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Keeping The Tu-95 Operational In The 21st Century
Washington (UPI) Oct 27, 2008 Who could have imagined, when the Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bomber first flew in 1951, that it would be one of the center pieces of Russia's nuclear war forces in the first decade of the 21st century, 57 years later? For the Tu-95MS (NATO designation Bear) was one of two centerpiece strategic bombers, along with the spectacular supersonic Tupolev Tu-160 White Swan ... more China's Wen leaves for Russia, Kazakhstan 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2008Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao embarked on a five-day tour of Russia and Kazakhstan on Monday which is expected to focus on the global financial crisis and energy security. Wen will hold talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as part of the nations' annual prime ministerial meeting, the official Xinhua news agency said as it announced the premier's departure. In Kazakhstan, ... more Gas OPEC: Is It A Good Idea 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 28, 2008Russia, Iran and Qatar, the three nations accounting for over 60% of global natural gas reserves, agreed to set up a "gas OPEC," on October 21 in Tehran, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said. The three largest gas exporters want prices up, given the recent dramatic decline after the summer peak. Unfortunately, they have no power to change that now, as gas prices are regulated by ... more Finances may threaten Soyuz construction 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 24, 2008 The Russian builder of the Soyuz spacecraft said construction of new spacecraft may be halted by a lack of funding. "If they do not give us either advances or credit in the next two or three weeks, as we foresaw in the federal program, we will probably be unable to be responsible for the preparation of the Soyuz," Vitaly Lapota, president and chief designer of Energy Corp., told radio ... more GOCE Launch Delayed Until 2009 
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 27, 2008The Russian authorities responsible for the Rockot launcher that shall carry ESA's GOCE Earth Explorer satellite into orbit have completed the investigation of a failure in the guidance and navigation system of the launcher's Upper Stage (Breeze KM). The anomaly was discovered during the spacecraft's launch preparation tests on 7 September 2008 in Plesetsk, which subsequently led to the ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Oct 26, 2008Plans have been drawn up for a pipeline linking Siberian oil fields to China, a Russian minister was quoted as saying Sunday, in a sign of tightening ties between Russia and its energy-hungry neighbour. Russia's state-controlled pipeline monopoly Transneft has finished designing a spur from the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline to China, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin was ... more No Money, No Spacecraft, Russian Producer Warns 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2008Russia's spacecraft producer Energiya will not provide any more Soyuz vessels for trips to the International Space Station unless funds could urgently be found, Energiya's president and general constructor warned Friday. "We have vessels and funding for them for the next two trips, but I do not know what will happen with expeditions after that," Vitaly Lopota told reporters as quoted by the RIA Novosti news agency. ... more Soyuz Lands In Kazakhstan With Two Russian cosmonauts And Tourist 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 24, 2008A Russian Soyuz capsule carrying US millionaire video game guru Richard Garriott, the world's sixth space tourist, and two Russian cosmonauts, landed in Kazakhstan as scheduled, the Russian mission control center said early Friday. "The team reported that they felt fine," the mission control's spokesman Valery Lyndin told AFP, adding that a helicopter accompanied the capsule as it landed. ... more Outside View: Russia's new army structure 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 23, 2008 The Russian army is changing. In addition to troop-size reduction, yet another reform is aimed at fundamentally changing personnel composition and structure, especially within the ground forces. Until now, despite all recent reforms and cutbacks, the Russian armed forces largely remained a scaled-down version of the Soviet army, which was supposed to lead a full-scale war preceded by a ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Oct 23, 2008 In what Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called "the greatest tragedy of the 20th century," the Soviet Union peaceably imploded in 1991. Now the 15 new nations that emerged from the wreckage are forming bilateral relationships, many of which have two points of commonality -- a desire to avoid undue Russian influence and a desire to avoid Russian energy. As a rough rule of thumb ... more Chandrayaan-2 Likely Next Year End Or 2010 
Sriharikota, India (PTI) Oct 23, 2008After the successful launch of India's first unmanned mission to moon, Chandrayaan-1, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to send its second lunar odyssey, Chandrayaan-2, an Indo-Russian joint venture, likely by the end of next year or early 2010. The work on this project would be taken up after Chandrayaan-1 starts its task of researching the moon, ISRO Chairman ... more Russia launches 31-year-old Stiletto missile 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 22, 2008Russia on Wednesday test fired a 31-year-old intercontinental ballistic missile known by its NATO codename Stiletto from the Baikonur space base in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported. "The launch was carried out in accordance with a programme to prolong the lifetime of the RS-18 strategic missiles," Alexander Vovk, a spokesman for strategic missile forces, was quoted as saying by ... more Russia Sends Out The Nuke Bombers For Week Long Exercises 
Washington (UPI) Oct 22, 2008 Russia's front-line long-range strategic nuclear bombers have carried out a new series of major weeklong exercises, the Russian air force announced last week. The operations were carried out within the framework of the Stability-2008 strategic command and staff exercises, from Oct. 6-12 under the command of three-star Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin, the commander in chief of the ... more
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