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NATO seeking airspace deal with Russia for flights to Afghanistan Brussels (AFP) Dec 31, 2008 
NATO is seeking to seal an agreement with Moscow to allow the military alliance to fly equipment over Russian airspace to Afghanistan, an official said Wednesday. "Both sides are already aware of the fact that an air agreement would be desirable," the NATO official told AFP. The talks "at many levels" are able to take place now following the end of a four-month freeze the alliance impose ... read more
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BMD Watch: New missile for S-400 Triumf
Washington (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 Russia is testing a new missile for its formidable S-400 Triumf air defense system that, if it performs according to its claimed specifications, is the most formidable long-range anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system in the world. Three-star Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, the commander of the Russian air force, announced testing plans for the new missile Tuesday, the RIA ... more Lock And Load In Africa Part Three 
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 31, 2008 Ghana traditionally has been a client country of Western weapons manufacturers. It does have some Russian equipment in service, however, including SAM-7 surface-to-air missiles, Zu-23-2 air defense machine guns and D-30 122-mm howitzers. The People's Republic of China is now promoting its latest gun-launched laser-guided projectiles on the African continent. At least one African countr ... more Russia To Test-Launch At Least 5 Bulava ICBMs In 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2008The number of test launches for Russia's Bulava ICBM will be increased from three or four to at least five next year, a senior Navy official said on Tuesday. The intercontinental ballistic missile, capable of breaching anti-missile defense systems, failed a test launch from a submarine earlier on Tuesday. "In connection with today's less than successful test launch, the overall numbe ... more Russian Military Confirms 13 Strategic Missile Launches For 2009 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 26, 2008Russia's Strategic Missile Forces plan 13 training missile launches for next year, the forces commander Col.-Gen. Nikolai Solovtsov said Wednesday. "We have scheduled 13 training launches for 2009. The number could come down a bit," he said. The commander said last month that the forces were planning to conduct at least 13 launches of ballistic missiles next year. "We are planning to ... more Moscow Says Offer To On Joint Radar Use Still Stands 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 30, 2008Russia's offer to the U.S. on joint use of the Gabala radar station it leases from Azerbaijan is still on the table, a first Russian deputy foreign minister said on Monday. "Our proposal remains on the table. The new U.S. administration will encounter serious problems with regard to the implementation of its third missile site plan in Europe. We are not exerting any pressure on the U.S. ad ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2008 For the five petro-states ringing the Caspian, 2008 can best be summed up by the opening line of Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" -- "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." Three of these are the former Soviet republics of Russia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. Iran, subject to nearly three decades of U.S.-led sanctions, has longstanding problems as a result that have stymied ... more US Navy frigate arrives in Georgian port: embassy 
Tbilisi (AFP) Dec 29, 2008A US frigate arrived Monday in Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti for a two-day visit, the latest in a series of calls by US warships in Georgian waters which have irritated Russia. "USS Taylor arrived Monday in Poti for a two-day regular port call", US embassy official Nana Kiknadze told AFP. The vessel, an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, is part of US Navy Destroyer Squ ... more Solar Mission Launch Starts Busy Year For Russian Space Agency 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2008Russia will start off its new space year in January by launching an orbital laboratory to study the sun's activity, a spokesman for Russia's space agency told RIA Novosti on Thursday. On January 29, Roscosmos will launch its Complex Orbital Near-Earth Observations of Solar Activity (Coronas) from the Baikonur space center, the spokesman for space projects said, describing the mission as pa ... more Russia Launches Rocket With Three New Glonass Satellites 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 28, 2008Russia launched a Proton-M carrier rocket on Thursday with three Glonass navigation satellites on board from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan, a space agency spokesman said. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satellite System - is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, and is designed for both military and civilian use. Both systems allow users to determi ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2008A test-firing of a new Russian sea-based missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads ended in failure Tuesday when the weapon disintegrated after launch, the Interfax news agency reported. "After its firing from the submarine Dmitry Donskoy, the Bulava missile self-liquidated and exploded in the air," a military source told the agency. Interfax said this was the eighth test lau ... more Russia orders 70 strategic nuclear missiles by 2011: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2008The Russian military will commission more than 70 strategic nuclear missiles in the next three years, Interfax news agency quoted the deputy head of the military-industrial committee as saying Monday. "More than 70 strategic missiles will be bought and delivered to troops in the next three years, more than 30 short-range Iskander missiles and a large number of booster rockets and aircraft," ... more Russia may place nuclear missiles in Belarus: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 23, 2008Russia may place nuclear-capable Topol missiles in neighbouring Belarus as a response to a controversial US missile shield in eastern Europe, a Russian defence ministry source was quoted as saying Tuesday. "If the United States continues to bring elements of its strategic forces closer to Russia's borders, including missile-defence sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, which are aimed at t ... more The S-300 Mystery Deepens Part One 
Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2008 A senior Russian diplomat Thursday denied the claim by a prominent Iranian lawmaker that Moscow had started delivering components of its S0-300 anti-aircraft and anti-ballistic missile defense system to Tehran. "I am very surprised by the fuss this story has caused recently. I think this is due to a lack of interesting international news in the run-up to the holidays that many of our We ... more
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