Experts doubt Russian military has moved Bulava production | ‘RIA Novosti’ newswire

Posted by Matt in August 27th, 2009 | no comment

Published in general, Armed Forces, Ballistic Missiles, Bulava Missile, General Staff, Industry Experts, Newswire, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Nikolai Makarov, Ria Novosti, Russia, Russian Experts, Russian General, Russian Military, Russian News, Russian Newspaper, solid-fuel, Surprise, Top News, Topol, Urals

Russia cannot assign production of Bulava ballistic missiles to another manufacturer because there is only one plant in the country that makes solid-fuel ballistic missiles, Russian experts have said.
Chief of the Russian General Staff, Gen. Nikolai Makarov, said on Wednesday that production of the troubled Bulava missile had been moved to an alternative factory due [...]

Russia and Germany Restart Their Special Partnership

Posted by Matt in October 6th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, beijing, Business Takeover, Comrades, Dialogues, Easy Victory, Economic Disaster, Economic Relations, Europeans, Germany, Medvedev, moscow, Mutual Trust, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Nods, Polar World, Political Reality, Revisionism, Self Aggrandizement, September 16, State Debt, tanks

The unwelcome political reality of deepening European dependency upon Russia is somewhat similar to the American asymmetric and unbalanced economic relations with China, which is the main holder of U.S. state debt, although mutual trust is very weak and political compatibility nonexistent. In both Moscow and Beijing the current analyses of the political options available [...]

Russia infuriated with Chinese export copies of Su-27 jet fighters

Posted by Matt in April 22nd, 2008 | 4 comments

Published in China, Military, Russia, Analogues, Arms Exports, Avail, China, Chinese Production, Cooperation Contracts, Defense Cooperation, Intellectual Property, International Agreements, Jet Fighter, Jet Fighters, Legal Proceedings, Military Cooperation, moscow, Nezavisimaya Gazeta, Pirates, Planes, Production Technology, Russia, Su-27, Third World Countries

Russia has officially notified China of the fact that the production of J11 jet fighters, which copy Russia’s Su-27SK aircraft, violates international agreements. Moscow promised to launch legal proceedings to protect its intellectual property.
Russia’s attempts to settle down on China’s arms market have been made to no avail, the Nezavisimaya Gazeta reports. Chinese pirates have [...]