DefenceTalkUral Vagon Zavod and Renault Trucks Defense have combined their know-how to offer potential customers an infantry combat vehicle which is being presented for the first time at the Russian Expo Arms exhibit in Nijni Taguil. This 30-tonne combat vehicle incorporates all the experience of Ural Vagon Zavod in the area of armoured hulls and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/french-russian-firms-develop-new-infantry-combat-vehicle-49221/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Uralvagonzavod defense manufacturer on Wednesday unveiled the BMPT-72 tank support fighting vehicle, dubbed the “Terminator-2,” at the Russia Arms Expo 2013 in Nizhny Tagil. The BMPT-72 is an extensive modernization of the world-famous T-72 main battle tank, also produced by Uralvagonzavod. Compared with its predecessor – the BMPT – the BMPT-72 has an improved […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-unveils-terminator-2-tank-support-vehicle-49201/

DefenceTalkRosoboronexport will participate in NAMEXPO 2013, India’s premiere international naval & maritime exposition and conference to be held in Cochin, India from 23 to 27 September 2013. Enterprises affiliated with the United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) – Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering, St. Petersburg-based Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau and Sudoexport – as well as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-will-take-part-in-indias-first-naval-show-49151/

DefenceTalkThe Russian Navy’s long-distance cruise in the Subarctic along the Northern Sea Route has become a flagship mission in the region abandoned by the military after the fall of the USSR. Now the once deactivated infrastructure will resume operation. On Saturday, Russia’s Defense Ministry officially announced return of Russia’s military to the Subarctic region. The […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-military-resumes-permanent-arctic-presence-49098/

DefenceTalkNew test launches of the troubled Bulava missile will start later this year following a recent unsuccessful launch that forced the Russian military to suspend sea trials of new Borey-class subs, a senior government official said. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered five additional launches of Bulava SLBM following a failed launch on September […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-resume-bulava-missile-tests-by-year-end-49057/

DefenceTalkA scenario involving potential military action in Syria will not be part of the upcoming large-scale Russian-Belarusian military exercise Zapad-2013, a senior Russian defense official said. “I am taking the full responsibility by saying that the [Zapad-2013] drills will focus on practicing various forms of interoperability between branches of armed forces, including an assault landing,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/no-syrian-scenario-at-zapad-2013-drills-russia-49071/

DefenceTalkVarious modifications of a new Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle as well as a host of other small arms will be put in service with the Russian armed forces in 2014, a senior government official said. “In 2014, the Russian army will start receiving new assault rifles, handguns, machine guns and sniper rifles, including 5.45-mm and […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-army-to-receive-new-kalashnikov-assault-rifles-in-2014-49074/

DefenceTalkRussian President Vladimir Putin meets Iran’s new president for the first time this week, reportedly armed with an offer to supply missile systems and build a second nuclear power reactor that is likely to gladden Tehran and trouble the United States. President Hassan Rowhani is set to meet Putin on the sidelines of a summit […]https://www.defencetalk.com/putin-to-offer-iran-arms-nuclear-deal-at-summit-49050/

DefenceTalkRussia’s Moskva missile cruiser, dubbed a “carrier-killer” by NATO, has passed through the Straits of Gibraltar and is now heading toward the eastern Mediterranean to assume command of the Russian naval force there. The Russian Navy said in a statement that the Moskva cruiser passed through the Straits of Gibraltar on September 10. Interfax news […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-carrier-killer-moskva-enters-mediterranean-49022/

DefenceTalkRussia is developing a fifth-generation unmanned fighter jet and a completely new missile defense system which can simultaneously engage several supersonic targets in space, it has been revealed at the MAKS-2013 airshow. The fifth-generation unmanned aircraft, weighing in at around 20 tons, takes after the T-50 fighter jet, with most of its characteristics modeled after […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-unveils-plans-for-new-anti-missile-system-5th-generation-fighter-jet-49009/