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Russian helicopter crews performed landing operation at ranges in Stavropol Krai and Crimea

In the course of the Southern MD unannounced combat readiness inspection, helicopter and UAV squadrons were put into service of the combined aviation groupings in North Ossetia and Crimea. After receiving an order to redeploy to the operational...

Team Sentinel II readying for Risk Mitigation Activity for Phase 2 of Land 40

Elbit Systems of Australia (ELSA) and the industry partners comprising Team Sentinel have begun 2016 in a flurry of activity as vehicles are prepared and made ready in anticipation for involvement in the Risk Mitigation Activity (RMA)...

Russia delivered last two Su-30MK2 fighters to Vietnam

Sukhoi aircraft maker named Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association (KnAAPO) has handed over 2 final Su-30MK2 multirole fighter to the Vietnamese Air Force. 2 new Su-30MK2 fighters, bringing the total number of advanced combat aircraft of this type in...

Elbit Systems ISTAR has developed the Skylark 3 mini-unmanned aircraft system

Elbit Systems ISTAR has developed the Skylark 3 mini-unmanned aircraft system, best suited for brigades and divisions aimed to perform reconnaissance, counterinsurgency and force protection missions, as well as for use in a range of civil applications,...

Russian artillery formation received 8 «Uragan» multiple launch rocket systems

One of the Russian Western Military Districts artillery formations received 8 Uragan multiple launch rocket systems and 16 transport-loading vehicles. These systems are to raise combat capabilities of the formation while defensive and offensive operations. These MLRS are designed for...

Russian air defence formation celebrates the 30th anniversary

Russian Air defence formation, which is located in the Leningrad region, celebrates the 30th anniversary. It was established under the order of the USSR Defence Minister dating February 12. The Leningrad region air defence formation has been established...

Training centers of the National Guard of Ukraine hosts California National Guard delegation

The delegation California National Guard visited the US training center "Stare" and a training center in New Petrovka. Ukrainian guards foreign colleagues demonstrated available technology and weapons capabilities introduced with training centers and plans to improve them. "I...

Marine Corps stores huge amounts of armor and weaponry in Norwegian caves

Norway shares a 120-mile land border with Russia. And at the same time a heavily-armed Russian convey draws ever closer to eastern Ukraine — raising the possibility of another escalation in the Ukraine's already-restive east — the U.S....