Russian Navy to take part in several joint drills in 2012

Russian Navy to take part in several joint drills in 2012

MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti)

Russian warship will take part in the Frukus 2012 international drills, Baltops 2012 naval exercises in the Baltic Sea and Ionex 2012 drills in the Ionian Sea, as well as in joint exercises Bold Monarch 2012, Pomor 2012, Northern Eagle 2012 and Rimpac 2012, the spokesman said.

The Russian Black Sea Fleet will take part in Black Sea Naval Force (Blackseafor) drills, he said.

Later in December, a group of Russian Northern Fleet warships led by the Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier will leave their home ports for a new deep-sea journey, he added.

Russian warships are expected to visit more than 40 foreign ports in 2012. Russia will also continue participating in anti-piracy efforts in the Gulf of Aden and off the Horn of Africa.

00:59 01/12/2011ALL NEWS

MOSCOW, December 1 (Itar-Tass) —— Russia’s aerospace defence went on duty on Thursday. The new type of troops has united space command, missile defense and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the Arkhangelsk region.

The space Command includes space control systems, as well as a system of missile warning.

According to the commander of the aerospace defence Forces Lieutenant-General Oleg Ostapenko, the use of these troops "will improve significantly efficiency of information as well as percussion tools which can fight an air-space enemy." The troops have concentrated "all opportunities in the aerospace field in order to ensure maximum performance tasks in this direction," he said.

The air-space troops should be the first line of defence against strategic military threats, which are increasing dur to the Pentagon's plans to deploy a missile defense system near the Russian border. Introduction of new radar stations is one of the means to strengthen these forces and the entire missile defense system, the Defense Ministry said.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday ordered to commission the Voronezh-DM-class Kaliningrad radar as part of the missile warning system.

Medvedev, who arrived at the military unit where the radar is located, proceeded to the command quarters. Commander of the aerospace defense (VKO) troops Leutenant-General Oleg Ostapenko reported to the head of state about the radar's readiness to go on line, and Medvedev issued the order to add the facility to the VKO assets.

Congratulating the radar personnel on starting combat duty, the president said, "Hopefully, the radar will function well and will be able to perform all the tasks set." He wished the servicemen success.

Medvedev said he would chair a conference later in the day with the leadership of the armed forces within the framework of the instructions he had issued last week in connection with the situation involving U.S. missile defense facilities in Europe.

The Kaliningrad radar went on line ahead of schedule after the Russian president's statement.

Radars of this class are Russian factory-assembled over-the-horizon, long-range warning facilities. They feature a short deployment time at new location and a smaller crew compared with radars of previous generations, as well as redeployment opportunities in case of necessity.

In addition, Voronezh-DM functions in decimal waveband, which provides for higher accuracy. Its energy consumption is lower by 40 percent, and it utilizes less equipment than previous models. The range of Voronezh-dm reaches 6,000 kilometers.

At present, similar facilities are on experimental and combat duty in Armavir and the Leningrad region (village of Lekhtusi). In 2012, another Vornozeh-DM radar will be commissioned in the Irkutsk region.

The Kaliningrad radar was built to improve the missile warning system in Russia's northeastern air/space direction and covers the western sector, which was monitored by the stations in Mukachyovo and Baranovichi in Soviet times.

"It considerably expands the range of information tasks for subsequent decision-making by our country's top leadership," VKO troops commander Lt-Gen Oleg Ostapenko noted in this connection on November 25.

The Russian Defense Ministry plans to replace all Russian long-range radars with Voronezh-DM facilities and build several new ones. Using these radars, Russia will fully restore its monitoring of airspace in its territory and far beyond.

Space Corps launch boosts Russian defenses

http://rt.com/politics/space-forces-military-russia-625/
Published: 1 December, 2011, 12:50
Edited: 1 December, 2011, 13:12

Moscow has launched a team of Space Defense Troops. The corps is a reply to the US and NATO’s constant push towards creating the European Missile Defense system with components stationed near the Russian border.

­Space Defense Troops are a brand new combat arm aimed at providing Russia’s security in air and space.

The troops are made up of space, air and missile defense commands, as well as the Plesetsk spaceport near Arkhangelsk in northern Russia and Kura testing area in Kamchatka in the Far East.

In technical terms, they comprise space control systems, orbit groups control installations and missile alert systems. In addition, new radar stations have been put in operation. According to the commander of the Russian Space Defense Troops, Lieutenant-General Oleg Ostapenko, this raises their efficiency and significantly strengthens Russia’s missile defense.

From now on, more than 3,000 servicemen and civilian staff enter on duty on a daily basis.

On Tuesday, President Dmitry Medvedev ordered operational the newest Russian radar station, Voronezh-DM, which is located in Kaliningrad and protects from missile attacks and covers all Europe and Atlantic.

Another Voronezh-DM radar station located in near Irkutsk in Siberia is scheduled for launch in 2012.

Earlier, the Russian leader made a tough statement about lack of progress in talks on missile defense with American and European partners. He stressed that they have not so far provided any guarantees that the European anti-missile defense system in the making is not aimed at Russia.
01:52 01/12/2011ALL NEWS

Kiev-Moscow gas talks are at final stage

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KIEV, December 1 (Itar-Tass) —— The gas talks between Kiev and Moscow on settlement of disputes between the parties are at the final stage, press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry said on Thursday.

On November 30, during the meeting of Ukraine’s Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuri Boiko and Chairman of Naftogaz of Ukraine Evgeny Bakulin with Gazprom’s CEO Alexei Miller the sides discussed cooperation of the two countries in energy in the framework of the earlier agreements between presidents of the two countries.

“The negotiations were constructive and the parties stated that the negotiation process is at the final stage now,” the ministry’s report reads.

On November 10, Boiko said that Ukraine and Russia started technical procedures and implementation of the agreements regarding settlement of disputes between the sides in the gas issues.

Kiev is trying to persuade Moscow to revise two gas contracts, which Yulia Timoshenko signed in January of 2009. Ukraine in particular presses for lower imported gas’ prices and for using short-term contracts for supplies and transit of natural gas.

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