DefenceTalkIn accordance to the task assigned by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Armed Forces concerning enhancing combat operations of the aviation in the Syrian Arab Republic, crews of Tu-160, Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 long-range aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out strikes with air-based cruise missiles at the ISIS terrorist objects within the air […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-forces-strike-isis-targets-with-cruise-missiles-65879/

DefenceTalkMoscow: A map shown by the Russian military on state television appears to show that some Russian artillery contingents could be operating on the ground in central Syria’s Homs region. Russia has servicemen at bases in government-held Syria helping to conduct an air campaign in support of forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad but denies […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-army-map-shown-by-tv-suggests-ground-forces-in-syria-65877/

DefenceTalkMoscow: The military intervention in Syria ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday marks the first time that Moscow has taken part in a war far from its borders since its troops fought in Afghanistan in the late Soviet era. It comes after Russia’s landgrab of Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in March last year, when […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-post-soviet-military-engagements-beyond-its-borders-65530/

DefenceTalkPhotos allegedly showing Russian soldiers, reports of military deliveries and overflight requests are swelling fears among the United States and its allies that Russia is covertly bolstering the Syrian regime. Moscow, an ally of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, has had a military presence in the country since the Soviet era. Though traditionally confined to a […]https://www.defencetalk.com/reports-of-russian-military-build-up-in-syria-fuel-concern-65323/

DefenceTalkTwo pilots of a Russian military aircraft were killed Monday when their jet crashed during a training mission in the far east of the country, the defence ministry said, the latest in a string of accidents involving military planes. “The aircraft suffered a crash during take-off in a planned training flight near the Khurba aerodrome. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/two-pilots-killed-in-russian-military-jet-crash-64801/

DefenceTalkRussia has deployed hundreds of troops for drills in Central Asia with its ex-Soviet allies in a show of force as anxiety grows over a surge in fighting in neighbouring Afghanistan. Around 2,500 personnel from the Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) are taking part in joint exercises due to run to Wednesday in Tajikistan. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-flexes-central-asia-military-might-amid-afghan-fears-64235/

DefenceTalkA military doctrine is a theoretically substantiated and officially adopted long-term set of guidelines for the organizational development of the armed forces, use of military force and achievement of military objectives. A military doctrine is subordinate to military policy, being its chief derivative. It is the scientific and practical baseline for developing military concepts, programs, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russias-new-military-doctrine-facts-and-details-62637/

DefenceTalkNATO’s secretary general has once again warned of Russia’s military capacities. A look at the country’s armed forces shows modernizing equipment, more flexible soldiers and nuclear parity. “Russian defense spending has grown by more than 10 percent in real terms each year over the past five years,” said NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at […]https://www.defencetalk.com/aging-russian-military-scales-up-rearmament-59920/

DefenceTalkA separate branch dedicated to cyber warfare is being created in the Russian Armed Forces as the Internet could become a new “theater of war” in the near future, a senior Russian military R&D official said. “Cyber space is becoming our priority…the decision to create a cyber-security command and a new branch of the armed […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-military-creating-cyber-warfare-branch-48814/

DefenceTalkA Russian company is developing nanotechnology that would allow production of light-weight ceramic armor for the military and police as early as by the end of 2015, the Izvestia newspaper said Tuesday. Ceramic armor plates manufactured with the use of boron carbide powder will be used to make bulletproof vests, armor protection for combat vehicles […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-military-to-receive-nano-armor-by-2015-report-48719/