The Russian Defense Ministry has announced all Sukhoi-27 fighter jets in the Russia Aero-Space Force have been grounded until the cause of a crash near Moscow is understood, reports Russian state news media TASS. “According to preliminary findings, technical problems were to blame,” the ministry’s statement says. Earlier, a source…
A Russian SU-27 fighter jet came within 10 feet of a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over international waters of the Black Sea, near the Russian Federation coastline, U.S. defense officials told Reuters. One official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the incident lasted about 19 minutes and the Russian Sukhoi…
Russia spent 18.4 percent of its reserve fund in a single month to plug deficits in the federal budget, Finance Ministry figures released Tuesday have revealed. The country’s reserve fund fell from $38.18 billion to $32.2 billion during the course of August 2016, shrinking to just over a third of…
All of the branches of the US armed forces are advancing in laser research and expect these weapons to be fielded within the next ten years. Russia, it seems, is working on a plane armed with a new generation laser weapon as well, a source in the defense-industrial complex has…
After pulling out of the last conventional arms control treaty in Europe, and after rearming and redeploying forces to enable Russia to be a threat to the West if they desire, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he is open to new conventional arms control on the continent. The opening comes…
One of the major problems with the European migrant crisis is migrants taking advantage of non-Schengen, poorer country’s borders in order to reach richer members of the European Union. Czech President Milos Zeman wants to do something about that and says his country and the entire European Union should help…
A Russian military ships and submarines were seen again near the Latvian border, the country’s National Armed Forces (NAF) said on Sunday. “In the Latvian exclusive economic zone 1o miles off the NAF territory waters, today (on September 3), were identified Russian Navy’s submarines of the Kilo and Finik classes,”…
There have been reports now for weeks that the US and Russia are close to an agreement in Syria that would give the Kremlin what they have been dreaming of–joint operations with the United States in combatting the Islamic State in the Middle East. This type of deal would place…
Russia has made a renewed push for control of the arctic in its push for natural resources and strategic positioning. Russia has also filed a claim at the United Nations for a large part of the region. The claim has yet to be adjudicated. The Baltic Shipyard in St. Petersburg…
A Hungarian women was attacked and raped by three Eritrean men in the German town of Mühlhausen, over the weekend, according to a local newspaper, reports Hungary Today. The three migrants from the country in northwestern Africa, were arrested on Sunday and are currently in detention as the trial goes…