Belarus’ Defense Ministry has confirmed on Monday that Republic and Russia signed an accord for Moscow to supply Minsk with advanced air defense systems. “A plan of interaction with Almaz-Antey Group for 2021-2025 has been signed for the deliveries of advanced air defense systems through 2025,” the republic’s Defense Ministry said on 24 August. The […]

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The Turkish Armed Forces have signed a contract for the second batch of S-400 air defense systems, also known as the SA-21 Growler, Head of Russia’s state arms seller Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheyev told reporters on Sunday. “The contract has been signed,” the chief executive said, replying to the corresponding question. The sides are now discussing […]

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Russia’s state arms group Almaz-Antey Group has unveiled the newest Abakan air defense system during the Army-2020 international military and technical forum on Sunday. The new Abakan system is an anti-ballistic missile defense system designed to strike ballistic targets, according to the company officials. Abakan is a highly mobile system featuring the truck BAZ chassis. […]

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Turkey has reportedly sent its latest self-propelled air-defense gun system, called the KORKUT, to Lybia. Recent satellite imagery released by Twitter account who uses the nickname safsata14 showed that Korkut air defense systems were deployed to the Al-Watiya airbase in western Libya. The airbase is now operated by both the Turkish Armed Forces and Forces […]

German weapons maker Rheinmetall on Friday has shared the video of its mobile ground based air defense (GBAD) system, called the Oerlikon Skyranger 35. The Oerlikon Skyranger 35 is a new air defence system, which can be deployed against air targets at short and very short ranges and against ground targets. According to the company, […]