DefenceTalkRussia has put trials of two nuclear subs on hold following an unsuccessful launch of a Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) on Friday, a Russian defense ministry spokesman said on Saturday. “The day before, a Bulava SLBM was fired toward the Kura test site in Kamchatka [in Far East] during state trials of the Alexander […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-puts-submarine-trials-on-hold-after-bulava-failure-48992/

DefenceTalkThe prototype of Russia’s next generation Armata main battle tank is ready for testing, which will begin by November, the head of the Russian Tank Forces said Saturday. “The prototypes will be unveiled soon at an exhibit in Nizhny Tagil, and their tests will kick off within a month or two, I believe,” Lt. Gen. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-armata-tank-to-enter-testing-in-november-49000/

DefenceTalk“Will we be helping Syria? We will”, Vladimir Putin said at a press conference following the G20 summit in St. Petersburg on Friday. The US and other countries will put themselves outside the law if they launch a military operation in Syria, Putin added. “I presume that everything concerning the so-called use of chemical weapons […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-to-help-syria-in-case-of-external-military-strike-putin-48962/

DefenceTalkArab nations have offered to help pay for any US military intervention in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry told lawmakers Wednesday as he sought support for missile strikes. “With respect to Arab countries offering to bear the cost and to assist, the answer is profoundly yes, they have. That offer is on the table,” […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-tells-us-it-needs-un-approval-for-syria-strike-48960/

DefenceTalkPresident Vladimir Putin on Wednesday revealed Russia had suspended deliveries of sophisticated S-300 missile systems to Syria even though some components had already been handed over. Western governments have repeatedly condemned Russia for signing a contract to supply President Bashar al-Assad’s regime with the S-300 air-defence systems which are among Russia’s most prized military exports. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-suspends-syria-s-300-missile-deliveries-putin-48952/

DefenceTalkAs the Syrian civil war drags into its third year with mounting casualties and misery among the civilian population, and the large-scale use of chemical weapons, interest in the possibility of military intervention by the United States and its allies is growing despite U.S. wariness of becoming involved in a prolonged sectarian quagmire. Without presuming […]https://www.defencetalk.com/airpower-options-for-syria-assessing-objectives-and-missions-for-aerial-intervention-48921/

DefenceTalkRussia is now the world’s leading exporter of new multirole fighter jets, a Moscow-based research center said Tuesday. Russia’s Center for the Analysis of the Global Arms Trade said, when calculated in volume terms, Russia was the market-leader for the supply of multirole fighter jets for 2009-2012, according to figures from Russia’s arms exporter Rosoboronexport. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-leads-multirole-fighter-jet-sales-market-48899/

DefenceTalkAn array of large-scale contracts have been signed on the first day of the MAKS-2013 airshow, just outside Moscow. Defense The United Aircraft Corporation and the Defense Ministry have signed a 80 billion ruble ($2.5 billion) contract for the servicing of aircraft, avionics and related equipment, the UAC said in a press release. The contract, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/major-deals-signed-at-moscows-maks-2013-airshow-48895/

DefenceTalkRussian designers are proceeding with development of an unmanned “sixth-generation” fighter jet, former Air Force chief Pyotr Deinekin said Monday. “The sixth generation of aircraft will most likely be pilotless. Naturally, we are actively working on this,” Deinekin said in an interview with RIA Novosti. Russia will probably not be able to skip a generation […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-developing-unmanned-next-generation-fighter-48880/

DefenceTalkRussian Helicopters will present the first prototype of the new medium multirole Ka-62 at the MAKS International Aviation & Space Salon, which gets underway on August 27 in the Moscow Region town of Zhukovsky. The helicopter was built at the Company’s manufacturing plant in the town of Arsenyev in Russia’s Far East, and has already […]https://www.defencetalk.com/ka-62-new-russian-helicopter-to-be-presented-at-maks-2013-48877/