Bolivia seems to be still in the throes of the coronavirus, although the specific data appear so unreliable as to not be worth reporting. Nevertheless, President Jeanine Áñez apparently contracted…
On 2 April, Russia adopted the “Energy Strategy 2035” (ES-2035) planning document. As noted by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, the country’s fuel and energy complex (FEC) is a driver…
The accompanying excerpted article from Izvestia discusses Russian plans to create air defense mobile reserves of Pantsir-S gun-missile systems. The intended purpose of these units is to protect high-value targets,…
The upgrade of the Russian Pacific Fleet has been getting a lot of press lately (see “Going Blue by 2030: Upgrading and Refitting the Pacific Fleet,” OE Watch, July 2020).…
Russia continues to balance its upgraded strategic submarine fleet between the Northern and Pacific Fleet. As the accompanying passage discusses, the Sevmash [Northern Machine building] shipyard in the Arctic City…
The Pacific Fleet has a lot of Russian coast to protect, including Russia’s Northeast Arctic coast. Although the Northern Fleet has control of most of the Northern Sea Route, the…
The accompanying excerpted articles from RIA Novosti discuss Russian plans to develop robotic platforms for military purposes. As Vitaliy Davydov, head of the Advanced Research Fund’s Scientific-Technical Council (Russia’s Defense…
Kamov has pioneered the development of shipboard helicopters. The Ka-27 (NATO “Helix”) began production in 1981 and continues to the present. It has an export military and civilian version (Ka-28…
The accompanying excepted article from RIA Novosti features an interview with the director of the ‘Tekhmash’ company, Alexander Kochkin. According to Kochkin, multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) were once just…
The “Kamaz Мустанг (Mustang) 5350” is a workhorse in the Russian ground forces. It is widely used in maintenance and supply units and as the mount for the Pantsir air…