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Russia test-fires new ballistic missile

May 23, 2012 RIA Novosti

Russia test-fired a new prototype ballistic missile from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Arkhangelsk Region, Defense Ministry spokesman said.

Russia turns on new missile warning radar

May 23, 2012 RIA Novosti

Russia placed its new Voronezh-M long-range missile warning radar on duty in the Irkutsk region of Siberia on Wednesday

SCO as a counter to NATO?

May 16, 2012 Andrei Ilyashenko, RIR

Although for many years the SCO treaded cautiously in making foreign policy statements, the organization is evolving

Russian charged with passing Bulava missile secrets

May 14, 2012 RIA Novosti

An employee at a Russian defense firm in the Urals region has been accused of passing secrets on the Bulava intercontinental missile to a foreign intelligence service, the Kommersant daily reported on Monday.

Missile defense may void Chinese deterrent soon - ministry

May 4, 2012 RIA Novosti

Creation of a missile defense system for Europe may neutralize the deterrent of China's nuclear weapons much sooner than Russia's, a Defense Ministry official said on Thursday at a missile defense conference in Moscow.

Euro-missile defense could intercept Russian ICBMs by 2020

May 3, 2012 RIA Novosti

The projected European missile defense system could by 2020 have the ability to intercept Russian intercontinental ballistic missiles, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolai Patrushev said on Thursday.

Arms race between China and India?

May 2, 2012 Yekaterina Kudashkina, The Voice of Russia

Interview with Gennady Yevstafiev, retired Lieutenant General of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service

Pakistan douses the Indian fire

April 26, 2012 M K Bhadrakumar, specially for RIR

India’s triumphant launch of Agni-V missile is hardly a week old and Pakistan announced on Wednesday that it also successfully launched an inter-mediate range ballistic missile into the Indian Ocean. Clearly, it’s a ‘tit-for-tat’

Missile impossible: why the Agni-V falls short

April 26, 2012 Rakesh Krishnan Simha, specially for RIR

India’s strategic missile programme is stunted because the political leadership lacks the nerve to okay a true ICBM

Fifty states to attend Moscow Missile Defense Conference

April 26, 2012 RIA Novosti

Participants from 50 countries will attend a missile defense conference in Moscow on May 3-4, Chief of the Russian General Staff, Army Gen. Nikolai Makarov said.

The friendly Indian intercontinental missile

April 23, 2012 Dmitry Kosyrev, RIA Novosti

There was a frenzy surrounding the failed launch of a ballistic missile by North Korea just a week ago. How to explain calm reaction on the Indian Agni-5 launch then?

Russian military orders missile early warning satellites

April 23, 2012 Combined reports

The Russian Defense Ministry has signed contracts on the development and construction of satellites capable of detecting launches of ballistic missiles, First Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Sukhorukov said.

India’s ICBM fails to impress China

April 19, 2012 M K Bhadrakumar, specially for RIR

A wave of patriotic fervor is sweeping over the Indian establishment and security community over the Agni-V launch. It poses no threat to the US and is unmistakably with an eye on China

Russian AA, ABM systems - alternative for India

April 16, 2012 Ilya Kramnik, The Voice of Russia

India's army chief General Vijay Kumar Singh said in March that the Indian army had been rendered inefficient. This case may help Russia to get its foot in the door of the secluded Indian anti-missile market

Deploying new surface-to-sir missiles near Moscow

April 10, 2012 RIA Novosti

On April 8, Russia marked Air Defense Force Day. This video shows the Fourth Air Defense Brigade deploying its S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missiles near Moscow.

Russia tests new thermobaric rocket system

April 10, 2012 RIA Novosti

Russia has tested a new thermobaric rocket for its TOS-1 Buratino and TOS-1A Soltsepek multiple launch rocket systems, the Izvestia daily reported on Tuesday.

McFaul statement on missile defense ‘arrogant’ - Lavrov

April 4, 2012 RIA Novosti

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Wednesday described as "arrogant" a recent statement by U.S. Ambassador to Moscow Michael McFaul on missile defense.

U.S., Russia may compromise on missile shield in 2 years

March 29, 2012 RIA Novosti

U.S. President Barack Obama hopes to reach a compromised agreement with Russia on the American missile defense system in Europe next year or in 2014, Josh Earnest, White House’s deputy press secretary, said.

Russia and U.S. maintain stance on missile defense

March 26, 2012 RIA Novosti

Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama try to find a common stance on deployment of missile defense in Europe within Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul

Russia to launch campaign on missile defence systems

March 23, 2012 Roman Mamonov, The Voice of Russia

An international conference on missile defence will be held in Moscow on May 3-4. Invitations have already been sent to the defence ministers of the CIS countries, and also to NATO, China, India, and Japan

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