http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Военно-аналитическое обозрение средств массовой информации, посвященное проблемам коллективной безопасности, боевой подготовке, военному строительству и сотрудничеству, а так же другим актуальным темам, связанным с вооруженными силами РФ. Имеет два еженедельных приложения - "Вооружение и военная техника" и "Колонка аналитика" и одно ежемесячное - "Обзор военных журналов". ruCopyright 1997-2012, WPSWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/images/wps-logo-rss.gifhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/index.htmlhttp://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Unlike Moscow, the West does not count on a dialogue with Damascus any more. RUSSIA AND THE WESTERN COMMUNITY ARE AT ODDS OVER SYRIA (Kommersant, February 7, 2012, p. 8)SECURITYWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Russian foreign ministers and Foreign Intelligence Service director departed Moscow for Damascus, Syria. AFTERMATH OF THE RUSSIAN VETO OF THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL SYRIAN RESOLUTION (Izvestia (Moscow issue), February 6, 2012, p. 5)SECURITYWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense An interview with Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov. AN INTERVIEW WITH DEPUTY DEFENSE MINISTER ANATOLY ANTONOV (Kommersant, February 6, 2012, p. 8)SECURITYWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Mutual distrust on the international scale is doing nothing to help anyone or abate tension. THE MUNICH SECURITY CONFERENCE OFFERS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SETTLE THE EUROPEAN BALLISTIC MISSILE SHIELD CONTROVERSY (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, February 6, 2012, p. 3)SECURITYWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense The ways in which Russia, US and NATO could surmount their disputes about the antimissile defense were presented at the Munich security conference. A report prepared by a group of well-known experts proposes Moscow and Washington not to unite the systems but to exchange data from satellites and radars preliminarily filtering the most sensitive information. RUSSIA REJECTED ANOTHER ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE INITIATIVE (Kommersant, February 06, 2012, p. 8)SECURITYWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense The announced changes in the US security strategy mean very much for Russia. First, the potential military threat for Russia in the western direction becomes decreasingly small. Second, the nature of possible conflict and the methods of combat operations change radically. IF RUSSIA DIRECTS ALL FORCES AGAINST THE NONEXISTENT THREAT IT MAY QUITE MISS A REAL THREAT (Ogonek, No. 5, February 06-12, 2012, p. 26)SECURITYWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Residents of the villages located near Shiroky Karamysh training range sent an address to the President and Prime Minister. Projectiles are liquidated there by the method of explosion in the framework of the federal program for liquidation of old ammunition. According to residents of the village, walls of houses, school and kindergarten crack because of daily explosions. RESIDENTS OF VILLAGES OF SARATOV REGION DEMAND STOPPING OF EXPLOSIONS OF PROJECTILES AT THE ARMY TRAINING RANGE (Novaya Gazeta, February 06, 2012, p. 16)THE MILITARY & SOCIETYWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Interview of commander of the Black Sea Fleet Rear Admiral Alexander Fedotenkov COMMANDER OF THE BLACK SEA FLEET REAR ADMIRAL ALEXANDER FEDOTENKOV SPEAKS ABOUT THE PROSPECTS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE FLEET AND ITS SHIPS (RIA Novosti, February 06, 2012)MILITARY STATUSWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defenseMore than 4,000 generals of the reserve return to the service but to civil posts The Defense Ministry is considering functional use of the top-ranking officers being in the reserve in the service activity as civil specialists. It is planned to use them not only as advisors to commanders of troops but also as consultants to united strategic commands of military districts. DEFENSE MINISTRY SAT DOWN TO WORK ON THE HUMAN RESOURCES POLICY TOWARDS ADVISORS AND CONSULTANTS SERIOUSLY (Kommersant, February 04, 2012, p. 2)MILITARY STATUSWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense The reform is changing the life of the army. Fatigue duties have been the main attributes of the service and military training has moved to the background. Since January 1 of 2012, the Defense Ministry left only one duty for servicemen, namely improvement of combat training. The fatigue duties are fulfilled by the hired professionals. DEFENSE MINISTRY CONTINUES OUTSOURCING OF FATIGUE DUTIES (Komsomolskaya Pravda, February 06, 2012, p. 7)MILITARY STATUSWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Voenno-Promyshlenny Kuryer, No. 4, February 01-07, 2012, p. 10)MILITARY STATUSWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Five aggregate operational groups of servicemen of the Interior Ministry, Federal Security Service and Interior Forces were formed on the territory of Dagestan for suppression of the extremist bandit underground. UNQUIET SITUATION IN DAGESTAN REQUIRED REINFORCEMENT OF THE UNITS OF SPECIAL SERVICES AND INTERIOR FORCES (Kommersant, February 04, 2012, p. 1)LOCAL CONFLICTSWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Contracts with NATO are all Ukraine aspires to. UKRAINE IS ANGLING FOR ACTIVE INTERACTION BETWEEN ITS MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX AND NATO (Izvestia (Moscow issue), February 7, 2012, p. 8)MILITARY COOPERATIONWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Selling arms to Africa, Kishinev feigns innocence. KISHINEV IS MAKING MONEY ON SHADOW ARMS EXPORT (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, February 7, 2012, p. 1)MILITARY COOPERATIONWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Voenno-Promyshlenny Kuryer, No. 4, February 01-07, 2012, p. 8)MILITARY COOPERATIONWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Recovery of the Russian Navy is going to take two decades. DEPUTY PREMIER DMITRY ROGOZIN: THE NAVY NEEDS STABLE FUNDING AND SERIAL CONSTRUCTION OF SURFACE COMBATANTS AND SUBMARINES (Nezavisimaya Gazeta, February 6, 2012, pp. 1, 3)MILITARY INDUSTRIES & CONVERSIONWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense The fire of nuclear submarine Yekaterinburg that caused a turmoil in the Navy on the New Year's Eve started receiving new scandalous details. The fire spread to the light external hull of the nuclear submarine covered with special rubber. However, some details became known that changed the picture of the accident significantly and different from what was said officially seriously. NUCLEAR SUBMARINE YEKATERINBURG DAMAGED BY THE FIRE WILL HARDLY BE ABLE TO SUBMERGE AT THE MAXIMUM DEPTH AFTER REPAIR (Novaya Gazeta, February 06, 2012, p. 22)MILITARY INDUSTRIES & CONVERSIONWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense A 30-year detailed plan of building of the naval might will be worked out in Russia by June of 2012. DMITRY ROGOZIN CAN FORECAST DEVELOPMENT OF NAVAL HARDWARE AND MILITARY THOUGHT FOR 30 YEARS IN ADVANCE? (Vzglyad, February 06, 2012, p. EV)MILITARY INDUSTRIES & CONVERSIONWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense It is expected that Dmitry Rogozin will speak at the government hour in the Duma in the middle of February. He will talk to the parliament members in the new capacity of deputy prime minister for the first time. WITHOUT STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS IN THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX DMITRY ROGOZIN WILL BE UNABLE TO CHANGE THE SITUATION IN THE INDUSTRY (Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie, No. 3, February 03-09, 2012, p. 2)MILITARY INDUSTRIES & CONVERSIONWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Voenno-Promyshlenny Kuryer, No. 4, February 01-07, 2012, p. 5)MILITARY INDUSTRIES & CONVERSIONWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (RIA Novosti, February 06, 2012)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (ARMS-TASS, February 06, 2012)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Kommersant-Dengi, No. 5, February 06-12, 2012, p. 6)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Voenno-Promyshlenny Kuryer, No. 4, February 01-07, 2012, p. 8)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Lenta.Ru, February 06, 2012)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Oruzhie Rossii, February 05, 2012)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie, No. 3, February 03-09, 2012, p. 2)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Website of the Defense Ministry of Russia, February 06, 2012)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Nord News agency (Murmansk), February 06, 2012)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense (Novye Izvestia, February 06, 2012, p. 5)CHRONICLEWed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Northern Shipyard, a part of United Industrial Corporation (UIC) of former Federation Council member Sergei Pugachev, preserves the time of transfer of Boiky corvette to the Navy in 2012. General Director of Northern Shipyard Andrei Fomichev reported this. NORTHERN SHIPYARD PRESERVES THE TIME OF TRANSFER OF BOIKY CORVETTE TO THE NAVY IN 2012 (RIA Novosti, Rubric: Defense and Security, December 23, 2011)ARMAMENT & MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (Special supplement to the Defense and Security bulletin)Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Ratio technical troops are being supplied with the newest radar systems of medium and big altitudes Nebo-M, radar stations of medium and big altitudes Protivnik-G1M and Sopka-2, radar systems of small altitudes Podlet-K1 and Podlet-M, radar systems of small altitudes Kasta-2-2 and automated systems Fundament and Krym. SUPPLY OF THE NEWEST SYSTEMS TO THE RADIO TECHNICAL TROOPS OF THE AIR FORCE HAS BEGUN (RIA Novosti, Rubric: Defense and Security, December 25, 2011)ARMAMENT & MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (Special supplement to the Defense and Security bulletin)Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense Reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle Grusha was supplied to the Baltic Fleet. First of all, the unmanned aerial vehicles will be given to marine units and units of the mechanized infantry formation of the coastal troops. Afterwards it is planned to supply drones to all units and formations of the Baltic Fleet. UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE GRUSHA WAS SUPPLIED TO UNITS OF THE BALTIC FLEET (RIA Novosti, Rubric: Defense and Security, December 28, 2011)ARMAMENT & MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (Special supplement to the Defense and Security bulletin)Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300http://www.wps.ru/ru/digests/en/defense To respond to the threats to its security caused by the European antimissile defense Russia needs with withdraw from the START treaty and to create armament that is not subject to limitations. RUSSIA SHOULD RESPOND TO THE US ANTIMISSILE DEFENSE WITH RESTORATION OF COMBAT RAILWAY MISSILE SYSTEMS - EXPERT (INTERFAX-AVI, December 29, 2011)ARMAMENT & MILITARY TECHNOLOGY (Special supplement to the Defense and Security bulletin)Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +0300