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Missiles hypersoniques: la Russie a procédé aux tirs de démonstration  


Système anti-aérien Pantsir  © RIA Novosti. Mikhail Fomichev

MOSCOU, 16 juin - RIA Novosti

La Russie a procédé en avril aux premiers tirs de démonstration des missiles hypersoniques qui dotent les systèmes anti-aériens Pantsir, a annoncé lundi à RIA Novosti le directeur général du holding Systèmes à haute précision Alexandre Denissov.

La Russie a lancé les recherches dans le domaine des armes hypersoniques il y des dizaines d'années. Actuellement, pratiquement tous les systèmes de missiles sol-air sont dotés de missiles hypersoniques capables de voler à Mach 3-4. Les recherches sont menées en vue de porter la vitesse à Mach 5-7.

"Les travaux dans ce domaine ont substantiellement avancé et sont passés de la phase de mise au point à celle des essais réels. En avril, nous avons procédé aux tirs de démonstration qui se sont déroulés sur le  polygone d'Achoulouk dans la région d'Astrakhan", a indiqué le responsable.

Selon lui, les missiles ont été tirés sur des cibles se déplaçant à une vitesse de 1.000 mètres par seconde.

http://fr.ria.ru/defense/20140616/201530044.html

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La Russie teste des missiles Pantsir S-1 en Arctique


Système antiaérien Pantsir-S1 © RIA Novosti. Sergei Subbotin

MOSCOU, 16 juin - RIA Novosti

Un détachement comprenant plusieurs systèmes antiaériens de courte portée russes Pantsir-S1 effectue des tests en Arctique, a annoncé dans une interview à RIA Novosti le directeur général du holding Systèmes de haute précision Alexandre Denissov.

"Nous sommes fiers que le rôle de pionnier parmi les systèmes de défense antiaérienne dans l'Arctique ait été attribué au système Pantsir S-1. Aujourd'hui, un détachement comprenant plusieurs systèmes de ce type est déployé dans les conditions extrêmes du nord et y effectue des tests d'aptitude au combat", a expliqué le responsable.  

La nécessité d'adapter les Pantsir S-1 au climat arctique a été évoquée début 2014 par le vice-premier ministre russe Dmitri Rogozine.  

Le système antiaérien de courte portée Pantsir-S1 est destiné à protéger les sites militaires et civils (centrales nucléaires, grandes usines, sites importants) ou à appuyer les systèmes sol-air de longue portée S-300 et S-400. Chaque véhicule doté du système Pantsir-S1 est capable de protéger un terrain dans un rayon de 20 km et à une altitude de 15 km.

Pantsir-S1 tire des missiles et des obus d'artillerie. Les missiles d'une portée de 20 kilomètres se déplacent à la vitesse de 1.300 mètres par seconde et sont capables de neutraliser les cibles aériennes les plus modernes (surtout les armes de haute précision). Les obus, d'une portée de 4 kilomètres, détruisent les cibles navales, terrestres ou aériennes à une altitude allant de 0 à 3 kilomètres. Le Pantsir-S est en mesure de frapper quatre cibles simultanément.

http://fr.ria.ru/defense/20140616/201532179.html  

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Russia Merges AF With Missile Defense, Space Commands
By Matthew Bodner 11:12 a.m. EDT August 8, 2015

MOSCOW — In a bid to streamline Russia's air and space defenses in the face of what Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu characterized as “a shift in the combat 'center of gravity' toward the aerospace theater,” the Defense Ministry has merged several branches of the military into a new Aerospace Force.

“Air forces, anti-air and anti-missile defenses, and space forces will now be under a unified command structure,” Shoigu was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying, two days after President Vladimir Putin authorized the merger of the three military branches Aug. 1.

The merger represents an evolution in Russian military thinking, as the Soviets historically treated air and space as separate theaters of war, and separated command authority for the Air Force, air defenses and space assets among different command structures with little, if any, overlap.

Shoigu described the merger as “the best option for streamlining our nation's system of air and space defenses” to better combat what Russia sees as growing threats from both air and space — treating the two mediums as a single theater of war for the first time in Russian military history.

Gen. Evgenzy Buzhinsky, a former member of Russia's General Staff, told Defense News that embracing the idea of an aerospace theater is a basic tenet of modern warfare, and organizationally the separation of the Air Force, Air Defense and Space Command was “absolutely obsolete.”

“We are lagging behind in many spheres, but we are catching up,” he said.

Ongoing Overhaul

Creation of Russia's Aerospace Force builds upon an earlier marriage of Russia's air-defense forces and the space forces in 2011 into a new branch of the military known as the Aerospace Defense Forces (ADF). The ADF was tasked with defending Russian airspace from airborne and space-borne attacks, and was billed as a new contingent of the Russian military apparatus.

The force was to be equipped with new S-400 air defense systems — substantial upgrades to the S-300 system — and the still-in-development S-500 air and missile defense system.

A reported 20 percent of Putin's sweeping decade-long 20 trillion ruble (US $316.8 billion) rearmament and modernization program was set aside to pay for the new defense systems for the ADF.

Taken as a whole, Putin's modernization campaign, launched in 2011, is intended to replace up to 70 percent of Russia's military hardware with new, advanced gear by 2020 to boost military capabilities across all branches of the Russian armed forces.

“Its the same logic that motivated the US to consolidate commands under the Air Force long ago, but it's also a part of the process of reforming Russia's armed forces,” said Buzhinsky, who is now the chairman of the board of directors at the Moscow-based PIR Center think tank.

With or without Russia's current standoff with NATO amid the Ukraine crisis, these reforms would have gone through, Buzhinsky argued, though as with all Russian military decisions lately it is envisioned as a means to counter what Moscow considers to be the threat posed by the US and NATO to Russian national security and strategic interests.

Countering NATO?

The creation of Russia's Aerospace Force comes hot on the heels of another major shift in Russian military thinking — the amendment of Russia's naval doctrine in late July to prioritize countering NATO expansion toward Russian borders and interests.

The doctrine enshrined the creation of a new Russian blue water Navy to project force into the Atlantic Ocean. This involves strengthening the Northern Fleet's position in the Arctic, which is the only region from which Russian forces can enter the Atlantic unhindered by NATO.

Though the doctrine also calls for strengthening the Baltic and Black Sea fleets, these forces have to pass through NATO-controlled waters to enter the Atlantic.

The Aerospace Force appears to be similarly focused on countering NATO forces, albeit with a more pronounced defensive posture. Though the new branch appears to take organizational cues from the US Air Force by merging forces operating above the ground under one roof, the Strategic Rocket Forces were left out of the Aerospace Force.

The Strategic Rocket Forces operate Russia's land-based nuclear missiles, which suggests a defensive orientation to the new force.

However, Buzhinsky explained the exclusion of the Strategic Rocket Forces as a matter of habit. As Russia's most important military asset, the nuclear missile forces have always been under their own command and will remain independent from the Aerospace Force, he said.

In fact, an unidentified Defense Ministry source quoted by news agency Interfax said that the obvious reason for the reorganization was to better prepare to defend against hypersonic missiles developed under the US Prompt Global Strike program.

Email: mbodner@defensenews.com




http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/air-space/air-force/2015/08/08/russia-merges-af-missile-defense-space-commands/31221349/

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Russian Navy Third Project 11356 Frigate Admiral Makarov Launched by Yantar shipyard

The Yantar shipyard in Russia’s Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad last week floated out the second in a series of six Project 11356 frigates being built for the Black Sea Fleet, the company said. "The Project 11356 Admiral Makarov escort ship is the third in the family of six frigates being constructed by the Kaliningrad shipbuilders for the Russian Navy", Mikhailov, the company’s press officer told Russian news agency TASS.




The Admiral Makarov was designed by the Severnoye Design Bureau in St. Petersburg and laid down by Yantar on February 29, 2012.

"To date, the frigate’s hull has been manufactured and most of the systems and assemblies have been installed", the shipyard’s press officer said. The Admiral Makarov is slated for delivery in 2016.

The first two ships in the series - the Admiral Grigorovich and Admiral Essen - are in trials now. Their delivery to the Navy is planned for the fourth quarter of 2015. The series will enter service with Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.



The Project 11356 frigate has a displacement of 4,000 tons, a speed of 30 knots, an endurance of 30 days and a crew of about 200. The ship’s weapons suite comprises extended-range cruise missiles, a 100-mm versatile gun, a Kortik surface-to-air missile system, 544-mm torpedo tubes, an RBU-6000 antisubmarine rocket launcher, and an antisubmarine helicopter as well.

The ship is designed for naval warfare both as part of a naval task force and independently. Its weapons allow elimination of hostile surface combatants and submarines, repel air attacks and provide fire support for amphibious landing.

http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3077

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Putin orders snap military exercise in central Russia
By Agence France-Presse -September 9, 2015




Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered snap checks on troop combat readiness in Russia’s central military district, the defence ministry said.

“According to the order, troops in the central district… are being brought into full combat readiness from 09:30 Moscow time (0630 GMT),” defence minister Sergei Shoigu said.

Russia has recently intensified snap checks of its military might, testing its capabilities from the Arctic to the Far East as relations with the West have plunged to a post-Cold War low over the Ukraine crisis.

The defence minister said the military exercises, which run to September 12, also involved paratroopers and military transport aviation as well as some aircraft from other military districts.

Russia’s central military district ranges from the regions around the Volga River to the Ural mountains and Siberia, while also including far northern Russia.

“We have to check the capabilities of paratroopers when they are deployed over large distances and their readiness to make landings on unknown aerodromes,” Shoigu said.

Shoigu said the latest wargames also involve civilians, including from the health and agriculture ministries, and are designed to test “their readiness to carry out their tasks in wartime conditions.”

Russia is gearing up for its largest war games of the year, Centre-2015, involving tens of thousands of troops, set for this autumn.






http://www.defencetalk.com/putin-orders-snap-military-exercise-in-central-russia-65304/

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Moscou confirme la présence de conseillers militaires russes en Syrie
Le Monde.fr avec AFP et Reuters | 09.09.2015 à 08h35 • Mis à jour le 09.09.2015 à 10h50

La rumeur d’une présence de militaires russes en Syrie, trahis par leurs selfies, courait depuis quelques jours. Moscou a levé le voile, mercredi 9 septembre. Des experts militaires russes sont présents en Syrie, a confirmé le ministère des affaires étrangères russe. Ces experts sont présents sur le terrain pour fournir des conseils sur l’utilisation d’armes livrées à la Syrie par Moscou, a déclaré Maria Zakharova, une porte-parole du ministère. Moscou pourrait prendre d’autres mesures si elles s’avéraient nécessaires pour combattre le terrorisme, a-t-elle ajouté.

En savoir plus sur http://www.lemonde.fr/proche-orient/article/2015/09/09/des-avions-de-transport-russes-ont-atterri-en-syrie_4749725_3218.html#pPdV0viwUflEDtkc.99

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Russian Defense Ministry to get more than 200 new BMP-3 armored infantry vehicles

Military & Defense September 09, 10:51 UTC+3
In 2015, a long-term contract was concluded with the Russian Defense Ministry on supply of more than 200 BMP-3 infantry combat vehicles to the Russian army units in 2015-2017

NIZHNY TAGIL (Sverdlovsk region), September 9. /TASS/. The Russian Defense Ministry will receive by the end of 2017 more than 200 BMP-3 infantry combat vehicles, Executive Director of the vehicle’s manufacturer Kurganmashzavod (subsidiary of Tractor Plants corporate group) Alexander Klyuzhev told TASS on Wednesday.
"In 2015, a long-term contract was concluded with the Russian Defense Ministry on supply of more than 200 BMP-3 infantry combat vehicles to the Russian army units in 2015-2017," he said.
Previously, the first vice president and co-owner of Tractor Plants, Albert Bakov, told TASS that the contract with the Defense Ministry envisaged the supply of several hundred BMP-3 vehicles to the troops.
Concern Tractor Plants, or (CTP), is a leading Russian machine building company. CTP is the country's largest tractor manufacturer, and one of the largest heavy mechanical engineering companies in the world.
The company produces machinery for the industrial, military, agricultural, municipal building and railway sectors, including tractors, harvesting machinery, components and spare parts. CTP consolidates 14 industrial enterprises, three trading-service companies, a number of specialized Research and development offices and a Scientific Research Institute. The total number of employees is approximately 45,000 people. CTP operates in more than 40 countries worldwide.
The Kurganmashzavod joint-stock company is the biggest enterprise of the Kurgan region and one of the leaders of Russia’s military industrial complex. It is the only plant in the country manufacturing military assault vehicles (BMP) and its modifications.





http://tass.ru/en/defense/819772

Ça ressemble plus à un canon de 125 à âme lisse qu'au calibre 152 initialement prévu.
Test de calibration.
Malgré tout ce qui a été écrit ça ressemble encore à une énième évolution du t72...

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II UAVs for Russia
Russia has acquired new unmanned air vehicles from Israel, according to a report by the Russian newspaper Vedomosti, which is being reproduced by The Jerusalem Post newspaper.




According to the report, the Russian Ministry of Defence has acquired 10 Israel Aerospace Industries Searcher UAVs. These will be assembled to the Ural Work Aviation factory in Russia.

The new UAVs will complement the existing fleet of 12, Israeli-made, Bird Eye 400, I-View Mk 150 and Searcher II, that were procured in 2011. The cost of that contract was at USD400 million and is estimated that it included a technology transfer, according to Media reports of that period.

These tactical drones are used for surveillance, reconnaissance, target acquisition and artillery fire adjustment. It is expected that some of them will be used at the borders with Ukraine, as according to past reports, one of them had been shot down by the Ukrainian Army.

The IAI Searcher II has a length of 5.85 m, a wingspan of 8.54 m. and a height of 1.25 m. The maximum speed is 200 km/h, the service ceiling is at 20,000 ft and the endurance is up to 18 hours. With a gross weight of 500 kg. it can carry a payload of 68 kg.

http://www.armyrecognition.com/september_2015_global_defense_security_news_uk/new_searcher_ii_uavs_for_russia_40909153.html

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Russian Navy Black Sea Fleet Naval Aviation Receives Two More Sukhoi Su-30SM Fighters

The naval aviation of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has received two more Su-30SM multirole fighters, advanced aircraft designed to replace Su-24 tactical bombers currently the fleet's mainstay. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet had already received three Su-30SMs, the fleet's press office chief said.


Several more planes will be delivered, enabling an air squadron to be activated in the near future, Vyacheslav Trukhachov, fleet press office chief, said on Friday.

"The separate naval attack air regiment of the Black Sea Fleet has received two more Su-30SM sophisticated multirole fighters," the spokesman said. "The aircraft have arrived at their home station in the Crimea and are being prepared for flights under the advanced hardware familiarisation program."

The chief of naval aviation of the Russian Navy, Major General Igor Kozhin declared last month that his units are set to receive more than 50 Su-30SM by the year 2020.

According to Irkut Corporation, Su-30SM are super maneuverable twin engine jets, equipped with phased array radar, thrust vectoring engines and canards. The fighter is able to use modern "air-to-air" and "air-to-surface" high-precision weapons.

The Russian Navy Su-30SM are not intended for the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov but operate from naval aviation bases on land. They have a two-tone dark gray camouflage and bear a St. Andrew's flag (Russian Navy Ensign) painting by the cockpit.





http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3079

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Russia's advanced 2S19M2 self-propelled howitzer highlighted at RAE 2015

Entered in service in Russia's Armed Forces in 2013, the 2S19 M2 152 mm self-propelled howitzer is a new upgraded howitzer with enhanced performance characteristics and improved operational parameters. Highlighted on static display, the 2S19M2 is also performing an impressive live firing demonstration at Russian Arms Expo 2015.



The new artillery self-propelled howitzer 2S19M2 "MSTA-S" has received several modifications compare to the previous version. The new version is equipped with a new automatic fire control system which increases the rate of fire up to 10 rpm. It includes automated unsighted gun laying and its restoration after each shooting. The "simultaneous fire attack" is a mode for simultaneous target hitting with several shells fired from one gun.
Digital electronic maps are now available which significantly speeds up the terrain orientation in difficult geographical conditions and allows performing faster and more efficiently firing missions.

To reduce its visibility, the new 2S19M2 uses a set of camouflage system to reduce the thermal heat of the vehicle and increase protection against radar, thermal and optical detection of more than 1.5 times, thereby reducing the effectiveness of high-precision weapons.


The upgraded 2S19M2 is also equipped with programmable complex of loading control KUMZ, and the upgraded system of laying and fire control dubbed ASUNO-M.

Crew comfort has been rethought as well, with an automated tank driver seat ARMV, a feeding and air conditioning unit AP18DM and a new Nakidka "cloak" set

The 2S19M2 self-propelled howitzer has a combat mass of 43.24 tons and is operated by a crew of 5 soldiers.

The 152 mm 2S19 MSTA-S self-propelled howitzer is designed to defeat unsheltered and covered manpower, weapons and materiel to division level. The 2S19 was accepted for service with the former Soviet Army in 1989.
The standard 2S19 can fire at a maximum range of 25 km with standard HE-FRAG projectile and 28.9 with rocket-assisted projectile. This artillery system is also able to fire Krasnopol and Krasnopol-M precision guided munitions, hitting screened point targets at a range of 20 km maximum.

http://www.armyrecognition.com/rae_2015_news_official_online_show_daily_coverage/russia_s_advanced_2s19m2_self-propelled_howitzer_highlighted_at_rae_2015_21009154.html

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Russia’s newest combat vehicle able to destroy drones and helicopters — developer

Military & Defense September 09, 14:55 UTC+3
The Atom advanced infantry combat vehicle has up to five levels of ballistic protection, a WMD protection system and an active protection and laser warning system


STARATEL FIRING RANGE /Sverdlovsk Region/, September 9. /TASS/. Russia’s Atom advanced infantry combat vehicle developed by Russia’s Uralvagonzavod research and production corporation will be able to eliminate lightly-armored targets, as well as drones and helicopters, according to a booklet released at the Russia Arms Expo 2015 international arms show that is opening in Nizhny Tagil in the Urals on Wednesday.

"The combat module with a 57mm automatic gun allows the Atom vehicle crew to detect and eliminate lightly-armored and soft-skinned targets, as well as air targets [drones and helicopters] easily," the booklet reads.
The combat vehicle is also capable of destroying aircraft at a distance of up to 6 km.
The Atom has up to five levels of ballistic protection, a WMD protection system and an active protection and laser warning system.
The Atom’s engine power is 600 hp and its road speed is up to 100 km per hour.
The Atom infantry combat vehicle has been co-developed by the Russian Burevestnik Central Research Institute, a subsidiary of Uralvagonzavod, and the French company Renault Trucks Defense.



http://tass.ru/en/defense/819863

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  Russian Army to Upgrade its T-90 Tanks


By Dylan Vosman - Sep 10, 2015
 


Russian Army  to upgrade its T-90 main battle tanks, reported military-informant.com.

Russia is considering the possibility of upgrading T-90 main battle tanks  and improve their combat capabilities to the level of T-90MS.

T-90MS «Tagil» main battle tank, a Russian export version of the T-90M, which itself is a heavily upgraded T-90A.



The T-90MS well protected by the new Relikt ERA system. Although this export variant does not feature the Shtora APS in the configuration offered by UVZ, this element can also be added, should the Russian Army wish.

“We have about 400 tanks, set in the early 2000s. It’s been almost 12-15 years. They need to be updated. Therefore, we consider the issue of modernization of the tank fleet, “- said Deputy Russian Defense Minister Yuri Borisov at  RAE-2015 in Nizhny Tagil.

http://defence-blog.com/army/russian-army-to-upgrade-its-t-90-tanks.html

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Russian Navy Nuclear Powered Missile Cruiser Pyotr Veliky Docked for Maintenance

Russia’s heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky (Kirov class) has been docked for repairs in the Murmansk Region in north-west Russia, Head of the Northern Fleet’s press service Captain 1st Rank Vadim Serga said on Monday. The ship will be repaired at the 82nd shipyard in the settlement of Roslyakovo, he added.

"The repairs of the ship will be completed by the beginning of a new training year when the Northern Fleet’s flagship is due to accomplish a set of scheduled combat training tasks in the sea," the officer said. The Northern Fleet reported in late August that the cruiser was planned to undergo repairs. Earlier, the Russian sole aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov, also based in the North, underwent scheduled repairs.



Pyotr Veliky is the fourth Kirov class cruiser (and the only one operational today), a class of nuclear-powered warship of the Russian Navy. It is the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships after aircraft carriers currently in active operation in the world.

The Kirov class's main weapons are 20 P-700 Granit (SS-N-19 Shipwreck) missiles mounted in deck, designed to engage large surface targets. Air defense is provided by twelve octuple S-300F launchers with 96 missiles and a pair of Osa-MA batteries with 20 missiles each. Pyotr Veliky carries some S-300FM missiles and is the only ship in the Russian Navy capable of ballistic missile defence.





http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3085

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Moscou renforce sa présence aérienne en Syrie
Dans Actualité Défense
Publié le 11/09/2015 à 14h52, par George de Bonadona


En 2007, Damas avait commandé à Moscou huit avions d’interception Mig-31. Ceux-ci sont désormais tous arrivés sur la base de Meza, près de Damas. Outre ce contrat qui honore un engagement pris en 2007, M. Lavrov a confirmé l’envoi de matériel et de militaires. Cette déclaration intervient alors qu’hier la télévision syrienne annonçait la prise de la base aérienne d’Abou al Douhour par le front Al Nosra. Cette base était le dernier bastion du régime de Bachar al Assad dans la province d’Idlib selon l’Observatoire Syrien des Droits de l’Homme (OSDH) installé à Londres. Les troupes loyalistes ont tenu cette position pendant presque deux ans. Avant de battre en retraite, ceux-ci ont eu le temps d’évacuer le gros du matériel de la base. Il semblerait que seuls quelques Mig-23 hors d’âge qui ne volent plus depuis quelques années ont été abandonnés.

Moscou estime que le régime de Bachar al Assad devrait être associé à la lutte contre l’État Islamique. « Les avions envoyés par les Russes vers la Syrie contiennent des équipements militaires, conformément aux contrats existants (signés avec Damas) et de l’aide humanitaire » a déclaré Sergueï Lavrov.

Selon certaines informations, la base aérienne de Lattaquié à récemment prit de l’ampleur, avec l’installation de structure en préfabriqués. Ces évolutions coïncident avec l’arrivée de militaires russes sur le sol syrien. Si les Russes disposaient d’une base aérienne en Syrie, cela faciliterait grandement les questions logistiques. Pourtant, ces liaisons pourraient être compromises.

La Turquie a interdis aux avions russes le survole de son territoire. Washington tente d’obtenir la même chose de la Grèce pour. Si les Bulgares ont aussi fermé leur espace aérien aux appareils russes, ils envisagent de permettre le passage des avions qui peuvent contrôler. Accéder à la Syrie par l’Est et le Sud étant inenvisageable, il ne reste guère aux pilotes russes que la possibilité de survoler les Balkans, et de profiter de l’absence de décision formelle de certains États.

Au-delà de l’aspect aérien, c’est l’ensemble du dispositif russe en Syrie qui se renforce

http://www.air-cosmos.com/moscou-renforce-sa-presence-aerienne-en-syrie-42859

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New Russian Tanks to Be Able to Fire in ‘Silent Monitoring’ Mode


Oleg Kulikov, a software engineer of the developer company Signal, said that earlier versions of the stabilizer consumed too much energy and led to the tank battery dying if used with the engine turned off

NIZHNY TAGIL (Sputnik) – A Russia-made new generation electromechanical arms stabilizer will allow new Russian tanks to fire from the turret in the "silent monitoring" mode, Oleg Kulikov, a software engineer of the developer company Signal, told RIA Novosti Saturday.

In the new stabilization system, a hydraulic actuator is replaced by an electrical one, according to Kulikov.


“This allows to radically — by 10-15 times — reduce the energy consumption and implement stabilizer in the so-called silent monitoring mode, when the gunner and the tank commander can rotate the turret to raise or to lower the gun and to fire without the engine working, solely on the tank battery’s energy,” the engineer stated.
According to Kulikov, earlier versions of the stabilizer consumed too much energy and led to the tank battery dying if used with the engine turned off.
The engineer said that the arms stabilizer will be used in the T-90MS tank, which is the latest export version of the T-90 tank, the main battle tank currently in service with the Russian Army.


Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20150912/1026921681.html#ixzz3lhjtx9ld

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Russia's newest Armata, Kurganets-25, Bumerang armored vehicles to be fielded in 2016

Military & Defense September 14, 13:23 UTC+3


MOSCOW, September 14. /TASS/. The new-generation Armata platform, medium platform-based Kurganets-25 tracked infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) and Bumerang wheeled armored personnel carrier (APC) will start their operational trials in 2016, Russian Army Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov told journalists on Monday.

"The development of the advanced armored vehicles, such as the Armata-based tank and IFV, Kurganets-25 IFV and Bumerang APC, are on schedule. The efforts are planned for completion in 2016 along with the official trials," he said.
The service chief also said that small-batch deliveries of the hardware were planned for the same period to conduct operational test and evaluation.
The Armata is a commonized heavy platform that has served as a basis for a tank and an IFV. An armored recovery vehicle is being derived from it too.
The new tank has been furnished with an unmanned turret, all-digital controls and an isolated armored crew compartment. Its main armament is a 125-mm gun, but the introduction of a 152-mm gun sometime in the future is a possibility.
The Kurganets-25 platform is another novelty along with the heavy Armata, medium Bumerang and light Typhoon. The IFV derived from it was displayed in Moscow on May 9 during the Victory Day Parade. The platform is expected to spawn a 120-mm self-propelled artillery piece and a 57-mm antiaircraft gun system.


http://tass.ru/en/defense/820883

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Syrie : Des chars russes T-90 déployés à Lattaquié?Posté dans Moyen-Orient, Russie par Laurent Lagneau Le 14-09-2015

http://www.opex360.com/2015/09/14/syrie-des-chars-russes-t-90-deployes-lattaquie/

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Over 1,700 items of advanced combat hardware to be delivered to Southern Russia in 2015

Military & Defense September 14, 17:19 UTC+3
The forces have been receiving T-72B3 tanks, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, Tornado-G multiple-launch rocket systems, Aistyonok and Sobolyatnik radars, Zoopark-1M radar systems in particular

MOSCOW, September 14. /TASS/. The Southern Military District will receive more than 1,700 units of newly developed and upgraded military hardware this year, the military district’s press office told journalists on Monday.
"In all, 1,700 items of the latest and upgraded weapons systems and other materiel are due this year in accordance with the Southern Military District support plan," the press office said.

To date, over 500 units of advanced and modernized hardware have been fielded with the motorized infantry, artillery, combat engineer and reconnaissance units as well as the coastal defense units of the Black Sea Fleet and Caspian Flotilla, according to the press office.
In particular, the forces have been receiving T-72B3 tanks, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, Tornado-G multiple-launch rocket systems, Aistyonok and Sobolyatnik radars, Zoopark-1M radar systems, etc.
According to the press office, the active rearmament of the forces stationed in the south of Russia began in 2010. "The Southern Military District is going to drive the number of up-to-date combat hardware in the inventory of all of its armed services up to 70%, with the number to stand at 100% as far as some items of military hardware are concerned," the press office concluded.


http://tass.ru/en/defense/820938