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ISRO To Redesign Soyuz For Its Manned Space Mission New Delhi, India (PTI) Dec 15, 2008 
After the historic moon mission, India will redesign Russian space capsule Soyuz to send its astronauts on the country's maiden manned space mission. "We will be redesigning the Soyuz space capsule of the Russian agency for our mission," Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman G Madhavan Nair told PTI. ISRO signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Russian space agency Roskosmos ... read more
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US, Russia to discuss missile shield in Moscow
Washington (AFP) Dec 12, 2008US negotiator John Rood will visit Moscow next week to discuss a controversial US anti-missile shield and a successor to a nuclear arms reduction treaty, the State Department said Friday. The State Department confirmed reports from Moscow that Rood, acting US under secretary of state for arms control and international security, will meet Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov in the Russian ... more Airlift The Key To True Superpower Capability Part One 
Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2008 In the world of superpowers, it's military airlift capability that separates the world's two heavy hitters -- the United States and Russia -- from all the wannabe second division powers. India and China are both building world power military forces with major air forces and navies. Both countries also are working hard on expanding their military industrial sectors. But both are still ... more Generals Losing Power As Moscow Power Struggle Plays Out 
Washington (UPI) Dec 12, 2008 Russian generals have long felt they should be the ones to set military policy. They have trouble accepting civilian authority - be it from President Dmitry Medvedev or Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov. They derisively describe the minister as a former furniture salesman and tax man, yet Serdyukov knows where the brass keep their money. Russian Prime Minister and former President ... more Russia hopes for progress on START talks under Obama 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 12, 2008Russia hopes that US president-elect Barack Obama will agree on a successor to a key nuclear arms treaty that expires in 2009, a senior Moscow diplomat said in an interview published Friday. "The president-elect and his team spoke about the future of strategic arms control during the election campaign," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in the interview with VIP-Premier magazine. ... more Russian warships sail into Nicaragua political storm 
Managua (AFP) Dec 13, 2008Three Russian warships anchored off Nicaragua's Caribbean coast Saturday, for a visit that has sparked heated debate in a country divided by disputed elections. Leftist President Daniel Ortega claims he is authorized to approve the visit, but opposition lawmakers say the currently paralyzed legislature needs to approve visits by foreign military forces. "We don't want to violate Nicaragua ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Dec 11, 2008The United States and Russia will hold next talks in Moscow next week on a planned US missile defence shield in Eastern Europe, Itar-Tass agency reported Thursday quoting a junior Russian foreign minister. "It is too early to forecast the results of this meeting... Everything depends on the new US administration's assessment of the subject," said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. ... more Reforming The Russian Military Machine Means A Smaller Army 
Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2008 Implementing military reform is a challenging task for Russian generals. Understanding what's going on is daunting for outside observers. Moscow's military leaders seem to think that the best way to proceed is to keep their dirty laundry out of public view. The Russian General Staff has classified reform discussions in order to hide broad discontent among the top generals. It's also a ... more Russian warship leaves Panama after historic visit
Panama City (AFP) Dec 11, 2008A Russian warship left Panama Thursday after a historic five-day visit during which it crossed the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II and docked at a former US naval base, a Russian diplomat said. The missile destroyer Admiral Chabanenko set sail from the Panama Canal into the Atlantic ocean after spending five days at the Rodman former US base in Panama's capital. ... more Lessons From The Russian Bulava Missile Submarine Program Part Two 
Washington (UPI) Dec 11, 2008 It took an army of engineers, repeated tests, a decade of patience and an unwavering political will to rescue Russia's troubled Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile. Although the RSM-56 Bulava SLBM still has many critics, Sergei Ivanov, Russia's first deputy prime minister and former defense minister, a longtime supporter of the project, has announced the Bulava has now been approved ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 11, 2008A Proton-M carrier rocket with a Ciel 2 Canadian telecommunications satellite on board was launched on Wednesday from the Baikonur space center Russia leases from Kazakhstan. "The estimated time for the Ciel 2 going into orbit is 01:55 Moscow time Thursday," a spokesman for the Khrunichev space center, which develops and produces Proton and Angara carrier rockets, said. The Ciel 2 ... more Analysis: Ukraine aids China carrier plan 
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 10, 2008 The People's Republic of China has been sending military personnel to the former Soviet republic of Ukraine to learn how the country trains its aircraft carrier pilots, in preparation for the aircraft carrier battle group it eventually plans to build. According to a source in the Ukrainian military industry, China first sent a large naval delegation, headed by the deputy chief of the ... more Will Russia Get Rid Of Its Chemical Weapons In Time 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 11, 2008The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) ended its 13th session (December 2-5) in The Hague, the Netherlands. The Russian delegation took an active part in discussing problems associated with the destruction of chemical weapons. It was headed by the chairman of the government chemical disarmament commission, Presidential Envoy to the Volga Federal District Grigory ... more Lessons The Russian Bulava Missile submarine Program Part One 
Washington (UPI) Dec 10, 2008 The troubled history of the Russian Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile program is a textbook example of the problems that can plague an ambitious weapons program -- and how they can be overcome. As respected Russian military analyst Nikita Petrov wrote for RIA Novosti two months ago, "Russia's navy pins great hopes on the Bulava, which has been plagued by problems for 15 years ... more
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