EEV: Requires second source confirmation The aircraft at an altitude of over 10,000 meters could be shot down only with the weapons of the S-300 or Buk (Beech) missile systems MOSCOW, July 17. /ITAR-TASS/. Ukraine’s armed forces dispatched the Buk… Read More ›
Anti-aircraft warfare
U.S. advises airlines to comply with China air zone demands
By IAN MADER National Nov. 30, 2013 – 04:40PM JST ( 16 ) BEIJING — The United States on Saturday advised U.S. carriers to comply with China’s demand that it be told of any flights passing through its new… Read More ›
Russian military: ‘Space troops not yet ready to fight aliens’
Published time: October 02, 2013 11:40 Edited time: October 02, 2013 17:56 Servicemen of the association of aerospace defense of the Central Military District deploy a command post with an acquisition radar of the S-300PS air defense system … Read More ›
Russians man Syrian air defences
Russian military presence in Syria poses challenge to US-led intervention Advisers deployed with surface-to-air systems bolster President Assad’s defences and complicate outcome of any future strikes Julian Borger The Guardian, Sunday 23 December 2012 16.30 EST Syria crisis –… Read More ›
Russia, Italy in joint naval exercises
Nov 9, 2012 18:31 Moscow Time Photo: RIA Novosti A frigate and a naval tugboat from Russia and two frigates from Italy have successfully carried out joint counter-piracy and air defence exercises in the Ionian Sea. The mock attackers were… Read More ›