April 24, (TASS) - This year Russia is celebrationg the 70th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. A traditional military parade is to be held on Moscow’s Red Square on May 9. Over 78,500 military servicemen and almost 2,000 pieces of military hardware, including 238 aircraft and 51 battle ships, will participate in Victory Day parades in Russia’s 28 cities. Invitations to attend the military parade in Moscow have been sent to 68 heads of state, as well as UN, Council of Europe, UNESCO and EU chiefs.
Troops rehearsing for the parade
Msta-S self-propelled howitzers during preparations fr the parade
Russia’s new generation T-14 tank on Armata platform
A U.S. aircraft carrier was dispatched to the waters off Yemen Monday to join other American ships prepared to block any Iranian weapons shipments to Shiite Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen.
A Navy official confirmed to Fox News that the USS Theodore Roosevelt -- along with her escort ship, the USS Normandy, a guided-missile cruiser -- left the Persian Gulf on Sunday en route for the Arabian Sea, to help enforce the blockade. A massive ship that carries F/A-18 fighter jets, the Roosevelt is seen more of a deterrent and show of force in the region.
In
honor of the 70th anniversary of victory in World War II, in Moscow
will be held the largest military parade in post-Soviet history of
Russia. On that occasion, the Russian Sputnik portal posted a review of a
new weapons that will, on Victory Day, be shown on the Red Square.
From
May 9 in Red Square will be the biggest attraction of vehicles and
armored resources, and, as announced by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry
Rogozin, there will also be a brand new equipment that is now supplied
the Armed Forces of Russia. In addition to the vehicles that are past
decade included in the armament of the Russian armed forces, will be
displayed and a total of seven vehicles that are never seen.
T-14 ARMATA
The new battle
tank on a platform armata ', which is being developed since 2009 in the
factory Uralvagonzavod, can be compared with analogous Western models,
and in some parameters is superior. Apparently has a main dome of the
remote control, equipped with a new gun with a caliber of 125 mm, has a
fully automated system for filling, part of the crew that is separate
from the container for ammunition and multi-layered composite armor
protection. Officially tested should go in 2016, and Uralvagonzavod
hopes that by 2020 Provide Army with more than 2,300 of these tanks.
By Manu Pubby, ET Bureau | 11 Apr, 2015, 01.00AM IST
NEW DELHI: After a series of twists and turns almost befitting its size, the multi-billion dollar deal for new fighter jets for the Indian Air Force has hit the last mile with a firm political push by the NDA government to iron out differences and wrap up negotiations with an out-of-the-box solution to end a two-year-old deadlock. In the initial phase, 36 Rafale fighters will be bought off the shelf and negotiations will continue for manufacturing more in India at a later stage.
The reworked deal — buying 36 fighters outright with the option for more could be worth up to $7.5 billion — has the potential of pumping in over $2.3 billion into the Indian defence manufacturing sector, a major chunk of which will go to the private industry.
According to the understanding reached, the two sides agreed to conclude an Inter-Governmental Agreement for supply of the aircraft on terms that would be 'better than as conveyed by Dassault Aviation as part of a separate process underway'. This means that the 36 fighters are cheaper than offers made in the past by Dassault.
Buying fighters off the shelf means the delivery would be faster and would meet a time frame set by IAF that urgently needs the aircraft to fill operational gaps. The aircraft would be delivered on the same configuration as had been tested and approved by IAF during the 2007 tendering process. Sources said separate negotiations will continue at a ministerial level on manufacturing more fighters in India. The total requirement is for 126 fighters.
Berlin has announced plans to bring dozens of mothballed tanks back into service. There is speculation the move is in response to increased demands from the Ukraine crisis.
