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Russian army to acquire radar-invisible 'Drel' bombs in 2018
In 2018, the Russian Ministry of Defense will adopt Drel (“drill”) 500 kg gliding bomb cartridges, Techmash CEO Vladimir Lepin told Interfax in an interview.
“State tests of the new basic model of a gliding bomb cartridge with a 500 kg caliber, equipped with self-targeting combat elements, began in 2016. The state tests are being carried out according to the client’s program (the Russian Defense Ministry), and after they are completed successfully in 2018, there are plans to adopt this item …
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Kremlin accuses US of involvement in drone attack on Russian military base in Syria
The attack of drones on Russian military facilities in Syria, is believed to be the work of US special services, as stated by the first Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on Defense and Security, Franz Klintsevich to RIA Novosti.
On Monday, January 8th, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the militants operating in Syria had access to advanced technologies that allow drones to drop professionally assembled explosives precisely on assigned coordinates at a distance of up …
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Putin gives rank of general to Kremlin’s promoter of separatism in Ukraine
On December 2, 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin assigned the grade rank of Full State Counsellor of the Russian Federation, Third Class (corresponding to the rank of Major-General) to 27-year-old Inal Ardzinba, who is wanted in Ukraine on charges of terrorism, reported the Russian news agency Sputnik.
Ardzinba is the head of the Department of the Presidential Administration for Social and Economic Cooperation with the CIS member states, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Ardzinba has been …
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Ukraine detains ex-health minister of the annexed Crimea
An ex-"Minister" of annexed Crimea, Petro Mikhalchevsky, who is suspected of treason, was taken into custody for a month, the Press Secretary of the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tatyana Tikhonchik announced on January 8.
According to Krym.Realii, during the court hearing, the representatives of the Prosecutor's Office insisted on the detention of Mikhalchevsky for a period of 60 days.
"The work of Mikhalchevsky in the Russian government of the Crimea is an …
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Russia on US reconnaissance flights over Ukraine: Crimea has been turned into a fortress
The flights of the US heavy unmanned RQ-4A Global Hawk and the R-8A Poseidon maritime reconnaissance aircraft along the demarcation line in the Donbas and over Black Sea waters close to annexed Crimea are related to the US’s interest in Russian weaponry, believes Ivan Konovalov, director of the Russian Center for Strategic Conjuncture, RT reports.
“The goal is obvious – reconnaissance of Crimea’s modern military infrastructure. And that it is powerful is also obvious, the Russian leadership is …