The accompanying excerpted article from Izvestiya discusses Russian plans for a Klevok-D2 small hypersonic missile. The Klevok-D2 is considered a Precision Guided Tactical Missile System (VTRK), in Russian military parlance.…
On 10 November, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a Russian-brokered truce to end their armed conflict. The deal calls for the opening of transport connections between mainland Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan…
The Turkish defense industry continues to deliver new products to the Turkish military. Most recently, a mobile early warning air defense system named KALKA was added to the Turkish Armed…
In late November, the UAE and Greece signed a defense cooperation agreement that strengthens intelligence sharing and allows each country’s military to be stationed in the other’s territory in the…
According to the military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, the 90th Guards Tank Division is field testing the Terminator-2 Tank Support combat vehicle. The system has been under consideration and development for…
The Russian military newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda covered the landing of two companies and 10 BTR-82 personnel carriers of Naval Infantry in the Baltic. The Naval Infantry was transported on two…
The accompanying excerpted article from Izvestia discusses Russian plans to put a naval base in Sudan. Although a formal agreement has yet to be signed, it appears that the broad…
The accompanying excerpted article from Krasnaya Zvezda discusses the Russian Armed Forces first “NCO of the Year” competition. The Russians have struggled with enlisted professionalization since Soviet times, and while…
After the governments of Azerbaijan and Armenia signed a cease-fire agreement on 10 November, the Russian government quickly deployed a peacekeeping force to Nagorno-Karabakh as part of the agreement. The…
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), has stated that its collective force, made up of units from member states, is capable of taking part in a UN peacekeeping mission. The…