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Russia has started work on developing Shturm and Soratnik heavy-and medium-class combat robotic vehicles, Army Commander-in-Chief Army General Oleg Salyukov said on Wednesday. «As of now, experimental design work has started on developing the Shturm and Soratnik heavy-and medium-class robotic vehicles,» he told reporters after the Defense Ministry’s enlarged board meeting in the National Defense…

Russia is developing air defense systems based on new physical principles, Air Defense Force Chief Lieutenant-General Alexander Leonov said on Wednesday. «Eventually, there are plans to arm air defense troops with systems based on new physical principles, which are currently being developed,» the general said in an interview with the Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.…

The Russian Armed Forces have received more than 6,500 new and modernized weapons, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told the ministry’s year-end board meeting, attended by President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.   «All objectives outlined in the Defense Ministry activity plan and the state defense order for 2019 were completed. The highest performance index was…

Russia’s Military Industrial Company, the manufacturer of off-roaders and Tigr armored vehicles, will design a new combat module for the entire range of its products, including the advanced Bumerang wheeled combat platform, company CEO Alexander Krasovitsky told TASS on Tuesday.   «We have signed a contract with a Russian company and will start producing our…