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China-Russia Mars mission set for takeoff Hong Kong (UPI) Jan 5, 2009 
The first joint Chinese-Russian mission to Mars is set to take off in October and reach the red planet in August 2010, an exploration project designer said.
A Russian Zenit rocket will launch a Chinese Yinghuo-1 satellite and a Russian Phobos-Grunt unmanned lander, Chen Changya, chief designer of the China-Russia Mars exploration project, told Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po newspaper. ... read more
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Russia Has A Crisis-Free Year In Space
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009Russia's space industry ended 2008 without mishaps. Although old headaches and problems are still there, things have not changed for the worse, and that is quite an achievement in our troubled times writes Andrei Kislyakov. Despite the crisis, Russia is leading the world in rocket launches. On December 25, the last launch this year was carried out: a heavy Proton carrier rocket orbited three satellites of ... more Russia Tests Phone Home To Santa Network 
Korolev, Russia (SPX) Jan 03, 2009On the Eve of New Year 2009, the Mission Control Center near Moscow (MCC-M) held a TV communications session with the crew of Expedition 18 to the International Space Station currently working in orbit. Taking part in it were the heads of the Russian Federal Space Agency, State Commission and Technical Management for flight tests of manned space complexes, representatives of the NASA ... more Russia Tests New S-400 Air Defense System As Billions More Allocates For Arms 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009The Russian Air Force is testing a new missile for the S-400 Triumf air defense system, the Air Force commander said on Friday. The S-400 (SA-21 Growler) is designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles), twice the range of the U.S. MIM-104 Patriot, and 2.5 times that of the S-300PMU-2. The system is expected to form the cornersto ... more Global Crisis Will Not Affect Topol-M Schedule 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009Russia's Topol-M ballistic missiles will be put on combat duty on schedule despite the current global financial crisis, the commander of the Strategic Missile Forces said recently upon returning from a field inspection. Some media reports have indicated that Russia could experience delays in the production of Topol-M (SS-27 Stalin) ICBMs due to a hike in prices for components and materials ... more Greece agrees Russian air and sea manoeuvres in Aegean 
Athens (AFP) Jan 2, 2009Russian aircraft and warships will this month carry out manoeuvres in the southeast Aegean within the Athens flight information zone (FIZ), Greek military sources said Friday. Athens has agreed to a request from the commander of the Russian heavy aircraft carrying cruiser the Admiral Kuznetsov, at present on a mission in the Mediterranean with other ships of Russia's northern fleet. ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 02, 2009Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said Wednesday that he is concerned that global warming is opening up the Northern Sea Route for the uncontrolled movement of foreign ships. Many Arctic specialists agree that global warming is causing ice to retreat around the outer edges of sea ice drifting on the Arctic Ocean which is opening up previously closed maritime routes like Russia's ... more NATO seeking airspace deal with Russia for flights to Afghanistan 
Brussels (AFP) Dec 31, 2008NATO 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 ... more 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 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 |
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Washington (UPI) Dec 29, 2008 How should one interpret the conflicting messages coming out of Moscow and Tehran last week about over whether Russia has sent S-300 air defense system components to Iran? First, a senior Iranian parliamentarian, Esmaeil Kosari, deputy chairman of the Iranian Parliament's Commission on National Security and Foreign Policy, informed Iran's official Islamic Republic News Agency on Dec. 20 ... more Gazprom Continues Talks With Ukraine Despite Harsh Rhetoric 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 30, 2008Gazprom is continuing to hold gas talks with Ukraine and hopes to reach an agreement by the yearend to avoid supplies cuts over Kiev's outstanding debts, a deputy CEO at the Russian gas giant said Monday. "Three days remain before the New Year, and of course no one would like the sad events of the past to be repeated. But if we are doing everything required on our side to avoid that, we unfortu ... more Analysis: 2008 Caspian energy production 
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
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