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Russian Armed Forces Gallery And Discussion Thread
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Russia to produce new MiG-29M/M2
Sat, 31 May 2008 03:36:00
The Sokol aircraft plant based in Nizhny Novgorod in central Russia is launching the production of the MiG-29M/M2 Fulcrum fighter plane.
The company's general director, Mikhail Shibayev made the statement on Friday. He added that the first aircraft to be produced was scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 2010.
MiG's general director Anatoly Belov said the new aircraft would use the most advanced technology, namely the Zhuk-M onboard radar and cutting-edge avionics, RIA Novosti reported.
The aircraft is able to detect air targets at ranges of up to 120 km and has the potential to attack four targets simultaneously.
Belov also said that the aircraft would be sold both at home and abroad, adding that the company had already received an order for the aircraft from an anonymous foreign customer.
SM/HAR
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The Russian BCVGN(X)
Back in early April, Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky discussed some of the intentions behind the aviation ship project Russia will begin designing this year. Last week he confirmed several of those details, and also added that as design begins this year, construction will begin around the 2012 time frame.
As observers of the Russian Navy, we are curious of Russian ambitions to develop aviation ships, and have been researching all comments that might tip off what Russia is thinking. The following translation is by me, so it may not be perfect, but babblefish is stupid. This comment by Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky back on April 4th specifically caught our attention.
"these will be brand new ships that will carry existing aircraft, but also unmanned flying vehicles and technologies for influence towards space."
We found another discussion translated from an ITAR-TASS article from April 4th of a similar comment.
"these will be the fundamentally new ships, on which, besides usual aircraft, unmanned flying vehicles will be based, and there will also be serious strings to space".
However you want to translate Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky's comments, the last part of his discussion in April with the "space" aspect is the key clue in our opinion.
News agencies have translated the Russian aviation ship discussion as aircraft carriers, but we want to highlight the accurate translation is in fact aviation capable ships, the same words used to describe the Kiev class 20 years ago. The aviation capable ships Russia has suggested they will build have been estimated at 50,000 tons each, support for around 30 planes, helicopters, and UAVs, and it will be nuclear powered.
In following some of the discussions that have come from Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky's comments in April, we are starting to think Russia is planning to build a hybrid ship that crosses a nuclear powered ballistic missile battlecruiser and an aircraft carrier. A 50,000 Kiev II class perhaps?
It will be interesting to see more discussions on this aviation ship topic as the Russian design effort begins. If indeed the Russians are crossing a BMD cruiser and an aircraft carrier, we are observing a trend worth noting as nations look to the future.
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П-7 (P-7) Helmet
The helmets are made of a ballistic-fabric-based (TSVM, Kevlar etc.) composite with a special film binder.
The production method enables production of helmets with any desired shape and protection level:
- against standard fragments up to V50=540-600 m/s;
- against bullets: Protection Level I (GOST R 50744-95 Russian standard) or Protection Level IIA (NIJ-STD-0106.01).
Weight: 0.9-1.6 kg.
The suspension system ensures shock protection up to 50 J.
Sources : http://niistali.ru/pr_secure/shlem_en.htm
[ Last edited by HangPC2 at 23-8-2008 03:40 PM ] |
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Tough looking Russian soldier ready for some action. Kursk
A decorated german soldier stares at the camera after being captured at Kursk
Ran across another photo of Dr.Ljalkova while researching her sniper rifle, the semi-auto STV-40, and thought I'd post it.
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This poor animals were attached with magnetic mines in the back,starved and trained to look for food below tanks, this tactic was usedwidely in the first 2 years of the russian campaign and caused quite afew casualties amongst the panzers. Very much doubt the dogs considerus to be their best friends!!!
A shock to the Germans was the apperance of Russian women in the battlefield fighting alongside the men.
This picture really shows the katyushas power.Russia 1941
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Russian operator in the destroyed Budapest 1945
Staff reload a katyusha under the siege of Budapest 1945
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The andvancing Red Army troops left the Hungarian border 1944
Katyushas(axis called:Stalin Organ) keep under heavy fire the surrounded Budapest 1944 Winter
german POW's being hung in Russia
A U.S. built M3 lend lease tank on the move in Russia.
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Russian soldier fires a captured German panzerfaust at night
Three Russian soldiers proudly wear their medals
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45mm m-37
Maxim
A Russian soldier fires his gun while standing on a comrade's back.
A famous russian staged photo of soviet ground-attack aircrafts flyingover the Reichstag building. In the fore ground a russian tank. Thefightingss in the basements of the building went on for even two daysafter the soviet flag was hoist on the top of the building. (ftg)
Russian soldiers armed with a PTRS-41 anti-tank rifle cover the advance of T-34/76 tanks with mounted infantry. (ftg)
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A russian anti-tank gun covers an infantry attack. (ftg)
Soviet propaganda slogan: 'One of two german soldiers got the Iron Cross. One of two russian soldiers got a mortar."
Reenactment Bratislava Slowakia
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Russian Army gets new drones
Sep. 05, 2008
The Vega Radio Engineering Corp. has begun delivery of Tipchak unpiloted recognizance complexes to the Russian armed forces, Vega general director Vladimir Verba told Interfax. The first complex will be on duty this year and may be used in “hot spots.”
The Tipchak complex was developed by the Luch Design Bureau in Rybinsk. It is intended for recognizance at any time of day with the goal of the discovery, recognition determination of the coordinates of a target in real time within a range of 40 km. from its launch point.
Every complex consists of six drones, a transport and launch vehicle, antenna, guidance apparatus and maintenance equipment. The drone is launched by a pneumatic catapult and lands with the use of a parachute. The 50-kg. unit has a piston that is able to propel it at speeds up to 55 km. per hour. It is capable of flights lasting up to two hours. It carries a high-resolution camera that working in normal and infrared light.
Sources : http://www.kommersant.com
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26/09/2008
Russian Navy deploys ships to Venezuela
A Russian Navy squadron set off for Venezuela Monday in adeployment of Russian military power to the Western Hemisphereunprecedented since the Cold War.
During the Cold War, Latin America became an ideological battleground between the Soviet Union and the United States.The Kremlin has recently moved to intensify contacts with Venezuela,Cuba and other Latin American nations amid strained relations withWashington after last month's conflict between Russia and Georgia.
The squadron comprising the Russian Northern Fleet's Pyotr Veliky(Peter the Great) battle cruiser and the anti-submarine warfare (ASW)ship Admiral Chabanenko will participate in exercises off theVenezuelan coast.
In the past, the world's major powers would demonstrate their navalcapabilities in various regions, hinting ominously that they coulddisrupt enemy lines of communication in case of conflict.
Gunboats and other small warships, rather than capital warships, werean effective instrument for accomplishing such objectives.
However, the Pyotr Veliky and the Admiral Chabanenko are the RussianNavy's newest capital ships. Moscow's decision to send them toVenezuela implies that both warships can show their flags and defendthem.
Military analysts often stress that the Russian Navy is vastlyoutnumbered by the U.S. Navy and those of NATO countries, and thatRussian warships would be unable to score any impressive results.
Although the U.S. Navy is a powerful fighting force, it cannot bestrong everywhere. The arrival of two capital Russian warships in theCaribbean Sea, traditionally a U.S. sphere of influence, will be anasty surprise to Washington, compelling it to devote more attention toregional defenses.
The Pyotr Veliky displaces 25,000 metric tons and carries 20 P-700Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles thatcan destroy ships of any class. The Russian battle cruiser is alsoheavily armed for ASW and air-defense missions; such weaponry alsoenhances its combat survivability.
The Admiral Chabanenko, which carries eight P-270 Moskit (SS-N-22Sunburn) anti-ship missiles and surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems,is intended to locate and destroy enemy submarines.
Both warships can support each other and have the capability to inflictmajor losses on any adversary before they are outgunned.
The Russian squadron's objectives, rather than its capabilities, are ahigh-priority issue. The Kremlin has recently used the Navy during thepeace enforcement operation in Georgia and now wants to display itsnaval might at America's doorstep.
Nevertheless, the Russian Navy's state will not improve as a result ofMoscow's modified policies. Hopefully, the government will soon startrestoring and rearming the Navy because any show of strength willotherwise prove ineffective.
http://www.mnweekly.ru/news/20080926/55348681.html
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23/05/2008
Russia 慔ad Laser Cannons Before U.S.
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - Russia started developingtactical laser weapons before the United States and has severalprototypes of high-precision combat chemical lasers in its arsenal, adefense industry source said on Tuesday.
The Boeing Company said recently it had test-fired a high-energychemical laser fitted aboard a C-130H aircraft for the first time. Thesuccessful ground tests, "a key milestone for the Advanced TacticalLaser Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration program," took place onMay 13 at the Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.
Commenting on the announcement, the Russian expert said: "We tested asimilar system back in 1972. Even then our 憀aser cannon was capable ofhitting targets with high precision."
"We have moved far ahead since then, and the U.S. has to keep pace with our research and development," he added.
http://www.mnweekly.ru/news/20080523/55330131.html
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27/03/2008
US, Russia, China in Dogfight Over Jet Sales
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States is bracing for tough competitionfrom Russia and China as cash-flush Asian economies look up to the triofor a new breed of fighter jets to beef up their air forces, expertssay.
Japan, India, Australia and South Korea are keen to have the mostmodern, fifth generation, jet fighters while Southeast Asian nationssuch as Malaysia and Indonesia are reportedly eyeing fourth generationfighters from China.
With Asia powering ahead with military modernization and capabilitygrowth, the United States wants to maintain leadership in defense salesin the region attracted by low cost offerings from Russia and China,experts said.
"The Americans and Russians are competing hard for the Asian fighteraircraft market, but everybody is also watching to see how aggressivelythe Chinese will be entering this market," Richard Fisher, an expertwith the Washington-based International Assessment and Strategy Center,said.
The tight competition comes as Asian economies move ahead "much moreaggressively" to upgrade their air defense capabilities, he said.
"It's not quite right to say an arms race, but there is an arms jog in Asia," Fisher said.
The United States is currently the sole producer of fifth generationfighters - the F-22s and F-35s. Export of F-22s is barred by law whilethe lower cost F-35s have just started flight testing ahead ofdeployment around 2012.
Russia and China's fifth generation fighter offerings could well be onthe market between 2015 and 2020, a time frame experts say is not veryfar away in terms of defense planning.
"I don't want to get into the numbers because they were given to me inconfidence but the price the Russians are estimating for their fifthgeneration fighter is substantially less than the Joint Strike Fighter(F-35) and substantially less than F-22," U.S. aviation expert ReubenJohnson told a Washington forum last week on "challenges to the Asianair power balance."
He said the Russian arms industry was grappling with high production costs.
Russian weapon exports to China have also plunged as Beijing becamemore wary over Moscow's sales of its most advanced weaponry to neighborIndia, Johnson said.
"What is really the challenge is we have two very large countries,China and India, whose economies are booming and who are buying lots ofhardware and we are looking at a situation down the road where they aregoing to have very, very sophisticated air forces," he said.
Russia had already teamed up with India to co-develop and co-produce aversion of Moscow's fifth generation fighter, but Fisher said thatgiven the Indian preference of diversifying its weapons sources, it waspossible New Delhi could purchase a U.S. fifth generation fighter atsome point.
The United States is also vying with Russia and others for a12-billion-dollar contract to sell 126 fourth generation fighter jetsto the Indian air force.
The competition from Russia could prod the Americans to lift an exportban on F-22s, eyed by Australia and Japan, top U.S. allies in theregion, experts said.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates hinted during a recent Australian visit that Congress may be asked to reconsider the ban.
"It is imperative that the United States consider selling some versionof the F-22 to maintain a strong deterrent posture in Asia," Fishersaid.
"I would say categorically that Japan requires a capability of thelevel of the F-22 in order to sustain a sufficient position to deterChina," he said.
http://www.mnweekly.ru/business/20080327/55319264.html
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24/04/2008
Russian Bombers Patrol Over Atlantic Ocean
MOSCOW (RIA Novosti) - Two Russian Tu-95 Bearstrategic bombers and two Il-78 aerial tankers are carrying out routinepatrols over neutral Atlantic waters, a Russian Air Force spokesmansaid on Wednesday.
Interceptions of Russian combat aircraft by NATO fighters are becominga common occurrence again, after Russia resumed strategic bomber patrolflights over the Pacific, Atlan璽ic, and Arctic oceans last August,following an order signed by President Vladimir Putin
"During the flights the crews develop their flying skills in northernlatitudes, over unmarked terrain," Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky said.
He said the crews also perfect their in-flight refueling techniques,allowing the bombers to remain in the air for more than 24 hours and isconsidered extremely difficult "especially when the Russian planes areaccompanied by NATO interceptors."
"All Russian Air Force flights are performed... in strict accordancewith international rules on the use of airspace over neutral waterswithout violating the borders of other states," he also said.
Although it was common practice during the Cold War for both the U.S.and the Soviet Union to keep nuclear strategic bombers permanentlyairborne, the Kremlin decided to cut back on long-range patrols in1992. The decision came as a result of the collapse of the SovietUnion, and the ensuing economic and political chaos.
However, the newly-resurgent Russia, awash with petrodollars, hasinvested heavily in military technology. The resumption of long-rangepatrols is widely seen among political commentators as another sign ofthe nation's effort to reassert itself both militarily and politically.
http://www.mnweekly.ru/national/20080424/55325633.html
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A joint Russian-Venezuelan naval exercise will be conducted in the Caribbean
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15/ 09/ 2008
Russian strategic bombers patrol Caribbean
MOSCOW, September 15 (RIA Novosti) - Two Russian Tu-160 Blackjackstrategic bombers that landed in Venezuela last week will carry out apatrol mission over the Caribbean on Monday, a Russian Air Forcespokesman said.
The bombers landed at Venezuela's Libertador airfield on September 10and were accompanied by NATO fighters during the 13-hour flight fromtheir home base in central Russia.
"The current patrol mission will be conducted over neutral waters inthe Caribbean," Lt. Col. Vladimir Drik said. "The aircraft will takeoff from Libertador airbase and spend about six hours in the air."
The Tu-160 Blackjack is a supersonic, variable-geometry heavy bomber , designed to strike strategic targets with nuclear and conventional weapons deep in continental theaters of operation.
According to the spokesman, the bombers are carrying dummy missileswithout warheads and will practice patrol sorties in a tropicalclimate.
Following the training mission, the Tu-160 crews will meet with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday.
"The meeting will take place on September 16 at the invitation of the Venezuelan president," Drik said.
Earlier reports indicated that the bombers had been scheduled to return home on September 15.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20080915/116792825.html |
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