The Volkhov and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky 636.3-project diesel-electric submarines will be introduced in the Pacific Fleet in 2019. The third-generation submarines are fitted with a complex of modern high-precision missile armament. These submarines exceed their 636-project predecessors in many characteristics. The Varshavyanka-class (Project 636.3) is an improved version of Kilo-class submarines that features advanced stealth technology, extended […]

In accordance to the combat training plan, a tactic exercise with the separate missile-artillery brigade of the Novorossiysk naval base of the Black Fleet is held at the Zhelezny Rog range in the Krasnodar Krai. Crews of the Bereg coastal artillery complexes of the Black Fleet conducted firing against a naval target. They fired against […]

Turkish defense contractor Aselsan announced that it will be demonstrating its new light torpedo at IDEF’17 13th International Defence Industry Fair. The light torpedo developed by Turkish defense contractor Aselsan will be shown for the first time at the fair on May 9-12, a company official, who asked not to be named due to safety concerns, told Anadolu […]

The joint stock company “Kurganmashzavod, one of the leaders of the Russian military industrial complex,  has displayed the new version of BMD-4 airborne combat vehicle with “Sinica” (in Russian – tits constitute the family of small passerine birds ) turret. That was reported by rg.ru. The new updated version of airborne combat vehicle called BMD-4M2. The main peculiarity of BMD-4M2 […]

As China’s second aircraft carrier, and the country’s first domestically built carrier, approaches its launch, experts predict that the third China-made carrier will see dramatic breakthroughs, such as the use of nuclear power and the capability for an electromagnetic launch. Military expert Xu Guangyu made this forecast during an interview with BTV. “The first domestically […]

The Chinese navy rescued a Panamanian merchant ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden over the weekend, the second time it has helped a vessel under threat this month. A convoy sent by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy rescued a Panamanian ship that was being attacked by pirates in the Gulf of […]

North Korea has displayed version of the mobile coastal defence missile systems integrated onto all-terrain tracked vehicles during a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang. South Korean military officials said they regard it as a new type of anti-ship cruise missiles mounted on tracked chassis. Missile launch tubes of new mobile coastal defence missile systems look alike those […]

North Korea has displayed the new Pukguksong-1 submarine-launched ballistic missiles for the first time on Saturday ahead of a massive military parade in the capital, Pyongyang. The country’s hereditary leader Kim Jong-un, wearing a black suit and white shirt and a tie, welcomed his country’s bravest as he addressed thousands of soldiers who took part in […]

U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 conducted aviation delivered ground refueling with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, April 11, 2017. That was reported by Lance Cpl. Joseph Abrego (Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni). The ADGR marked the first evolution of this form of refueling […]

A four-metre long (12-foot) Russia-made torpedo was found on the Curonian Spit on the Baltic Sea coast, near the border with the Russian Federation. The torpedo found, according to the estimates of the border guards, is a training torpedo. It is painted in green and red colors, has inscriptions in Russian. The torpedo was found in […]