Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers launched cruise missiles and conducted mid-air refueling during drills in Russia’s Far East, the press office of the Aerospace Force reported on Monday. During the drills, long-range aviation pilots practiced employing airborne weapons against ground targets at the training range and also performed mid-air refueling while accomplishing flight assignments, the statement says. “The strategic missile-carrying bomber Tu-95MS of the Aerospace Forces carried […]
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The Ruska 20 drill will involve some 5,000 personnel and 60 aircraft, as well as traditional guests from Sweden. Thousands of military personnel will take part in the Finnish Air Force’s Ruska 20 drill, which is seen as the highlight of this year. The week-long drill, which ends on 6 October, is meant to test and enhance the Air Force’s preparedness, provide training for active duty […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105578/91/1055789100_0:48:4193:2406_1200x675_80_0_0_158a8c26a532b92fc36fb4c826ac441a.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Morgan Artyukhina . Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009281080603023-china-begins-massive-new-military-drills-in-four-neighboring-seas—report/ For the second time in two months, China is holding massive military drills in all four seas on its eastern border. This week, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is hosting five military drills at sea: two in the South China Sea, one in the East China Sea and two in the Yellow Sea, one of which […]
A Su-30 fighter jet that crashed in central Russia might have been accidentally shot down by another jet during military drills, local media has reported. Both pilots managed to eject safely, but the aircraft was destroyed. The $42 million plane came down in a wooded area in Russia’s central Tver Region on Tuesday. The two pilots survived the crash and were evacuated. They were in a “satisfactory” […]
The Islamic Republic’s armed forces kicked off three days’ worth of military drills in the Strait of Hormuz, the Sea of Oman, the Makran coast and the northern Indian Ocean on Thursday, with the exercises, dubbed ‘Zolfaqar-99’ stretching across some 2 million square km of sea and land area. The United States military has heeded a warning from their Iranian counterparts to withdraw reconnaissance drones from […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105750/71/1057507174_0:163:3061:1885_1200x675_80_0_0_cecfcb5b119bad64afd06c2ff2d3c45b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202009081080396415-belarusian-russian-serbian-military-to-hold-counter-terrorism-drills-defence-ministry-says/ MINSK, (Sputnik) – Belarusian, Russian and Serbian troops will practice counter-terrorism tasks during the Slavic Fraternity military exercise, which Belarus will host later in September, the Belarusian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday. “The Brest firing ground of the 38th air assault brigade will host the annual multinational Belarusian-Russian-Serbian tactical drills Slavic Fraternity-2020 under the guidance of the Belarusian armed […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/07/1080384900_0:0:3104:1746_1200x675_80_0_0_3d0a350105518da8c7a1619d73b6f230.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202009071080384930-noble-partner-2020-multinational-military-drills-begin-in-georgia/ TBILISI (Sputnik) – The 2020 edition of the annual Noble Partner military exercise, co-led by Georgia and the United States, is scheduled to begin on Monday and continue through 18 September in the Georgian town of Vaziani, the Georgian Defence Ministry said. “US infantry vehicles continue marching to Vaziani, where multinational exercise NoblePartner20 kicks off tomorrow [Monday, 7 September]”, […]
Eight schoolteachers from Meadowlawn Elementary School in Indiana have sued the local sheriff’s department after a traumatizing course of “active shooter” training allegedly left them physically and psychologically scarred. Active shooter training with the White County Sheriff’s Department was “one of the most terrifying experiences of [their lives],” the educators alleged in a lawsuit filed last week, claiming they were shot at point-blank range with airsoft […]
On August 20, the U.S. Marine Corps announced that 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade Marines conducted a Joint Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team rapid deployment drill in support of continued Alert Contingency Marine Air Ground Task Force training here. According to a recent service news release, the Marine Expeditionary Brigade (MEB) continues to conduct essential, realistic training while adhering to strict COVID-19 safety protocols to mitigate the spread […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/106529/37/1065293712_0:156:3000:1844_1200x675_80_0_0_e61c8c49e04d87460821079e39df3937.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/military/202008181080208948-us-conducts-air-drills-with-japan-other-partners-in-indo-pacific-region/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US bombers and F-15 fighter jets conducted drills with Japanese and other allied partners in the Indo-Pacific, the Defence Department said on Tuesday. “Pacific Air Forces launched four B-1 Lancers, two B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers, and four F-15C Eagles and conducted Bomber Task Force missions simultaneously with joint and allied partners within the Indo-Pacific region over […]
US and Chinese warships both conducted drills in the South China Sea over the weekend, with a corvette from the Hong Kong garrison engaging in live-fire target practice while a US aircraft carrier carried out flight operations. On Sunday, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) corvette Huizhou practiced shooting at a variety of targets in the South China Sea, and the Hong Kong garrison’s Sina Weibo […]
Russia is holding a massive military exercise in Kaliningrad, a sensitive exclave of Russian territory sandwiched between Poland and the Baltics. Kaliningrad is a tiny Russian enclave sitting between Poland and Lithuania, a Russia’s strategic outpost on NATO’s doorstep. Missile formations of Russia’s Baltic Fleet have held drills in the Kaliningrad Region for eliminating a notional enemy’s subversive groups and stealthily deploying Iskander tactical missile systems, […]
The People’s Liberation Army forces reportedly hold massive landing drills amid U.S. recent increased military activities in the South China Sea region. Ministry of the National Defense People’s Republic of China said that Ground and naval forces have been on concentrated schedules in amphibious landing and maritime exercises in the past weeks and will continue to do so in the weeks to come, at a time […]
An old photo of a French warship was used by Egypt’s Defense Ministry to report on joint drills with France, while an Egyptian corvette was photoshopped into the image, Turkey’s Anadolu news agency said. The statement on the exercises in the Mediterranean Sea, in which Egyptian corvette Tahya Misr and its French counterpart, F713 Aconit participated was posted on the Defense Ministry’s website and social media […]
The U.S. Army has deployed Abrams main battle tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles to Poland as part of the final phase of training linked to massive military drills called the DEFENDER-Europe 20. The exercise is taking place at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, with approximately 6,000 U.S. and Polish Soldiers. According to a recent service news release, DEFENDER-Europe 20 was designed as a deployment exercise to […]
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States’ guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG-78) is headed to the Black Sea to participate in joint naval exercises with Ukraine, the 6th Fleet of the US Naval Forces Europe-Africa said in a statement on Sunday. “The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) began its northbound transit to the Black Sea, July 19, 2020, to enhance regional maritime stability by […]
…from SouthFront Turkey and Egypt are flexing their military muscles off the Libyan shores as chances of a potential war in the eastern Mediterranean continue growing. First, the Turkish Ministry of National Defense announced that soon it will hold large-scale naval exercises off the Libyan coast. The official statement said that the drills, called “Naftex”, will take place in three different regions: Barbaros, Turgutreis and Chaka […]
India’s military activity on China’s border is related to the domestic political situation while China’s military drills in the northwest are a response to the situation in the Himalayas, including attempts by extremist forces to rely on US support, according to analysts. Chinese and Indian senior military officials agreed to peacefully resolve the situation in the border zone following consultations on 13 June. The move comes […]
Women make up about seven percent of the Russian military’s total strength, and have historically played a crucial role in ensuring victory during the Second World War II. For most of the country’s history, however, the navy has remained a man’s domain. P-834, a Raptor-class high-speed patrol boat in the Russian Black Sea Fleet, has received its first-ever all-female crew, who are now engaged in advanced […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107620/62/1076206264_0:160:3072:1888_1200x675_80_0_0_6450dfa8d2b36698a87d365ed08d853c.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006151079614113-moscow-cairo-to-hold-joint-air-defense-drills-next-year-russian-military-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia and Egypt will hold joint air defense drills in 2021, the chief of the Russian air defence forces, Lieutenant General Alexander Leonov, said. “Within the framework of our continuing cooperation with specialists from Egypt’s air defence forces, work is being done to organize a joint exercise in 2021 on the territory of the Russian Federation”, […]
Russia 22:35 GMT 31.05.2020Get short URL MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russia’s Northern Fleet will carry out major drills in the Barents and Norwegian Seas this month, with more than 30 ships planned to be involved, Commander of the Northern Fleet, Vice Admiral Alexander Moiseyev, has announced. “In June, a large-scale campaign will take place, during which a set of tasks will be worked out, solved by various […]
Europe 19:15 GMT 06.05.2020Get short URL Two of the US Air Force’s B-1B Lancer supersonic bombers flew from South Dakota to the Baltics to participate in NATO drills earlier this week, including live-fire drills just miles from the Russian border. It was just the latest globetrotting flight by the heavily overworked planes in recent weeks. ‘No Target is Too Far Away’ Earlier this week, two Lancers […]