Recently in October flight tests of next generation turbofan engine PD-14 have begun in Moscow region. Engine for tests was mounted on Il-76ll flying laboratory. PD-14 turbofan family has modular design with takeoff thrust range from 11000 to 18000 Kgf. The PD-14 turbofan family is being...
Rearmament and modernization of Russian Air Force (VVS) as of the end of 2013
New aircrafts:
Fighters:
Su-35S - 12 (to Dzemgi)
Su-30SM - 14 (to Lipetsk and to Domna) +2 was delivered in 2012
Su-30M2 - 4 (to Dzemgi, Uglovaya and Krymsk) +4 was delivered in 2011
Su-34 - 14 (to Morozovsk) +16 was...
Bloomberg analysis.
Putin Builds North Korea Rail to Circumvent Suez Canal - Bloomberg
Putin Builds North Korea Rail to Circumvent Suez Canal
Vladimir Putin is inching closer to his goal of turning Russia into a major transit route for trade between eastern Asia and Europe by prying open...
ATHENS, December 14 (RIA Novosti) – Greek armed forces test-fired a Russian-made S-300 air defense system on Friday, for the first time since it was bought 14 years ago.
Greece is the only NATO member that has an S-300 in service. The system was initially purchased by Cyprus in the mid-1990s...