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Russia Vows to Keep Arms Deals With Caracas After Chavez Death

MOSCOW, March 6 (RIA Novosti) – Russia will continue military-technical cooperation with Venezuela regardless of who takes over power in the Latin American country after the death of its charismatic socialist leader Hugo Chavez, a Russian arms trade source said on Wednesday.

Chavez, 58, died on Tuesday following a two-year tough battle with cancer, leaving the country in a political turmoil.

“Whoever comes to power in Venezuela, our military-technical cooperation will continue because it is aimed primarily at safeguarding the national security of the country,” the source told RIA Novosti.

The official added that some defense contracts with Caracas include the construction of arms factories and servicing centers for military equipment, which helps the development of Venezuela’s economy in general.

“These areas, as a rule, are a priority for any government,” the source said.

Chavez had ambitious military plans, which he began implementing some time ago.

Between 2005 and 2007 Venezuela reached deals to buy $4-billion worth of arms from Russia, including Sukhoi fighter jets, combat helicopters, and over 100,000 light weapons, primarily the famous AK-103 assault rifles and a license to produce them in Venezuela.

Chavez's government also secured a $2.2-billion loan in 2010 to purchase a large batch of Russian weapons for its army, including 92 T-72M1M main battle tanks, about 240 BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles and BTR-80 armored personnel carriers, and a variety of artillery systems.

The source said that Russian and Venezuelan officials met in Caracas earlier this year and reaffirmed their mutual desire to expand cooperation in a variety of areas, including military-technical, oil exploration and transportation.

According to Russian experts, Venezuela is expected to become the world’s second largest buyer of Russian weaponry after India by 2015.

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La Russie forme une escadre en Méditerranée

MOSCOU, 5 avril - RIA Novosti

Le ministère russe de la Défense a entamé la formation d'une escadre méditerranéenne en dépêchant dans cette région un groupe de bâtiments de guerre rattachés à la Flotte du Pacifique, a annoncé vendredi un communiqué du ministère.

"Un groupe de navires de la Flotte du Pacifique a été envoyé en Méditerranée dans le cadre de la décision de mettre en place une escadre permanente dans cette région", lit-on dans le communiqué.

L'idée de créer cette escadre a antérieurement été formulée par le ministre de la Défense Sergueï Choïgou.

Le groupe comprenant le destroyer Admiral Panteleyev, les bâtiments de projection Peresvet et Admiral Nevelski, le pétrolier Petchenega et le remorqueur d'assistance Fotiy Krylov ont quitté la mer de Chine méridionale et mis le cap sur le canal de Suez.

Ce dernier sera atteint mi-mai, a souligné le ministère de la Défense.


http://fr.rian.ru/defense/20130405/198001788.html

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Le Su-35 de Sukhoï en vedette au Bourget

Le Su-35 fera sa première apparition internationale au Bourget

Les organisateurs du salon du Bourget ont confirmé aujourd'hui la présence du Su-35 à l'occasion de l'évènement qui doit se tenir du 17 au 23 juin prochains. Selon le Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales (GIFAS), l'avion russe sera présenté en vol chaque jour du salon. De plus, le Yak-130, avion d'entraînement à réaction commandé par la Russie et l'Algérie, sera également présent à Paris.

Il s'agit là d'une vraie nouveauté, puisque le Su-35 n'avait jamais été présenté en vol ailleurs qu'au salon de Moscou (Maks). Un temps évoquée, la présence du F-35 de Lockheed Martin ne semble en revanche plus d'actualité, d'après l'avionneur américain. Le premier A400M aux couleurs de l'armée de l'Air (MSN7) devrait cependant faire le déplacement, si aucun imprévu de dernière minute ne vient remettre en cause sa livraison à la France.

Les organisateurs du Bourget rappellent également que plus de 2000 exposants venus de 44 pays ont déjà confirmé leur présence. Au total, 120 aéronefs sont inscrits pour la 50ème édition du salon du Bourget.

http://www.air-cosmos.com/defense/le-su-35-de-sukhoi-en-vedette-au-bourget.html

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Russia Deploys New Interceptors to Novosibirsk

MOSCOW, April 4 (RIA Novosti) - A new group of Mikoyan MiG-31BM Foxhound interceptor aircraft has been deployed in Siberia’s Novosibirsk region to protect industrial installations there, the Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
The deployment is part of a program to reinforce the air unit responsible for the safety of Siberian airspace, the ministry said in a statement.
Previously, the airspace over Novosibirsk was guarded by a unit of fighters based in the city of Omsk, but that was disbanded in 1998.
The MiG-31BM interceptor is a recently introduced upgraded version of the MiG-31, equipped with a new fire-control system, extending the aircraft's target detection range up to 320 kilometers and engagement range up to 280 kilometers.

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Russia Conducts Topol ICBM Drills

MOSCOW, April 9 (RIA Novosti) - Topol (SS-25 Sickle) intercontinental ballistic missiles will be put on full alert in the course of ongoing drills at the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) Tagil Division in the Urals region, SMF spokesman Col. Igor Yegorov said on Tuesday.

The drills, which started on Monday and will last through Saturday, will test the interoperability and teamwork of the division’s subunits, the efficiency of command and control, and the performance of combat training assignments under any circumstances, Yegorov said.

The Tagil Division is also being inspected by a special SMF commission that will test the personnel’s morale, combat skills, the ability to perform regular alert duty and to counter terrorism, the spokesman said.

At present the SMF reportedly operates at least 58 silo-based SS-18 Satan ballistic missiles, 160 road-mobile Topol (SS-25 Sickle) missile systems, 50 silo-based and 18 road-mobile Topol-M (SS-27 Sickle B) systems and 18 RS-24 Yars systems.

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Russian Military Orders Five High-Res Spy Satellites

MOSCOW, April 10 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s Lavochkin aerospace company has won a defense ministry tender on the development of a series of five high-resolution optical-electronic surveillance satellites worth almost 70 billion rubles ($2.2 bln), the Izvestia newspaper said.

The company’s General Director Viktor Khartov said in an interview with Izvestia, published on Wednesday, that Lavochkin will design and build the satellite while the electronic payload will be initially acquired abroad.

“The share of domestically-produced electronic equipment in the payload will gradually increase so that by the end of the project we would be able to build these satellites on our own,” Khartov said.

European EADS consortium, Thales Alenia Space and Israel Aerospace Industries are being considered as potential suppliers of the electronic equipment for the satellites.

Khartov said the draft design of the new satellite will be finished by the end of 2013. The orbital grouping will initially consist of two satellites with further addition of three to form a complete system.

According to the defense ministry’s requirements, the system must be able to produce imagery with sub-meter resolution, which allows, for instance, discerning license plates on cars or even general features of human appearance.

Russia has not been developing equipment of this type since the Soviet era, the Izvestia said.

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Chasseur MiG-31: la Russie pourrait relancer la production (expert)

La Russie pourrait dans les plus brefs délais relancer la production de chasseurs de type MiG-31, appareils susceptibles d'améliorer significativement la capacité défensive du pays, estime Vladimir Kamoïedov, président du comité parlementaire chargé de la sécurité et de la défense.
"Cet avion est sans égal. Il ne fera pas d'ombre au Su, mais le complètera", a déclaré le responsable lors des discussions parlementaires sur la possibilité de relancer la production de cet appareil, arrêtée dans les 1990.

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Russian Air Force Approves New Bomber Design – Commander>



MOSCOW, April 11 (RIA Novosti) – The Russian Air Force has approved the conceptual design and specification of its future PAK-DA strategic bomber, paving the way for development of components for the aircraft, Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said Thursday.

“The development of the aircraft is going as planned. The outline of its design and characteristics has been approved and all relevant documents have been signed allowing the industry to start the development of systems for this plane,” Bondarev said at a meeting with Russian lawmakers.

The PAK-DA (meaning future long-range aircraft) project has been in the works for several years but was given the formal go-ahead by the Russian leadership last year. It is due to replace Russia’s aging fleet of 63 Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear and 13 Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers in the next decade.

According to recent reports in the Russian media, citing defense ministry sources, the Tupolev design bureau has won the PAK-DA development tender with its concept for a subsonic aircraft with a “flying wing” shape which provides superior “stealth capabilities.”

The Defense Ministry insisted that the PAK-DA should be equipped with advanced electronic warfare systems and armed with new nuclear-capable long-range cruise missiles in addition to a veriety of high-precision conventional weapons.

The new bomber is expected to go in production by 2020 and will be built at a new aircraft assembly line at Russia's Kazan plant (KAPO), according to defense ministry officials. The same plant previously built the Tu-95MS and Tu-160.

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Leonid Kartsev. chief designer of the Soviet tanks died at age 90

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Mistral: les navires déployés dans deux villes de l'Extrême-Orient russe (Défense)

MOSCOU, 16 avril - RIA Novosti


Les villes de Vladivostok et de Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski (Extrême-Orient russe) seront dotées de bases navales qui accueilleront les porte-hélicoptères de classe Mistral, a déclaré mardi à RIA Novosti Roman Filimonov, haut responsable du ministère russe de la Défense.

"Plusieurs options [relatives à l'emplacement des bases navales] ont été examinées, mais notre choix s'est porté sur Vladivostok, son port possédant l'infrastructure de transport appropriée. A terme, il faudra aménager [le port de] Petropavlovsk-Kamtchatski pour les stationnements temporaires, les réapprovisionnements ainsi que les embarquements et débarquement des troupes. D'autres bases potentielles sont à l'étude", a indiqué l'interlocuteur de l'agence.

M.Filimonov a en outre précisé que les travaux de conception des futures bases navales de la région progressaient activement.

"Le ministère russe de la Défense envisage d'entamer les travaux de construction et d'installation au début de l'année prochaine", a précisé la source. Selon lui, un nouveau front d'accostage prévu pour deux bâtiments et une infrastructure avancée devaient être mis en place d'ici 2015, année au cours de laquelle est programmé le transfert du premier Mistral dans le Primorié (Extrême-Orient russe).

La Russie et la France ont signé en juin 2011 un contrat de 1,2 milliard d'euros prévoyant la construction de deux BPC de classe Mistral pour la Marine russe. Le premier navire, baptisé "Vladivostok", sera livré à la Marine russe en 2014 et le second, "Sébastopol", en 2015.

http://fr.rian.ru/defense/20130416/198090761.html

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Quelqu'un pourrait t'il me dire quel est son rôle exacte? AWACS?

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Quelqu'un pourrait t'il me dire quel est son rôle exacte? AWACS?

non pas AWACS
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