Dmitry Rogozin : "Russia will present at the May 9 Victory day parade only the latest technology".

Dmitry Rogozin : "Russia will present at the May 9 Victory day parade only the latest technology".(RGov).

TASS /. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin has promised that on the May 9 Victory  parade will come only the latest technology. This he said, opening a new permanent exhibition on the history of small arms and bladed weapons from the 14th century to the present day at the Tula State Museum of Weapons.

"I want to confirm his words, which said two years ago that we - the defense industry - promise that at the Victory Parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of her, which will be held on the Red Square, we show only the most modern, but the latest technology." He noted that on the pavement will be modern weapons that are already supplied the Russian army.

"We believe that today the country's defense industry will make a maximum of a complex, difficult time, in an environment where today we have the enemy at the gates, - he said. - A few hundred kilometers from Tula, Voronezh, Kursk is a fratricidal civil war where people are being killed just because they want to speak in Russian. "

According to the vice-premier, only modern armaments able to make Russia strong. "May 9, we show and friends, and the adversary, in which case we'll move this adversary in the face here is that modern weapons, Russian arms tradition going back to Tula, Tula land", - concluded Rogozin.

Dmitry Rogozin also shared his impressions after viewing the new exhibition at the Tula State Museum of Weapons.

23.02 в тульском музее оружия открылась новая постоянная экспозиция. Музей стал "живым", коллекция оружия уникальна. pic.twitter.com/q5XyGkBAQd
— Dmitry Rogozin (@Rogozin) February 24, 2015

In his view, the museum collected weapons collection will be an interesting visual aid for studying Russian history and formation of patriotism and love of country among the younger generation. Their impressions after viewing the new exhibition zampredpravitelstva shared with journalists.

"It is important to prepare the younger generation - he said. - It is imperative now is to put in them something that has always been at the heart of the Russian people: patriotism, love of country, willingness to give all of himself for the span of his native land."

Rogozin said that he was very impressed after seeing the museum. "The very exposition very rich. I myself am a collector of weapons and I can say that I see here the samples, it is not a replica, it is real fighting patterns that carefully preserved, prepared for the exhibition" - praised the Deputy Prime Minister. He also noted the work of the museum staff, thanks to which it is possible to find out more information about the unique work gunsmiths using multimedia carriers.

He recalled the 90s, when the engineers and inventors have been pushed into the background, although in the Tula region as a master of weapons have always been the foundation of society. 

"Today, the military-industrial complex shows that it is pulling out of heavy congestion 90s, out of the swamp, civil industry - said zampredpravitelstva. - At the same time young people took the experience of the older generations and do the job that is related to the engineering business, designing weapons interesting and popular. "

Rogozin said that very often spoken about the heroism of the Red Army during World War II, but in the background departs feat defense industry, where in a few months from the western regions of the Urals in Siberia were moved entire factories, and unfolded in a bare field and began to manufacture products which won the quality, the simplicity, efficiency in military production Wehrmacht.

"It was still a war between two military-industrial complexes - Soviet and European and NATO today.

Today we are seeing the same opposition, when the Russian defense industry has to give the army an effective, inexpensive, fast playback arms and military equipment, and thus at the expense of small resources , small investments we need to recreate the defense potential of Russia ", - concluded Rogozin. Hmmm....As i wrote three years ago "Rogozin....A man with a vision". The Russian 'Bear' isn't ready ....yet but he's preparing at full speed.

http://t.co/Kdzfg2FmzA This tank isn't for parades. But we'll make an exception for May 9th
— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) February 6, 2015

Nato must prepare for Russian Blitzkrieg, warns NATO general

Armata new Russian tank.

Nato must prepare for Russian Blitzkrieg, warns NATO general.(CBN).

Nato forces must prepare for an overwhelming Blitzkrieg-style assault by Russia on an eastern European member state designed to catch the alliance off guard and snatch territory, the deputy supreme commander of the military alliance has warned.

Openly raising the prospect of a conventional armed conflict with Russia on European soil, the remarks by Sir Adrian Bradshaw, second-in-command of Nato's military forces in Europe, are some of the most strident to date from Nato.

They come amid a worsening in relations with the Kremlin just days into a second fragile ceasefire aimed at curbing continued bloodshed in Ukraine's restive east between Kiev's forces and Russian-backed separatists.

Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute think-tank in London on Friday, Sir Adrian warned that as well as adapting to deal with subversion and other "hybrid" military tactics being used by Russia in Ukraine, allied forces needed to be prepared for the prospect of an overt invasion.

Sir Adrian is a former commander of British land forces and the most senior UK officer in the alliance.

He added: "After which the threat of escalation might be used to prevent re-establishment of territorial integrity — this use of so-called escalation dominance was, of course, a classic Soviet technique."

Deploying overwhelming force at short notice has become a hallmark of recent Russian military exercises. Russia's 2013 "Zapad" ("West") war game involved the rapid mobilisation of 25,000 troops in Belarus and the enclave of Kaliningrad for a conflict with a Nato state. Hmmm.....Well Russia's Dep PM Rogozin used to be at the NATO HQ he'll surely know all the weaknesses.....As i wrote three years ago "Rogozin....A man with a vision". The Russian 'Bear' isn't ready ....yet but he's preparing at full speed. Read the full story here.

In January 2008, Rogozin became Russia's ambassador to NATO, serving until December 2011. He was a leader of the Rodina (Motherland) party until it merged with other similar Russian parties to form the Fair Russia party.He holds a doctor's degree and is said to speak four languages. On 18 February 2011 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Dmitry Rogozin as a Special Representative on anti-missile defence and negotiations with NATO countries on this issue.

http://t.co/Kdzfg2FmzA This tank isn't for parades. But we'll make an exception for May 9th
— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) February 6, 2015

Rogozin's Armata fleet 'Vision' threatened by the Nightmarish cost?

Rogozin's Armata fleet 'Vision' threatened by the Nightmarish cost? HT: Fool.

                        Russia is building a supertank -- if the nation can afford it.

Last month, we introduced you to Russia's new Armata main battle tank. Weighing in at 55 tons, and featuring multilayered armor, an independent crew capsule, and a fully automated 125 mm main gun firing both cannon rounds and laser-guided missiles, Armata is designed to be Russia's answer to General Dynamics' (NYSE: GD ) M1 main battle tank built for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps.

We also described how Russia is using Armata ("Армата") as a core chassis upon which it will build an entire family of armored personnel carriers, anti-aircraft missile launchers, armored self-propelled artillery, flame throwers, bridge-layers, and minesweepers -- some operated as robots.

But as high-tech and powerful as all this sounds, the Armata contains one potentially fatal flaw: its cost.

Trouble in Putin's paradise Late last year, a controversy broke out between Russia's Ministry of Defense (MinOboron) and UralVagonZavod (UVZ), the military contractor responsible for building Armata. As described on Russian-language website gazeta.ru, MinOboron blasted UVZ for offering a tank that it describes as overpriced and incomplete.

To date, Russia has invested 15 billion rubles ($239 million) in developing the Armata tank, and budgeted 39 billion ($622 million) more. But MinOboron is demanding UVZ both complete its design and lower its price. Unless UVZ complies, "MinOboron will not extend the contract for delivery of Armata to the [armed] forces, and will refuse serial purchase. ... We'd rather buy the latest version of the T-90 while they finish up the Armata," said the Defense Ministry.

To date, the Russian army has taken delivery of only 12 prototype Armata tanks, bought in 2013. A contract is in place for production through 2017. But at last report, no long-term contract had been signed. Read the full story here.

Hmmm....As i wrote three years ago "Rogozin....A man with a vision". The Russian 'Bear' isn't ready ....yet but he's preparing at full speed.

http://t.co/Kdzfg2FmzA This tank isn't for parades. But we'll make an exception for May 9th
— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) February 6, 2015

Russian Dep PM Rogozin: " This Armata tank isn't for parades. But we'll make an exception for May 9th."

Russian Dep PM Rogozin: " This Armata tank isn't for parades. But we'll make an exception for May 9th." (M.Kp).[GoogleTranslate].

The tank "Armata" tower in the desert will be a new 125 mm smoothbore gun, it - launcher. That is, you can shoot as conventional ammunition and guided missiles. 

What kind of gun, can be represented at least by the fact that its predecessor could pierce armor thickness of up to one meter of conventional shells from a distance of two kilometers. In this case, the predecessor is easy to fit a row of four projectile at a target the size of a bow scarf. Guided missile hit the target allows for the range of 5 - 7 km. In addition, there is coupled with the gun 7.62 mm and a heavy anti-aircraft machine guns. All weapons - with remote control.

So now it is not a gunner, and a high-tech fire control system (FCS). "Armata" get MSAs with radar capable of simultaneously carry up to 40 land and up to 25 air targets within a radius of 100 km, and automatically destroy them when entering the affected area.

"Armata" will shock the universal machine of the Ground Forces of Russia. It will bring together a full tactical missile system, air defense system, a complex of military reconnaissance and target designation and, in fact, himself a tank. JMA and other electronics are integrated into the combat information and control system - the "digital board." It is intended for start-up and management, diagnosis and adjustment of the machine. Even in the case of failure to decide what and how to fix will not repair crew or crew, namely "smart" electronics.

"Horses" spoiling for a fight

Mobility "Almaty was" provides an X-shaped 12-cylinder turbocharged diesel. Its capacity - 1500 "horses", while boosting of - as many as in 2000! But in order to increase its share fell to 1,200 liters. p.

Developed motor in Chelyabinsk to replace born in the late 30s diesel V-2, which remembers all the generations of our tankers. In pair with the new motor will operate a new 12-speed automatic transmission with manual shift.

Armor grows stronger

Armor "Almaty was" - layered cake made ​​of metal, ceramics, and composites. It is based on established scientific research institute new steel armor steel, which has increased by 15% protective properties. At the same share of reduced weight and design. On saving the combat vehicle is running and the system dynamic protection production Kolomna KBM - "Afghani". Here too there is a radar that detects approaching the enemy tank shells, missiles and rocket-propelled grenades. Towards protective fired munition that destroys them at a safe distance of 15 - 20 meters.

In the future, "Armata" planned to install a better system protection "Barrier". But that's not all. The crew will cover not only basic protection, but also special bronekapsuly inside the hull. It is capable to save the lives of the tanks, if a foreign shell still will not stop any explosive reactive armor or new armor.

No analogues in the world

Knowledgeable experts believe that the combined characteristics of the "Armata" a third surpasses all existing analogues in the world. On Victory Day parade in Moscow Defense Ministry plans to hold a parade from 12 to 16 new tanks. Let's see what will be the main battle tanks Russian new generation.

"Boomerang" by "approaching"

It is expected that by 2020 the Russian Ground Forces will have adopted more than 11 000 units of new and upgraded armored vehicles.

It is planned to purchase from the defense industry modernized tanks T-72B3, infantry fighting vehicles BMP-3, modernized BMP-2 and BTR-82A.

To perform the state armament program, which covers the period from 2011 to 2020, planned to send 20 trillion rubles. ***

Serial production of tanks on a platform of "Armata" starts as expected in 2017 - 2018 years. This was stated by deputy director of the " Uralvagonzavod "by Vyacheslav Halitov special equipment. Hmmm.....If they show 12 - 16 it means they're producing it.....at full speed.

Hmmm....As i wrote three years ago "Rogozin....A man with a vision". The Russian 'Bear' isn't ready ....yet but he's preparing at full speed.

http://t.co/Kdzfg2FmzA This tank isn't for parades. But we'll make an exception for May 9th

— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) February 6, 2015

"A Man with A Vision" - Dep PM Dimitry Rogozin pledges support for ‘ultrapatriotic’ party

"A Man with A Vision" - Dep PM Dimitry Rogozin pledges support for ‘ultrapatriotic’ party. (RT).
“It is very desirable that the patriots have a significant representation in the parliament, not just a few seats,” Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with Rosinformburo news agency. He noted that the best candidate for this is the Motherland Party.

Rogozin was among the founders of Motherland when it was created in 2003 and also helped to re-register the party in 2012. In 2006, Motherland dissolved and its members joined center-left party Fair Russia in order to maintain representation under changed circumstances. It was registered as an independent party again after the introduction of the new law that allowed for existence of smaller independent political projects.

The 2016 parliamentary elections are a good chance to add some fresh forces and fresh blood to the State Duma ranks, Rogozin noted in the interview adding that a lot of people were dreaming of such turn and a lot would benefit from it.

As the patriotic nationalist party makes a claim for parliamentary seats it should concentrate on the fight against corruption, the deputy PM holds. Rogozin added that the Motherland is a large organization, a ‘sleeping giant’ and can easily switch from opposition work to cooperation with parliamentary majority party, United Russia.

Rogozin also said that in his view United Russia suffered from large number of insincere members who only used it as a means to get power and benefits, acknowledging that political power attracted all kinds of people in great numbers. He criticized other parliamentary parties too – for “remaining in their political trenches and keeping the same image for too long.”

Russian political experts were skeptical about Rogozin’s plan. Mikhail Vinogradov of the St. Petersburg Politics Foundation told the business daily Kommersant the all parliamentary parties were already using ‘patriotic’ rhetoric and Motherland would have some tough time to prove its worth.

Aleksandr Kynev of the Foundation for Development of Information policy questioned the value of Rogozin’s support for Motherland, saying that the government’s position made the former Motherland boss dependent on other people’s decisions.

In mid-2013 a group of experts attached to the Russian Public Chamber conducted a public opinion research and forecasted that nationalists could get about 10 percent of seats at the 2016 parliamentary poll.

 Before that, the Levada Public Opinion Center released a report that demonstrated that the non-existent ‘Nationalist Party’ ranked second in popularity among Russians, losing only to the centrist-conservative United Russia.Hmmm.....Dep PM Rogozin is a man to be reckoned with

"CHANGE" - Russia may join forces with China to compete with US, European satnavs.

"CHANGE" - Russia may join forces with China to compete with US, European satnavs. (RT).

Russia and China are eyeing a number of joint high-tech projects, ranging from creation of a new long-range passenger plane to joining forces on a satellite navigation system to compete with American GPS and European Galileo.

The range of prospects was outlined on Friday by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, who met Chinese Vice-Premier Wang Yang in Siberian Novosibirsk. Rogozin said Russia would develop cooperation with BRICS members in defiance of any possible Western sanctions.

“Our technological partnership should be directed at the countries that are close to us in mentality and which in general constitute an emerging geopolitical force that we could rely on in opposing the monopolar world. Those are BRICS countries first and foremost,” he said.

BRICS are an informal group of developing economies comprised of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, with a combined economic and political power allowing them to defend their interests in a world dominated by US-led Western countries. Rogozin set examples of several joint projects Russia has or may have with China. The most concrete is the project for a new long-range wide-hull airliner with an estimated development cost of $7-8 billion. Russia and China have already signed a memorandum on it in May.

Rogozin’s shot was aimed at both American GPS, which was the focus of a recent fallout between Russia and the US, and the European Galileo.

He also commented on Russia’s downgrade of the work of ground stations of the Differential GPS network based in the Russian territory. This week’s move was Moscow’s response to Washington’s failure to allow deployment of similar Glonass stations in America.

“When we have 11 American GPS stations operating in Russia since early 1990s, we are entitled to expect a right to deploy similar Glonass stations in the US,” Rogozin said.

“But here we faced an obvious trend to politicize the issue. There were some statements that the Russian stations would act as some sort of spies.” He added that he hopes Washington would change its mind and seek a compromise by September 1.Read the full story here.

Dep PM Rogozin: "Moscow to ban US from using Russian rocket engines for military launches."

Rogozin holding a speech with The far-right Union of Orthodox Banner

Dep PM Rogozin: "Moscow to ban US from using Russian rocket engines for military launches."(RT).

Moscow is banning Washington from using Russian-made rocket engines, which the US has used to deliver its military satellites into orbit, said Russia’s Deputy PM, Dmitry Rogozin, who is in charge of space and defense industries.

According to Rogozin, Russia is also halting the operation of all American GPS stations on its territory from June 1.

Russia currently hosts 11 ground-based GPS stations, the Deputy PM said.

The move comes after the US refused to place a signal correction station for Russia’s own space-based satellite navigation system, GLONASS, on American territory, he explained.   Hmmmm.....Rogozin 'a man i've been warning about for a long time.....a man with a vision'

Russian Fifth-generation warplane's state testing to begin in autumn 2013 - Air Force commander.

Russian Fifth-generation warplane's state testing to begin in autumn 2013 - Air Force commander.(RBTH).

The state testing of the advanced frontline aircraft will begin at the end of 2013, Air Force Commander Viktor Bondarev told journalists.

"We are to receive the plane in the third quarter of 2013 and we will begin test flights in the fourth quarter," Bondarev said.
The fifth-generation fighter jet is undergoing testing as part of the armed forces' modernization program.
In the estimate of Sukhoi company experts, the Russian fifth-generation fighter jet's declared characteristics have been fully proven.
The fighter jet, also known as PAK FA, has a host of unique features compared to fighter jets of previous generations, combining the capabilities of an attack aircraft and a fighter jet. The plane is made of composite materials, based on innovative know-how, and has advanced aerodynamics and stealth capabilities. This makes air and land target engagement more effective at any time of the day, and in mild and severe weather conditions

Moscow Fires Warning Shot Across Bow of US Naval-Based ABM

Moscow Fires Warning Shot Across Bow of US Naval-Based ABM.(RT).By Robert Bridge.A top Russian official says a US missile defense system near Russia’s border is strategically destabilizing and may prompt an arms race.
Speaking on the threat of mobile, naval-based elements of the US missile defense system “suddenly appearing” on Russia’s coastline, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said such an event would trigger “the harshest reaction from Russia."
"We must consider the effective protection of our strategic nuclear forces," Rogozin said in an interview with the magazine Voyenny Parade (‘Military Parade’).
Rogozin, while not elaborating on what Russia’s response would be, noted that Russia is taking definite steps to counter American ships “equipped with the Aegis integrated naval weapons system.”
Russia has warned its US and NATO partners on numerous occasions that unless the two sides can reach an acceptable agreement over NATO plans to unilaterally build a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, another arms race is inevitable.
Ironically, it was US President Barack Obama – the same American leader who pushed for a “reset” with Moscow – who introduced the current missile defense plans that may include stationing Aegis missiles aboard US warships in the Black Sea.
Washington says the missile defense system, which is capable of intercepting short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles, is vital for protecting Eastern Europe from “rogue states,” like Iran and North Korea. At the same time, however, the western military alliance ignores Moscow’s concern the strategic balance may be upset. In fact, NATO even refuses to provide Moscow with written, legal guarantees that the system will not in the future target Russian territory.
Judging by Rogozin’s strong words, it seems that another arms race has already begun.
"U.S. missile defense in its current form is obviously destabilizing and prompting an arms race between Russia and the U.S. and NATO," Rogozin noted.
Russia is considering ways of “suppressing and penetrating” the missile defense system in ways that will guarantee “unacceptable damage to any aggressor, and force it to resist the temptation to test Russia's strength,” the Deputy Prime Minister added.
Rogozin, who served in a previous capacity as Russia’s NATO envoy, explained his use of blunt language.
"We must be frank about this. I was the Russian envoy to NATO for four years and I know what language they understand best of all," he said.Read the full story here.

Related: US seeks ‘world supremacy’ through advanced weapons - Security Chief


Not long ago, any state that possessed nuclear weapons was undoubtedly a “dominating force” in the international arena, he noted. However, in a clear reference to US plans for a naval-based missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, Patrushev mentioned that a new generation of weapons is being developed, and that “the United States has proven successful in this field of research.”

Patrushev explained that Russia, which has seen success in developing state-of-the-art technology, had not given enough attention to that field of research. As new weaponry appears, the US appears to be reconsidering the role of strategic nuclear arms in the fulfillment of a “geopolitical idea of world supremacy,” the security official added.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin: "Russian 'Super-Holding' to Build Hypersonic Missile."

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin: "Russian 'Super-Holding' to Build Hypersonic Missile."(RN).Russia will set up an aerospace "super-holding" company consisting of missile makers NPO Mashinostroyenie and Tactical Missiles Corporation to develop hypersonic weapon technology, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday. "Initially, we are talking about a big 'super-holding' based on Tactical Missiles Corporation and NPO Mashinostroyenie," said Rogozin, who oversees Russia's military-industrial complex.
Discussions on the creation of such a super-holding have been underway at least six months, Rogozin said. "We have found an acceptable solution on how to form this super-holding," he said. "The main idea for this holding is hypersonic technology." Development of hypersonic weapons - meaning those capable of flying at several times the speed of sound, generally with scramjet engines - has been a pet theme of Rogozin. In May, during a visit to Tactical Missiles Corporation's NPO Raduga missile design bureau, Rogozin called on Russia's defense industry to develop hypersonic air-breathing weapons as a future strike system. He picked out American development work in the X-51, Falcon, HiFire and HyFly programs as examples of what he described as the perspective threat posed by U.S. hypersonic development work. "The undertaking of this work allows us to lay the basis for the creation of a national competitor in hypersonic weapons," he said.
He has since frequently repeated his call for hypersonic weapons to be developed as a replacement for the Russian Air Force's existing long-range bomber fleet. "I think we need to go down the route of hypersonic technology and we are moving in that direction and are not falling behind the Americans," he said on Rossiya 24 TV in August.

"We will use this technology when developing a new bomber." "The question is whether we will copy the Americans' forty-year experience and create a [Northrop] B-2 analog...or will we go down a new, ultramodern technology route, looking to the horizon, and create a machine able to penetrate air defenses and carry out a strike on any aggressor," he added. 

Aerospace analysts contacted by RIA Novosti say hypersonic technology is more likely to be relevant to an air-launched weapon itself, rather than a manned aircraft. Tactical Missiles Corporation, based in Korolyov, Moscow Region, was formed in 2002 by amalgamating a number of defense design and production enterprises, of which the main ones were Korolyov-based Zvezda-Strela (tactical air-to-surface missiles), Moscow-based Vympel (tactical air-to-air missiles), NPO Raduga (cruise missile design), and Region (tactical air-launched weapons). NPO Mashinostroyenie, based at Reutov just west of Moscow, has designed and produced most of the Russian Navy's submarine-launched cruise missiles as well as satellites and other space systems, and has previously conducted extensive research into hypersonic weapons technology, including making a prototype hypersonic air-launched missile called GELA. NPO Mashinostroyenie is also the Russian partner in the BrahMos joint venture with India to develop the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, based on the Russian 3M55 Oniks. BrahMos has said it is developing a hypersonic successor system to its existing supersonic missiles in partnership with India.Hmmmm......."A man with a vision".Read the full story here.

Russia's Putin calls for Stalin-style "leap forward".

                                               Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin


Russia's Putin calls for Stalin-style "leap forward".(Yahoo).NOVO-OGARYOVO, Russia (Reuters) - Russia needs a "leap forward" to rejuvenate its sprawling defense industry, President Vladimir Putin said on Friday, harkening back to the ambitious industrialization carried out by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin in the run-up to World War Two. "We should carry out the same powerful, all-embracing leap forward in modernization of the defense industry as the one carried out in the 1930s," Putin told his Security Council, without mentioning Stalin by name.
Stalin, who ruled the Soviet empire with an iron fist for 27 years, is blamed for the death of about six million people but also is praised by many Russians for winning the war and industrializing the country. Putin made renewed industrialization a priority during his third term in the Kremlin which started in May amid the largest protests of his 12-year rule. He conceded that the defense industry, once the heart of the Soviet economy, was in tatters. "Unfortunately, many of our enterprises are technologically stuck in the previous century," Putin said, complaining about poor discipline at plants working on state defense orders.
In the 1930s Soviet leaders transformed a rural country devastated by civil war into an industrial superpower, using terror and executions to impose strict discipline at new plants built across the vast country.
Putin's top defense industry official Dmitry Rogozin posted on his Facebook page a copy of a 1940 letter from Stalin to gun factory managers and accompanied it with a sarcastic warning: "Such methods of improving discipline also exist". 
Stalin's letter to the managers said: "I give you two or three days to launch mass production of machinegun cartridges... If production does not start on time, the government will take over control of the plant and shoot all the rascals there." "Of course, it was a joke," Rozogin told reporters regarding his posting but added that failures would not be tolerated.
"Our satellites are falling, our ships are sinking, we had seven space failures in the last 18 months but not a single plant felt the consequences," he said after the council session. "The culprits should come on stage. The country should know them." Putin plans to spend $680 billion in the next eight years to modernize the military, with the bulk of the money going to 1,350 defense plants which employ about 2 million Russians. Many defense sector workers backed Putin during the election.Hmmmm.......As i said before "Dimitry Rogozin...A man with a vision".Read the full story here.

"Боже мой" - Russia cracks down on 'Blasphemists', Orthodox activists create Moscow patrol squads.

"Боже мой" - Russia cracks down on 'Blasphemists', Orthodox activists create Moscow patrol squads.(MN).Orthodox activists are up in arms to protect their priests and sacred places with patrol squads scouring Moscow for the “enemies of faith.” Ivan Otrakovsky, head of Orthodox Christian movement Holy Rus, said seven teams had already started operating in the Russian capital, BBC Russian service reported on Wednesday. “The time has come to remind all apostates and theomachists that it is our land and we forbid blasphemous, offensive actions and statements against the Orthodox religion and our people,” Otrakovsky wrote in his call for volunteers at the end of last week.
 ‘Blasphemy, heresy, defilement and lechery’ The offensive actions can take various forms, but they can be “a kind of ‘art’, marches, lectures or anything else that comes laden with blasphemy, heresy, defilement and lechery,” it has to be stopped, according to Otrakovsky.
If troop members spot someone vandalizing churches or sneering at priests, they will have to “take actions to detain [this person] and call police,” he told the BBC.
The devout defender of Orthodoxy hopes to see these troops operating nationwide, but said that they would not be bringing more violence to Russia’s streets. “An Orthodox believer in God is very calm and moderate,” he said. “We don’t have any personal enemies, just the enemies of faith.”
‘Spiritual terrorism’ Otrakovsky’s call for volunteers was published on the day after a Moscow court sentenced three members of female punk band Pussy Riot to two years in a penal colony for performing an anti-Kremlin punk-prayer in Russia’s main church. The sentence was protested by numerous supporters of the group and saw several other Russian churches desecrated by unknown people. Dimitry Smirnov, an Orthodox cleric in charge of the church’s relations with the army and law enforcement bodies, is going to prepare a report on the need to fight “spiritual terrorism” and increasing protection of Orthodox places of worship, Interfax reported.
‘Every religion must have its own patrol squads’ The secular powers that be, however, don’t seem to favor the idea of Orthodox groups patrolling the streets. “I think it is a wrong approach. This will, to the contrary, cause a split in society – we have a multi-confessional state,” Alexei Mayorov, head of Moscow’s regional security department, told Interfax. The Internal Affairs Ministry also believed this initiative to be “premature,” Interfax’s source said. Human rights activists also frowned upon the proposal. “Every religion must have its own patrol squads then, and atheists too,” Lyudmila Alexeyeva told RIA Novosti. She described Otrakovsky’s idea as “nonsense.”Read the full story here.

Autocratic Russia and the Union of Orthodox Citizens are planning to register an “Orthodox” political party.

Autocratic Russia and the Union of Orthodox Citizens are planning to register an “Orthodox” political party.(RN).Autocratic Russia and the Union of Orthodox Citizens are planning to register an “Orthodox” political party, Izvestia daily reported on Thursday. The organization’s founders said they see Russia as a monarchy with a special role for the Russian Orthodox Church and the patriarch of Moscow and all Russia as the country’s spiritual leader. “We are registering a party that will struggle for the revitalization of Russia and our country’s traditions that were lost after the criminal Bolshevik coup,” Autocratic Russia leader Dmitry Merkulov said. “We want the [Orthodox] Church to enhance its role in the life of our state,” he said, adding that the Russian Orthodox Church was key to the existence of a Russian Orthodox state. Russia needs to reunify with its canonical territories, first and foremost with Belarus and Ukraine, and elect an Orthodox monarch to lead the country to its former greatness, he said. 
The new party will work to reinstate religious instruction in schools and emphasize traditional spiritual, moral and cultural values. Valentin Lebedev, head of the Union of Orthodox Citizens, said the Russian Orthodox Church is currently under fierce attack because it is “the last pillar of Russian statehood, traditions and culture.” 
As of late the Russian Orthodox Church has come in for unprecedented criticism both at home and abroad over the punk group Pussy Riot case.
On April 22 the ROC conducted a “defense of the faith” nationwide prayer to protect it from attacks by “anti-Russian forces.” The Church’s Supreme Council said it had been targeted by “those pushing through radical liberal values” over its opposition to same-sex marriages and consumerism. Orthodox Church head Patriarch Kirill was condemned by opposition figures for his public backing of Vladimir Putin in the run-up to the ex-KGB officer’s landslide victory at March 4 presidential polls. The patriarch called the 12 years of Putin's rule a "miracle of God" in a televised meeting. Top Church officials have also been criticized by bloggers and by opposition media for their “lavish” lifestyles. The anti-Putin Novaya Gazeta newspaper also alleged in February a pre-patriarch-era Kirill profited from Church tobacco and alcohol sales in the early 1990s. Patriarch Kirill was also at the center of a scandal earlier this year regarding a $30,000 Breguet watch, which was airbrushed – although its reflection remained intact – out of an official Church photo following public indignation over his possession of the luxury timepiece. The patriarch had admitted owning the watch in an interview prior to the row, but said he never wore it.Read the full story here.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin: American Hypersonic Weapons 'Threat to Russia'.

Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin: American Hypersonic Weapons 'Threat to Russia'.(RN).American research into hypersonic weapons, which the U.S. aims to complete by 2015, represents an especially serious threat to Russia, acting Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Friday.
"This breakthrough decision by the U.S. opens up for them the prospect of a transition from a demonstrator prototype to creation of a multirole hypersonic missile by 2015-2018," Rogozin said during a visit to the Raduga "Bereznyak" state-owned missile design bureau at Dubna in the Moscow Region.
Rogozin, who has responsibility in the Russian government for the military-industrial complex, picked out American development work in the X-51, Falcon, HiFire and HyFly programs as examples of the perspective threat posed by U.S. hypersonic development work.
"The undertaking of this work allows us to lay the basis for creation of a national competitor in hypersonic weapons," he said.
Development of such a weapon should be discussed at the highest levels of state, he said.
Earlier this year India announced a joint project with Russia's NPO Mashinostroeniye missile producer to build a hypersonic successor to its BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
Raduga and NPO Mashinostroeniye both carried out research work in hypersonic weapons during the Soviet era but did not produce a working weapon.Read the full story here.

Russia to Draft New Defense Industry Concept by Year end

Russia to Draft New Defense Industry Concept by Year end.(RN).Russia will draft a new concept for the development of its defense industry that reflects existing and potential threats to its national security by the end of 2012, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Tuesday. His satement was earlier misinterpreted by reporters as an announcement of plans to draft a new military doctrine. “It will be a document on strategic planning for 30-40 years ahead,” Rogozin clarified in his Twitter blog. The new concept will take into account “the analysis of potential threats, internal and external, and the preparation of a military-technical response to localize and neutralize these threats.” “Work on the new concept will start in mid-May,” Rogozin said. The announcement comes at a time when Moscow is searching for ways to counter the so-called European missile shield, NATO’s expansion toward Russia’s borders, terrorism and drug-trafficking. It has been only two years since Russian President Dmitry Medvedev approved the country's new military doctrine, which allows preventive nuclear strikes against potential aggressors and the use of military force to protect the lives and interests of Russian citizens abroad. The Russian military has insisted on the strengthening of Russia’s nuclear deterrent as the cornerstone of strategic stability, while maintaining highly-efficient, mobile conventional forces. The Russian government has allocated 22 trillion rubles ($730 billion) on the state arms procurement program until 2020.Read the full story here.More here.

"A Man with a vision " Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin “Armata” and much more is on the way!

"A Man with a vision " Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin “Armata” tank and Much more is on the way!(Rosbalt).YEKATERINBURG, April 21. In Nizhny Tagil we will create the main and largest test range of armored vehicles and missiles, told the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin during a working visit to the Sverdlovsk region. As the RBC, the purpose of the visit was Rogozin Nizhny Tagil Institute of Metal Testing. "This center will be mainly in Russia, for testing of armored vehicles and ammunition for it. And it will be a major demonstration center that will be the major international meeting," - he said. Rogozin said that Russian tank builders take on the function of the training of crews of Russian tanks for foreign customers. "We are here to teach management of a tank, shooting those who would become the instructors of the armed forces of foreign countries, partner for us. Soon you will not know this place: it will rise hotels, showrooms, and all kinds of simulators," - said Deputy Prime Minister. During his visit to the Institute Rogozin himself spent shooting the T-90 and of the artillery gun. He showed samples of the latest technology and the development of Russian scientists to test ammunition. Being on the Uralvagonzavod, Rogozin also said that the latest Universal Tank Platform "Armata" will be modular, based on it will create three types of infantry combat vehicles. According to him, by 2015 Russia will launch a series of tank "Armata". "This is a universal platform, based on which will be created a modern tank of the newest generation. It will be BMP, and is protected by a machine for rescue operations on the battlefield." - said Deputy Prime Minister.The newest universal tank platform "Armata" will be modular. At its base will create three types of combat vehicles. The journalists told the Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin after a visit to "Uralvagonzavod". "By 2015 we plan to have run into a series of tank" Armata ".Rogozin added that "maybe there will be another version." According to him, the most important - is the method used by our designers. "This method is modular, that is, the repair will take place simply by removal of a particular unit - said Deputy Prime Minister. - Sam repairs will be made into a fairly quick and efficient work. And it will be (held) on the battlefield.
Turning to the events of recent years, particularly Rogozin, has identified his work by the representative of Russia in NATO (2008 to 2011). "There I realized that this whole fiction about what we need intellectual development - is nonsense. World is governed by the interests of the powerful. Strong bought the music and the weak - the raw material, "- said Deputy Prime Minister.
And went on a popular topic in recent years the modern threats to Russia. Largest country with a small and endangered populations, surrounded by overpopulated countries. In the list of threats - China, India and Indonesia and Pakistan."Not many, but we will have the ability to survive" - ​​said Rogozin.Announced the figures have been heard at the meeting with the Ural envoy Yevgeny Kuyvasheva - up to 2020 in Russia will be allocated 20 trillion. rubles for the purchase of modern military equipment, another 3 trillion. on the modernization of the MIC (7-10% of this amount can get all the Middle Urals). And called spheres that Russia "has overslept," respectively, in early development, which requires - hypersonic weapons, unmanned systems and the so-called "electronic components", or - components for modern systems. "We are lagging behind. It is important to learn to see beyond the horizon - to understand the threat for 20-30 years ahead. And act like a wolf - a proactive, cutting off the corners "- summed up his speech Rogozin."If we do not develop the Urals and Siberia, we will lose the most important geopolitical battle of the XXI century. Because it is a joke - the Chinese are already moving our far eastern border of small groups of 5 million people, "- said Rogozin. One of the most recent projects in this regard, he called the construction of the spaceport, "East" in the Amur region. However, the Urals was forced to admit the guest - domestic "defense industry" lags are at least two areas: the creation of cybernetic and biological weapons. Responding to a question from the students what had been done in this direction, Rogozin chose to make a joke at all: "Come to me then. I will say it in your ear. "Not without another geopolitical issue - the establishment of NATO bases in Ulyanovsk. Again, Rogozin had to explain that there is no framework for the alliance in Russia will not "I, in my opinion, does not look like a). an idiot, b). the traitor. I'd rather crazy nationalist patriot, as many try to call me. NATO base at home Ilyich? And there can be none!"Hmmmmm..........Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the kind of leader America desperately needs against Iran..Read the full story here, and full story of Rogozin's vision here.(GoogleTranslate).