RUSSIAN ARMY RECEIVES ISKANDER MISSILE SYSTEM, KALIBR CRUISE MISSILES

[Zarvan]

Iskander-M missile system during a military machine demonstration near Moscow
The Russian defence industry has supplied the Russian Armed Forces with an Iskander-M missile system brigade set and 60 Kalibr cruise missiles alongside 17 planes and helicopters in May-June this year, Russian Defence Ninister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday

MOSCOW — The list includes 11 jets and six helicopters, nine radar systems, Steregushchy-class Sovershennyy corvette, two inshore patrol vessels, as well as a heavy offshore platform for a Borey-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine.

"Over this period, defence industry enterprises have supplied more than 600 new and 300 repaired weapons, military and special equipment," Shoigu said on single military production acceptance day.

"As for today, the state defence order for modern weapons has been implemented by 34.2 percent, while [state order] for repairs — by 42.2 percent, and it indicates a satisfactory rate of production of defence industry enterprises," Shoigu said.

The minister noted that in general, the defence industry enterprises had been faithfully fulfilling their obligations.

Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said the Russian Navy has received 42 torpedoes, three submarines, a counter sabotage boat and two naval fighters in the second quarter of 2017. The deputy defence minister also indicated that the ground forces have received new equipment, in particular, 35 new and 155 repaired tanks, as well as armoured combat vehicles.

A Russian soldier watches a transporter-loader place an Iskander-M shorter-range missile onto a self-propelled launcher during an exercise involving missile and artillery units of the Eastern Military District's Fifth Russian Army in the Primorye Territory
Russian ground forces now have at their disposal 500 new and 273 repaired vehicles, 10 self-propelled howitzers and nearly 9,000 items of ammunition for various purposes, according to Borisov.

The share of advanced weapons in service with the Russian Armed Forces has grown over six months to reach nearly 60 percent, Borisov said during the event.

"Taking into account the armament and military equipment supplied since the start of the year, the troops' level of equipment with modern, advanced models in the first half of the year increased by more than 0.5 percent and now stands at 58.8 percent."

Moreover, the Russian Aerospace Forces received in the second quarter of 2017 over 70 new and repaired planes and helicopters, Borisov said.

One of the most effective and widely known Russian cruise missiles, Kalibr, was first used in combat by the Russian Caspian Flotilla against Daesh targets in Syria in November 2015.

Kalibr missiles have been repeatedly fired from Russia’s Buyan-M-class ships and Varshavyanka-class submarines against Daesh targets in Syria. Since the Kalibr missile has an operational range of up to 2,500 km, the launches were carried out from the Caspian Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.

The Iskander is a mobile ballistic missile system designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets at a range of up to 500 kilometres (over 300 miles).

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