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NDOS EVENT: Military-Industrial Complex 2030

"Defence Media" marketing communication agency" and the "New Defence Order.Strategy" journal will be organising a roundtable event at the Army-2020 Forum. The event will discuss the military-industrial complex of Russia The event's titled "The Military-Industrial Complex 2030. Practical Forecasting as a Tool for Modern Development of Industry, Legislation, & Management." The roundtable event is on…
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Space Observatory Will Search for Other Civilisations

Russia's future space observatory Spektr-M will search for traces of engineering activity by extraterrestrial civilisations, if they ever existed or do exist. The executive director of Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos for research programs and science, Alexander Bloshenko said: "On the list of Millimetron’s most remarkable and thrilling tasks will be to probe into the early…
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1520 Army Servicemen Contract Covid-19

The Russian Ministry of Defence has announced in its daily bulletin that more than 1,500 army servicemen have contracted the novel coronavirus. The total of recorded cases among the servicemen of the Russian army are 1520. 3 of them are in serious condition, 6 in a moderate condition, and the rest are asymptomatic. As for…
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Discussion of Adopting New Technical Security Equipment

ARMY-2020 Forum will host a discussion of the procedure for adopting new technical security equipment. A briefing on the organization of the supply and commissioning of promising technical means of protection is included in the list of activities of the scientific and business program. In the format of a scientific discussion, issues that arise during…
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“Akademic Lomonosov” FNPP is Fully Commissioned

Russia's State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom announced in a press release that the world's only floating nuclear power plant has entered full commercial exploitation. Below is the full text of the press release. One-of-a-kind floating nuclear power plant (FNPP) “Akademic Lomonosov” has been fully commissioned in Pevek, Chukotka region in the Russian Far East. Andrei…
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Koalitsiya-SV Howitzer Trials Begin

The Uralvagonzavod press office has announced that trials of the latest wheeled version of the Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled artillery system based on the Kamaz-6550 truck chassis, have begun at the Burevestnik Central Research Institute (part of Uralvagonzavod defence manufacturer within the state hi-tech corporation Rostec). "First of all, wheeled vehicles can be used on general-purpose roads. They…
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“Courier”: Russia’s First PAK-DA Strategic Stealth Bomber

A source in the military-industrial complex has revealed that the work on constructing Russia's first strategic stealth bomber within the Perspective Aviation Complex for Long-Range Aviation (PAK DA) program, has begun- reported TASS. "The production of airframe elements will be handled by one of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC)’s plants; development of working design documentation…
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Accelerated Testing of Military Equipment At Army-2020

Specialists of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation and enterprises of the military-industrial complex will discuss tests of military armament and special equipment using accelerated methods at ARMY-2020 Forum. The agenda of the event involves a discussion of the main goals and objectives of military equipment test, prospects for the development of various types of…
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MoD to Launch a New Satellite for Missile Warning

Today, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2-1b rocket, carrying a satellite designed to serve as an advance warning of missile attacks. Soyuz lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at about 10:46 Moscow Time, beginning a multi-hour mission to deliver the Tundra No.4 satellite into an elliptical Molniya orbit. This launch puts the fourth Tundra…
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Russia’s Youth Discuss Defence Matters at Army-2020

Representatives of the Russian Defence Ministry and defence industry enterprises will discuss projects of technical solutions prepared by representatives of talented youth to improve the defence capability of Russia, and consider promising areas of patriotic education of the younger generation. The performance of the winners of the international children's competition "School patent – a step…
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