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Anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "Pantsir-S1" crews from the tactical group of the Northern Fleet, stationed on the island of Kotelny, conducted training and combat shooting. The anti-aircraft gunners fired at targets simulating enemy armored personnel carriers and snowmobiles located at a distance of three kilometers. All targets were successfully hit by 30 mm rapid-fire…

Russia has halted military drills near other countries’ borders as a preventive measure amid the coronavirus, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday. Peskov commented on a statement by Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin, who said in his interview with Izvestia newspaper that the Armed Forces had stopped military drills "in direct proximitly…

Today Moscow hosted another Defence Ministry Board Session chaired by the General of the Army Sergei Shoigu at the National Centre for State Defence Control. Before discussing issues on the thematic agenda of the meeting, General of the  Army Sergei Shoigu reported on measures taken in the Armed Forces to prevent the importation and spread…

A second overhauled and fundamentally upgraded strategic bomber Tupolev-22M3M has performed its first flight, a source in the defense-industrial complex has told TASS. The plane took off from and landed at the airdrome of the Kazan aircraft-building plant. The press service of the public joint stock company Tupolev (an affiliate of the united aircraft-building corporation…

Crews of 2S5 Giatsint-S long-range artillery of Russia’s Eastern Military District have used self-propelled guns as high-precision weapon for the first time, the District's press service announced Friday. "Crews of the 2S5 Giatsint-S long-range self-propelled guns of the Eastern Military Disctrict, stationed in the Amur Region, conducted test firing, using coordinates, provided by Orlan-10 UAVs. The…

Second planning conference with participation of Army Games 2020 co-organizers states representatives and diplomatic corp took place in Congress-exhibition center park «Patriot» chaired by the Chief of Main Department of Combat Training of Russian Armed Forces Colonel - General Ivan Buvaltsev. The event was held via videoconference. The representatives of military departments of Azerbaijan Republic,…