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05.01.2016 (12:30)Russian Armed Forces to define the best sniperIn total, about 200 snipers of the Eastern MD will take part in the “Golden owl” preliminaries.

04.01.2016 (18:00)Programme of the Army Games to be expandedThe special attention is to be paid to the divers’ contest “Depth 2016”, which is to take place in Sevastopol.

04.01.2016 (16:00)In 2015, Pacific Fleet Forces intensified their activity within international cooperationFirst and foremost it is to be mentioned that the Russian-Chinese exercise Naval Interaction – 2015 involved 22 ships and vessels and took place in the Sea of Japan.

03.01.2016 (17:00)Varyag guards missile cruiser entered the MediterraneanFrom 6 to 12 December of 2016, Pacific Fleet detachment including Varyag guards missile cruiser, Bystry destroyer, tanker Boris Butoma and Alatau rescue vessel visited India.

02.01.2016 (16:10)Combat training plan of the Pacific Fleet was implemented by 100% in 2015Crews of Pacific Fleet ships and vessels performed more than 600 trainings, including more than 500 missile and gun firings, torpedo launches, mine-laying operations, and bombardments. They also performed about 150 course tasks.

02.01.2016 (14:02)Communication troops of the Western MD to receive more than 2,500 samples of modern hardware in 2016Modern hardware will include command-and-staff vehicle Kushetka mounted on BTR-80 APC and KAMAZ, Redut-2US telecommunication multimedia complexes, R-419L1 mobile digital radio relay stations and other samples.

02.01.2016 (10:03)Russian Aerospace Forces doubled intensity of controlling spacecraft sessions in 2015Duty forces of the Space Forces automated control complex of the Russian Aerospace Forces held more than 500,000 sessions on controlling spacecraft.

01.01.2016 (15:36)More than 200 pieces of combat hardware were involved in Airborne exercises in 2015Airborne servicemen performed more than 200,000 parachute jumps last year.

01.01.2016 (13:07)Land Forces held 38 command-and-staff exercises in 2015It is to be mentioned that there were more than 7,000 trainings held at nighttime.

01.01.2016 (12:04)New pilots of the Russian Aerospace Forces spent in-flight about 135 hours in 2015By the moment, more than 400 crews have passed retraining course for operating new samples of aircraft.

31.12.2015 (08:59)S-300 crews of the Eastern MD held training on eliminating simulated aerial targetsIn the course of the training, the leadership assessed cooperation of the units and duty forces.

31.12.2015 (08:15)Pilots of the Eastern MD aviation regiment started operating Su-35S newest fightersAt present, they are performing aerobatic maneuvers.

30.12.2015 (14:45)In the course of last two days, since December 28, aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 121 combat sorties engaging 424 terrorists’ objectsObjects were located in the Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Damascus, Daraa, Raqqah and Deir ez-Zor provinces.