According to him, Russia, in its turn, has ceased being a catch-up state in the field of defense President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin stated that Russia was not going to fight anyone, but it created relevant conditions, so that nobody wanted to fight against it. He said this in an interview with TASS. “We are not going to

Professor Sergei Chvarkov, Russian military experts, shares his vision of the nature, aims and likely diversity of future armed conflicts Russian military science contributes in many ways to planning concerning a range of defense and military issues. The political-military leadership attaches primary importance to efforts to research and examine future warfare in order to help the state prepare for and

Two competing designs are in the frame to replace the only existing Admiral Kuznetsov. Both proposals have nuclear propulsion Only the U.S. Navy has so-called super-carriers, the extra-large nuclear-powered aircraft carriers which displace 100,000 tons. However, the Russian Navy may now be considering building one. Russia’s only existing carrier is the 60,000-ton Admiral Kuznetsov. That’s large, but because of its

Russia’s president announced some new buys. But that’s not the whole picture. Key Point: Is the Russian Navy sinking?  The Russia fleet in 2019 will take delivery of 23 new surface vessels, two new submarines and three new aircraft, Russian president Vladimir Putin announced. The numbers on their face are impressive. But in fact, most of the surface ships are

The Su-57 jets have previously performed during the MAKS-2019 International Aviation and Space Show in Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, Russia. (AP)

Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire on Thursday during maintenance work in Russia’s Arctic port in Murmansk, with three people unaccounted for, Russian news agencies reported. One source told the TASS news agency that the fire had started on the upper deck and that thick, black smoke was billowing from the vessel. (c) The Moscow Times