Russia has concluded delivery of a second S-400 Triumf (Triumph) missile system regimental set to China via maritime transport, the handover certificate was signed in December in China, a military diplomatic source told TASS on Monday. TASS does not have an official confirmation of the information provided. «Delivery of a second S-400 regimental set consisting…
India’s Republic Day. Congratulations For Strategic Partner!
On January 26, the people of India will celebrate the Republic Day. Seventy years ago, on January 26, 1950, the Constitution of India entered into force, proclaiming the country a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic. We congratulate Russia's strategic partner! Russia and India are close friends and partners. In the seven-plus decades of their…
Russian Drones Reconnoiter Militant Camps In Tajikistan Drills
The teams of Orlan-10 drones of Russia’s 201st military base reconnoitered notional militants’ camps during drills in the mountains of Tajikistan, the press office of Russia’s Central Military District reported on Thursday. «Under the drills’ scenario, motorized infantry units reinforced with tank platoons switched to an attack to eliminate the defending enemy force in…
Russian Scientists Work On Independent Quantum Computer
Russian scientists developing a quantum computer based on a superconductor device have no intention of copying the achievements of Google and IBM and instead are aiming for a different goal. They want to develop a system based on logical qubits with an error correction that would be useful from a practical standpoint, says Ilya Besedin,…
Russian, Japanese navies wrap up anti-piracy drills in Arabian Sea
Russian Navy ships and a destroyer of Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force completed their joint anti-piracy drills in the Arabian Sea, the press office of Russia’s Baltic Fleet reported on Wednesday. The drills were the Baltic Fleet’s first joint naval exercise with the Japanese Navy. «The sailors from the navies of both countries fully practiced all…
Russia’s Ka-52 Attack Helicopter Gets Broadband Communications System
Russia’s Kamov Ka-52 attack helicopter is the world’s sole gunship that has received a broadband communications suite, which provides for high-speed data transmission, CEO of RTI Group Pavel Laptayev told TASS: «We are developing a broadband communications system for helicopters. It is mounted on the Ka-52 helicopter as a communications suite. The Ka-52 is the…
Russia To Create Submillimeter Radars To Detect Small Drones
The RTI Joint Stock Company, a developer and producer of high-tech products, will create new radars that operate in terahertz frequency range and are capable of pinpointing the smallest drone, RTI CEO Pavel Laptayev told TASS. «The terahertz technology [featuring radio wave length below one millimeter] will be converted into a product within five years.…
Russia To Deploy More Radars In Arctic Capable Of Spotting Hypersonic Targets
Russia’s General Staff has decided to increase the number of latest Rezonans-N radar stations capable of detecting hypersonic targets from five to ten in the Arctic, a source in the defense industry told TASS on Monday. «The General Staff has decided to deploy in Russia’s north five more Rezonans-N radars capable of detecting hypersonic targets,…
Russia’s New Super-Heavy Carrier Rocket To Be Cheaper Than US Space Launch System
Russia’s new super-heavy carrier rocket Yenisei will be cheaper than the US Space Launch System (SLS), Head of the State Space Corporation Roscosmos Dmitry Rogozin wrote on his Twitter on Friday. «Our super-heavy rocket will cost considerably less than the American SLS but it is necessary to lay groundwork already today for the solutions that will make…
50th Anniversary Of The Su-24 Maiden Flight
January 17, 1970 the first flight of the Su-24 test machine (T-6-2I) took place. The Sukhoi Su-24 is supersonic, all-weather attack aircraft with a variable-sweep wing, twin-engines and a side-by-side seating arrangement for its crew of two. Its modernized versions are still in service with the Russian Air Force. The aircraft with internal name T-6…












