E, Tor-М2К and Tor-М2КМ will be represented at the International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition (Air show China – 2014) which takes place from November 11-16, 2014 in Zhuhai, China. The exhibition has taken place once per two years since 1996. In 2012 over 650 companies from […]

The presence of two Il-78M Midas tankers in Egypt fuels theories about past and future Russian Air Force missions across the world. A photo taken at Cairo International airport on Oct. 29 proves the Russian have deployed two Il-78M Midas tankers to Egypt. The reason behind their presence in North Africa is still unclear. There […]

In the International exhibition of armaments and military equipment INDO DEFENCE EXPO & FORUM 2014 Izhevsk Electro Mechanical Plant KUPOL, JSC will present the up-to-date short range surface-to-air missile systems Tor-M2E, Tor-M2K and Tor-M2KM. INDO DEFENCE EXPO & FORUM 2014 – is the 6-th exhibition of armaments and military equipment of three armed forces of […]

Given the foreign policy shifts of recent years and new national security priorities, the Russian Armed Forces now have a totally new set of objectives that could be broken down into the following four major dimensions: deterring the military and political threats to the security or interests of the Russian Federation Supporting economic and political interests […]

India first customer of short-range airdefence system «Sosna».  New Air defense missile system “Sosna”  is intended to protect against all types of air threats including high-precision weapons e.g. cruise missiles and guided aircraft missiles in the area of the system responsibility: in range – up to 10 km, in altitude – up to 5 km Structure principles […]

PHOTO: Vehicles for Airdefense Missile System «Antey-2500» Egypt armed force  at Kirov Plant (c) www.fontanka.ru  

The Iraqi army have used the Russian anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system Kornet for the first time, destroying five Islamic State (IS) armored vehicles in the central province of Diyala, Alsumaria TV channel reported on Monday. “The Russian anti-tank system was first used by the Iraqi army … in the province of Diyala [50 kilometers east of […]