Venezuela is studying buying Russian submarines that would transform the South American country into the top naval force in the region, a military adviser to President Hugo Chavez said Thursday.
Popularity: 7% [?]
June 15, 2007India is to buy around 350 T-90S main battle tanks from Russia according to a contract to be signed later this year.
Popularity: 3% [?]
May 26, 2007Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has accused China and Russia of breaching a United Nations arms embargo by continuing to supply weapons to the Sudanese authorities for use in Darfur.
Popularity: 3% [?]
May 8, 2007India successfully test-fired the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, jointly developed with Russia, from a range in eastern Orissa state on Sunday, the DPA press agency reports.
Popularity: 3% [?]
April 23, 2007India and Russia have signed a $ 500 million deal for the swapping of 18 Sukhoi fighter jets in service with IAF for the latest version of air superiority multi-role warbirds tailored to meet Indian requirements.
Popularity: 7% [?]
April 12, 2007A delegation of the Belarusian Government met Thursday in Caracas-based military base Fuerte Tiuna, with the Venezuelan Minister of Defense General in Chief Raúl IsaÃas Baduel and the President of the Venezuelan Military Industry Company (Cavim), Major General Gustavo Ochoa, in order to assess the scope of the bilateral military cooperation agreement both countries initialed in July 2006.
Popularity: 5% [?]
March 23, 2007The United States expressed concern on Wednesday about Russia’s arms sales to Iran, Syria and Venezuela and accused Moscow of bullying its neighbors, Reuters news agency reported March 21.
Popularity: 3% [?]
March 22, 2007In 2006 the Russian defense industry’s portfolio of international orders almost doubled over the previous year, increasing by $14 billion to $30 billion, the head of the country’s military and technical cooperation body said on Tuesday, February 27.
Popularity: 2% [?]
February 27, 2007Damascus is close to concluding a large deal with Russia to procure thousands of advanced anti-tank missiles for the Syrian army.
Popularity: 4% [?]
February 23, 2007Russia’s defense minister Sergei Ivanov confirmed Tuesday Russia has sold an unspecified number of short-range Tor-M1 missiles to Iran. This announcement was the first government confirmation from Russia.
Popularity: 4% [?]
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