Contracts for delivery of Indian/Russian BrahMos missiles may be signed at the end of 2019 or beginning of 2020. Kumar Mishra, head of the enterprise on the Indian part, told TASS about this at the MAKS-2019 Aerospace Show on Wednesday. “A number of countries contacted us with requests for BrahMos missiles delivery. We informed the Russian…
Russia received purchase requests for the MiG-35 fighters from a number of countries
The latest multifunctional jet fighter MiG-35 belonging to the “4++” generation is a further development of the MiG-29К/KUB and MiG-29М/М2 series aircraft. A number of countries have already contacted Russia regarding potential purchases of the latest MiG-35 jet fighter, and their requests are now being considered. Dmitry Shugayev, the Director of the Federal Service for Military…
Defense & Security 2019
Thai Minister of Defence sends invitation to Ministers of 68 countries for major Defense & Security event! An official invitation letter has been sent direct to Ministers of Defence from 68 countries around the world. In addition, 35 personal invitation letters have been sent direct to Chiefs of Armed Forces, Chiefs of Army, Chiefs of…
DEFENSE & SECURITY 2019
ON-LINE PRE-REGISTRATION IS NOW AVAILABLE. Don’t miss it! The biennial DEFENSE & SECURITY Exhibition is set to double its size from the previous event. You can pre-register online now and avoid crowds and queues. D&S2019 is a leading restricted event and is for professionals only. The exhibition is open to all international military personnel and…
Thailand Mps elect new Prime Minister
Recently, Thai MPs and Senators overwhelmingly voted for General Prayut Chan-o-cha to be Prime Minister of Thailand. Gen. Prayut will be the head of the elected coalition government. The new cabinet will be announced soon after the Prime Minister is formally appointed by H.M. King Maha Vajiralongkorn. The Prime Minister will then appoint and submit…
Export of Infantry Combat Vehicles from Russia
By Andrey Frolov Export of armoured vehicles from Russia is one of the main ones with regard to supply of equipment for ground troops. Supplies of armoured fighting vehicles T-90 of various modifications are the most known in media, while supply of APCs and ICVs remains in some shade. Although, by scopes of supplies in post-Soviet…
S-400 vs Patriot
The history of the Triumf S-400 and the Patriot Antiballistic Missile system and the Air Defence system development demonstrates the difference of approaches in itself. As for the S-400, we see a system which is primarily intended for immovable objects protection against massive air attack echeloned for time, altitude and direction. The Patriot AA missile system was developed as…
Algeria as Export Show-case for Russian Air Defence Systems
By Akram Kharief Relationship between Algeria and the USSR started even before Algeria got independence. In 1959, when the war of independence was in its pride, Moscow made decision and trained some hundreds of young officers of the National Liberation Army. Other officers, at the same time, have been trained in military educational institutions of…
Military-Technical Cooperation between Russia and Countries of Pacific Rim
By Andrey Frolov The sharp breakthrough in “Indian direction” that happened in Autumn 2018 in Russian and Indian MTC, partly symbolizing the beginning of practical intergovernmental arrangement of October 2015 implementation, makes us look again at Arms market of countries of the Pacific Rim in terms of Russia's presence in it. Apparently, in the near future…
Andrey TSYGANOV: “Attracting foreign investments is not an extraordinary event, but it’s routine and regular work”
In the exclusive interview to the ‘New Defence Order. Strategy’ magazine, Andrey TSYGANOV, Deputy Head of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) speaks on the business environment in Russia, laws and marketing tasks to be accomplished today in order to attract foreign investments. – What do you think of Russia as a country…