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Russia's only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, will take part in five-day naval exercises in the Barents Sea from Saturday until September 25, a spokesman for Russia’s Northern Fleet said Friday.
The Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Moskva warship has arrived to lead Russia’s naval task force in the Mediterranean Sea, a fleet spokesperson said Friday.
The people responsible for the crash of a Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile at the start of September will be held accountable and possibly fired, a Russian military official told reporters on Friday.
The Bulava (SS-NX-30) submarine-launched ballistic
missile (SLBM) carries up to
10 MIRV warheads and has a range of over 8,000 kilometers (5,000 miles).
The
three-stage ballistic missile is designed for deployment on new Borey
class
nuclear-powered strategic submarines.
About 12,000 Russian servicemen will take part in joint biannual military exercises between Russia and Belarus beginning on Friday.
US Secretary of State John Kerry issued a sharp rebuke to Russia on Thursday over its assertion that Syrian rebels were most likely behind the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack outside Damascus, saying a report issued by UN inspectors this week demonstrates there is no evidence to support Moscow’s claim.2
The flagship of Russia’s Pacific Fleet, the Varyag missile cruiser, could join the country’s naval task force in the Mediterranean while on a mission in the Indian Ocean, a high-ranking source in Russia’s Pacific Fleet told RIA Novosti on Thursday.
Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will use a new-generation automated command and control system from 2016, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.
Russia and NATO will hold joint military exercises in late September, the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) has reported.
Former US Defense Secretary Robert Gates did not mince words this week when asked if he trusts Russian President Vladimir Putin as Washington and Moscow negotiate a plan to secure Syria’s chemical stockpiles. "Are you kidding me?" Gates told a forum in Dallas.2
A group of US lawmakers is urging Attorney General Eric Holder to assist the Pentagon’s criminal investigation into an Army aviation unit which granted contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to Russian and US firms for the maintenance and overhaul of Russian Mi-17 helicopters.
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his country’s arms manufacturers on Wednesday to produce weapons that are superior to those of possible adversaries.
Latvia’s defense minister on Wednesday slammed frequent flights by Russian warplanes near the country’s airspace.5
US lawmakers are calling for a crackdown against leading Russian lenders VTB, Vnesheconombank (VEB) and Gazprombank for allegedly helping Syrian President Bashar Assad circumvent sanctions, accusations the state-owned banks sharply denied Wednesday.1
No matter how exotic was the purpose of the drill, three Russian military officers managed to resort to the common crime of theft when arranging it.
The United States and Russia remained at loggerheads Tuesday over the potential use of force against Syria should Damascus fail to abide by a US-Russian plan to secure chemical weapons stockpiles controlled by the government of Syrian President Bashar Assad.1