| Russia to Deploy More Su-30 Interceptor Jets in Crimea |
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Multithumb found errors on this page: There was a problem loading image http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/102728/58/1027285835.jpg  Russia 15:15 29.01.2016Get short URL © Sputnik/ Taras Litvinenko “The Su-30SM fighter jets are doing more than just adding luster to our military parades in Sevastopol, they are actively being used during exercises,” Admiral Vitko told RIA Novosti news agency. He added that this year more planes would be added to the squadron of Su-30s currently deployed on the peninsula. Admiral Vitko said that in the past year the Fleet’s pilots had flown hundreds of sorties clocking 5,000 hours in the air which he described as the best such performance in a decade. “Our pilots have flown over 200 antisubmarine missions, launched hundreds of unguided missiles and performed numerous bombing missions. Our helicopters have flown over a hundred sorties taking off from and landing on ships,” he added. The Su-30SM is a multirole fighter for all-weather, air-to-air and air-to-surface deep interdiction missions. The Su-30SM can conduct electronic counter-countermeasures and early warning tasks. The aircraft also acts as a command-and-control platform within a fleet of combat aircraft performing joint missions.
The relations between Russia and North Korea make it possible to assume that the North Korean nuclear weapons tests do not pose a threat to our country, unlike the rest of the world, Colonel-General Viktor Yesin, former head of the Main Headquarters of the Strategic Missile Forces, said.
[ ... ] Russia is banning importation of squash and pumpkins from Turkey effective from May 19.
"The decision has now been made to impose temporary restrictions on the importation of squash and pumpkins, since they have been found to contain items quarantinable by Russia," the deputy head of Russ [ ... ] A Russian Orthodox faithful prays during a Christmas church service in Moscow on Jan. 7. The Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Christmas according to an ancient Julian calendar....
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