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Three More GLONASS Satellites Put Into OrbitMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 03, 2010 Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket put three GLONASS satellites into orbit on Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said. The Proton-M rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 4:53 Moscow time (0:53 GMT). "The launch and flight of the carrier rocket, as well as the separation of the satellites, took place on schedule," Alexei Zolotukhin said. He also said the satellites' onboard systems were working well. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satell ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 06, 2010Intense fires continued to rage in western Russia on August 4, 2010. Burning in dry peat bogs and forests, the fires produced a dense plume of smoke that reached across hundreds of kilometers. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) captured this view of the fires and smoke in three consecutive overpasses on NASA's Terra satellite. The smooth gray-brown smoke hangs over t ... more  
Washington DC (RIA Novosti) Aug 05, 2010The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the Russian Air Force will hold their first-ever joint air defense exercise on August 8-11, NORAD said. The exercise, dubbed VIGILANT EAGLE, involves Russian, Canadian and U.S. Air Force personnel operating from command centers at the Elmendorf airbase in Alaska, and in Khabarovsk, Russia. "Airborne warning and control aircraft ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 05, 2010A technical design for a new-generation aircraft carrier will be ready by the end of the year, the head of the Russian Navy has said. In an interview with RIA Novosti, Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said several organizations were working on the warship's design, including the Severnoye and the Nevskoye design bureaus. He said it was too early to say what the new aircraft carrier will look l ... more |
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Recipe For Success in Military ReformMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 04, 2010 A naval infantry unit landing on floating armored personnel carriers has been one of the highlights of a recent review of the Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol. Two companies disembarked from two large landing ships Yamal and Tsezar Kunikov, while other naval infantry units demonstrated hand-to-hand combat skills. Like Russia's entire army, its naval infantry is in the process of reform. Some of its units are being abolished, others restructured or retrained. The training pace, officers say, has now i ... read more |
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