Russia plans more aircraft, helicopters at airbase in Belarus — defense minister

[Georg]

What mexico gets 303 Billion from USA for Tacos ?
What the hell ?


That sure is a suprise did not know they made 300 Billion off USA alone , lot of cash

They produce Cars... and more cars... nearly all big car producer of the world have production plants in Mexico to produce cars for the US market... including US companys...

Number of plants by manufactor

4 GM
3 Chrysler
3 Ford
3 Nissan
2 Volkswagen
1 Toyota
1 Mazda

Mexico is the biggest exporter of cars for the USA and the 4th largest car exporter in the world... even if they dont own a single big brand... but they produce a lot, yearly production will get to 4 million cars and light trucks by 2020
the big producer have lately invested $ 13.3billion into their plants in Mexico

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

So you are saying if MeXICO wanted they can ban Automobiles to go to USA and causing a massive spike in car prices

And they can start a Taco war on western front

I did not expect Ford to be also manufactured in Mexico , they advertise as being made in USA

All rural America has a Ford Truck

 

[Georg]

So you are saying if MeXICO wanted they can ban Automobiles to go to USA and causing a massive spike in car prices

And they can start a Taco war on western front

I did not expect Ford to be also manufactured in Mexico , they advertise as being made in USA

All rural America has a Ford Truck

No they cant they dont controll the car industry... it is completely in foreign hands... and it would hit Mexico much harder if 7 car companys pull the tricker ...would leave Mexico completely ruined

 

[Hindustani78]

15:40
Russian, Belarusian paratroopers practicing destruction of illegal armed unit in tactical drills near Brest

14:39
Russian, Belarusian talks on food product supplies to be held in Moscow on April 14 - Rosselkhoznadzor

 

[Hindustani78]

May 20, 2017
16:05
Russia completes contracts on delivery of S-300PS air defense systems, Mi-17 helicopters, Yak-130 jets to Belarus - military-technical cooperation agency

http://www.interfax.com/newsinf.asp?y=2017&m=5&d=21&id=755273

May 21, 2017 19:32

Russia still has no plans to supply Iskander-M missile system to Belarus - military-technical cooperation service
MINSK. May 21 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia so far plans no supplies of Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system to Belarus, Russia's Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation head Dmitry Shugayev told Interfax-AVN on Sunday.

"At the time the Belarusian side has filed no official requests for buying aforementioned complexes," he said at the 8th international arms and military equipment exhibition MILEX-2017.

Belarus has purchased S-300 surface-to-air missile systems and several Iskander batteries in Russia, Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei said in an interview with the Polish paper Rzeczpospolita in October 2016.

"We have bought S-300 from our ally [Russia], with which we should jointly ensure security and tackle external threats. We have purchased these S-300 systems at the concrete price; they are deployed in Belarus and are on combat duty. [...] We have bought several Iskander batteries for the same air defense system,

but all this is within the framework of military-technical cooperation between Belarus and Russia. These are Belarusian, rather than Russian systems. The systems, with which the Belarusian armed forces are armed," Makei said.

Russia has delivered four surface-to-air missile divisions to the republic free of charge, Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces Commander Oleg Dvigalev told reporters in May 2016. "Alongside, three of them have been overhauled in Russia and one of them directly in Belarus," he said.

The Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system is designed and produced at the Kolomna-based Mashinostroyeniya design bureau, a part of the High-Precision Complexes holding. According to open sources, the flight range of a ballistic missile of this complex reaches 500 kilometers.

According to available data, the Russian Ground Troops' missile formations are being rearmed with Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems.

According to the current practice, in efforts to fully equip the Russian Armed Forces with the relevant military hardware their analogues are not supplied to foreign countries.

 

[Hindustani78]

http://tass.com/defense/946968
MOSCOW, May 22. /TASS/. Russian short-and long-range air defense weapons displayed at the Milex-2017 military exhibition in Minsk whipped up interest among potential buyers, Rosoboronexport’s (part of the Rostech corporation) press service reported.

"Rosoboronexport’s partners showed a heightened interest in Russian air defense weapons with various operating range, such as the S-300 (the SA-10 Grumble), the Buk-M2E (the SA-17 Grizzly ) and the Tor-M2KM (the SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile systems," the report says.

Besides, the participants gave priority to advanced aircraft models, army wheeled and tracked vehicles, radar equipment, electronic warfare and intelligence equipment, as well as other military weaponry.

"We’ve had very engaging meetings with representatives from Angola, Bulgaria, Greece, Egypt, Iran, Kazakhstan, China, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore and Turkey," the report quoted the head of the Rostech and Rosoboronexport combined delegation and Rosoboronexport’s security department head, Valery Varlamov, as saying.

Minsk is holding the exhibition from May 20-22.

Milex-2017 military exhibition in Minsk

 

[Hindustani78]

09:39
Russia, Belarus hold electronic warfare exercise

 

[Hindustani78]

11:30
Russian Airborne Forces, Belarusian Special Ops Forces to hold joint drills in October - Russian Defense Ministry

 

[Hindustani78]

https://sputniknews.com/military/201706051054309935-russia-airborne-troops-drills-belarus/

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Russian airborne troops arrived in the Belarusian city of Brest to participate in the joint Russian-Serbian-Belarusian anti-terror exercises, dubbed Slavic Brotherhood, Russian Defense Ministry said Monday.

The ministry said that over 300 servicemen equipped with small arms from the Russian Guards Air Assault Division based in Pskov with 24 military vehicles will partake in the exercises.

"During the drills, the Russian airborne troops with be equipped with the Ratnik infantry combat system while the combat vehicle crews with the Cowboy protective suits," the military said.

The drills will take place in southwestern Belarus on June 6-14.

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Slavic Brotherhood-2017 joint anti-terror drills, conducted by Russia, Belarus and Serbia, began at the Brestsky Range in Belarus, according to a Sputnik correspondent.
https://sputniknews.com/military/201706061054361935-russia-belarus-drills/
BRESTSKY RANGE (Sputnik) — The opening ceremony of the Slavic Brotherhood-2017 joint anti-terror drills, conducted by Russia, Belarus and Serbia, has been held at the Brestsky Range in Belarus, a Sputnik correspondent reported Tuesday.

According to the drills' deputy commander, Russia's Col. Alexey Sgibnev, the exercise, which for the first time involves a multinational battalion task force consisting of representatives of participating countries, will be carried out in two phases.

"The first one stipulates establishing cooperation within multinational battalion task force, formed from units of three participating countries for carrying out counter-terrorism tasks, this phase will last from June 6 to June 11. The second [active] phase — practical fulfillment of counter-terrorism tasks as multinational battalion task force- will take place from June 12 to June 14," Sgibnev said.

He explained that the active maneuvering phase includes the movement of the multinational battalion task force to a selected area with water crossings and an airlift delivery by Il-76 aircraft, taking control of this area for the fulfillment of counter-terrorism tasks, the release of facilities seized by terrorists and the rescue of trapped hostages, and the simulation of the killing of terrorist groups and evacuation of the injured.

Sgibnev emphasized that upcoming practical activities of Russian, Belarusian and Serbian servicemen within a single unit indicate "the achievement of closer cooperation between military forces of the three states and their preparation to fight together against the greatest evil of today — international terrorism."

Slavic Brotherhood is an annual event for tactic drills staged by Russian, Belarusian and Serbian Armed Forces. The first tactic drills were held in September 2015 at Russia's Rayevsky range, while the second drills took place next to Serbian Belgrade in November 2016.

Over 300 servicemen from the Pskov Airborne Assault Division of Russia’s Airborne Forces, over 400 servicemen from the 38th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade of the Belarus’ Special Operations Forces and 50 servicemen from Serbia’s Special Brigade are participating in Slavic Brotherhood-2017. Russian Aerospace Forces' Il-76MD military transport planes, Belarusian planes and helicopters will also be used for the drills

 

[Hindustani78]

06:42 08.06.2017(updated 08:04 08.06.2017)

Russian paratroopers have landed in the west of Belarus in the course of the Slavic Brotherhood-2017 drills.
https://sputniknews.com/military/201706081054423737-russian-paratroopers-west-belarus/

BREST REGION (Belarus) (Sputnik) — A Belarusian chopper dropped a dozen of Russian paratroopers near the border with Poland in an early Thursday exercise that was part of three-way anti-terror drills, a Russian military official said.

"Ten Russian scouts parachuted from a Belarusian Mi-8 helicopter onto unfamiliar terrain in the dark of night at 1 a.m. Moscow time [22:00GMT]," Grigory Kurchaninov, an assistant to Russia’s chief trainer, told reporters.

He said the landing took place in the Brest region from the height of almost 547 miles. Belarus has been hosting since this Tuesday a military exercise codenamed the Slavic Brotherhood-2017, which will see a thousand of Russian, Belarusian and Serbian paratroopers train together until June 14.

The first Slavic Brotherhood tactic drills took place in September 2015 at the Rayevsky range in Russia, followed by an exercise outside the Serbian capital of Belgrade in November 2016.

 

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https://sputniknews.com/europe/201706131054588868-slavic-brotherhood-drills-belarus/

According to drills deputy chief, a group of military attaches from 22 countries have arrived to the training area in Belarus region of Brest.


BREST (Sputnik) – Military attaches from 22 states are observing the active phase of the third joint Russia-Belarus-Serbia anti-terrorist exercise Slavic Brotherhood-2017 in Belarus' region of Brest, the drills' deputy chief Col. Viktor Gulevich said on Tuesday.

"At the invitation of the Belarusian side, a group of military attaches from 22 countries, including Britain, China, Vietnam, Russia and Syria, have arrived to the training area. On June 13, the military attaches observed one of the maneuver episodes demonstrating small groups of terrorists breaking into the city and [the subsequent] releasing hostages among local population, captured by terrorists during a raid on a waterworks installation of the Dnieper-Bug Canal in the city of Brest," Gulevich told reporters.

The Slavic Brotherhood-2017 exercise is an annual joint military training operation by Russian airborne troops, Belarusian special forces and Serbia's Special Brigade The first exercise took place in 2015 in Russia's Krasnodar Territory and the second exercise was held the following year in Serbia amid a NATO-run civil emergency exercise in neighboring Montenegro.

http://tass.com/defense/951048
MINSK, June 13. /TASS/. The West-2017 Belarusian-Russian exercises are to be large-scale and effective in spite of pressure from the outside, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said at a meeting with the defense ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member-countries on Tuesday.

"No matter what pressure is exerted on us, we will hold these exercises and are determined to make them large-scale and serious. I know that there is a similar approach in Russia," Lukashenko said. "We are not threatening anyone. We do not need anything that is not ours, just like Russia, so we will practice everything our potential rivals practice."

According to Lukashenko, Belarusians and Russians train their respective armies to protect their territory, countries and peoples. The president noted that the CSTO defense ministers and other officials will be invited to attend them.

"These exercises are open. Let them look at our capabilities. We are determined to make sure that the exercises in Belarus are held effectively, and we will try to make these exercises large-scale and diverse so that our militaries feel what they protect in this direction and what obligations they shoulder."

The West-2017 joint strategic exercises of the Belarusian and Russian armed forces will be held this autumn. About 13,000 troops are expected to take part in them. About 3,000 Russian military servicemen and 280 equipment units are due to be involved in them.

 

[Hindustani78]

10:15
Russian, Belarusian, Serbian servicemen train chasing, blocking terrorists during drills in Belarus

https://sputniknews.com/military/201706141054616981-slavic-brotherhood-drills-belarus/

Servicemen from Russia, Belarus and Serbia are practicing fight against terrorist groups.
BREST (Sputnik) — The final stage of the active phase of the third joint Russia-Belarus-Serbia military exercises Slavic Brotherhood-2017 began in the Brest region of Belarus, the deputy chief of staff of the Russian airborne troops said Wednesday.

"The terminal stages of terrorist group destruction as they escape from a blocked area are being practiced during the final stage of the active phase of the exercises," Nikolai Ignatov told reporters.

The anti-terrorist exercises, involving the Airborne Forces of Russia, the special operations forces of Belarus and Serbian special forces kicked off on June 6. The first phase focused on cooperation within the multinational battalion task force and was held on June 6-11. The second phase started on June 12. Ignatov attended the drills as a military observer.

"Air landing of one multinational tactical team was carried out from Mi-8 helicopters of the Belarusian Air Force to the line of retreat of the simulated enemy," Ignatov said.

Ignatov said that participants of the exercises must complete all anti-terrorist measures to clean up the area from the remnants of simulated terrorist groups escaping from it and fully destroy them within a two-hour period.

The closing ceremony of the drills will be held on Thursday at the field camp of the Brest training range. The most distinguished servicemen of the three countries will be awarded medals and memorable gifts.

 

[Hindustani78]

17:15
Belarus to buy 12 Su-30SM fighters from Russia - Defense Ministry

http://tass.com/defense/952259

LE BOURGET, June 20. /TASS/. Russia and Belarus have clinched a delivery contract for Su-30SM fighter aircraft, Director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, Dmitry Shugayev, told TASS today.

"The contract to supply a batch of Su-30SMs has been signed. It will take a few stages to be completed within the fixed timeframe," Shugayev said.

Earlier, Commander of the Belarusian Air Forces and Air Defense Forces, Major General Oleg Dvigalev, told TASS that the republic might purchase an additional batch of Yak-130 combat-capable trainer aircraft from Russia that would be added to the eight aircraft previously delivered, and told about plans to buy Su-30SM fighters from Russia.

The supermaneuverable fourth generation fighter aircraft, Su-30SM, has a phased-array radar, vectored thrust and foreplanes. The aircraft can use advanced precision-guided air-to-air and air-to-surface munitions. It can also be used to train pilots of advanced supermaneuverable multirole single-seat fighters.

The plane was designed to gain dominance in the skies, block enemy airfields and destroy air, ground and sea targets at any time of the day in all weather conditions.

 

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https://sputniknews.com/military/201706261054968240-russia-belarus-iskander-purchase/
Belarus could in the future consider buying Russia's Iskander missile systems, Belarusian Ambassador to Moscow Igor Petrishenko told Sputnik.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — He noted, a week after Minsk and Moscow signed an agreement on the delivery of 12 Russian Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jets, "we expect that in the long term the Su-30SM will take up duty with the Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense Forces to protect the Union State's borders."

"Deliveries of S-400 complexes and Iskander tactical missile systems can be considered taking into account the appearance of new weapons with improved characteristics," Petrishenko said.

By the end of 2020, all missile units of Russia's Ground Forces will be equipped with the Iskander-M mobile ballistic missile system, while the rocket artillery brigades will have the Tornado-S state-of-the-art multiple launch rocket system.

The Iskander-M is a mobile ballistic missile system designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets at a range of up to 500 kilometers (over 300 miles).

 

[Hindustani78]

http://tass.com/defense/959889
STRUGI KRASNYE /Pskov region/, August 10. /TASS/. Russia’s Airborne Force and the Belarusian Special Operations Force (SOF) plan to hold joint military exercises near the western Russian city of Pskov in September, SOF First Deputy Chief of Staff Colonel Viktor Gulevish said on Thursday.

"We have been considering issues concerning our joint military drills, they are going to be battalion task exercises," the Belarusian colonel said that a battalion of the Vitebsk Regiment would represent the country in the drills.


According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the military exercises are planned to be held at the base where the 76th Guards Air Assault Division of the Russian Airborne Force is deployed, which is located on the outskirts of the city of Pskov, as part of the Zapad-2017 (or West 2017) strategic drills.

A delegation of the Belarusian Special Operations Force has arrived to monitor the drills of Russia’s 104th Air Assault Regiment, currently taking place near Pskov.

Gulevich, who heads the Belarusian delegation, said that he had been greatly impressed by the large scale of the military exercises. "We have the same training system, only our tasks slightly differ," he said. "We could never imagine any task that would stipulate such large-scale drills," he added.

The Belarusian colonel also commended the efficiency of new military hardware being used during the drills, which particularly includes the BMD-4M airborne assault vehicles and Rakushka armored personnel carriers.