This is not empty talk. The rhetoric has been matched by a concurrent allocation of resources; Russia is now engaged in its largest military buildup since the collapse of the Soviet Union more than two decades ago, with major increases in defense spending budgeted each year to 2020.
The military budget is the portion of the discretionary United States federal budget allocated to the Department of Defense, or more broadly, the portion of the budget that goes to any military-related expenditures.The military budget pays the salaries, training, and health care of uniformed and civilian personnel, maintains arms, equipment and …
Two U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighters intercepted two Russian Su-25 fighter jets Wednesday, conducting multiple maneuvers, firing warning flares and, in one instance, aggressively flying to avoid colliding with one another, U.S. officials tell Military.com. The Su-25s — single-seat, twin-engine
Russian threat to Britain as Vladimir Putin increases military activity near UK. Royal Navy vessels were deployed to shadow Russian warships along the UK coast over Christmas amid rising aggression by Moscow
Russia’s defense minister has been showing up in unexpected places as the military increases its influence under Putin
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation (Russian: Вооружённые Си́лы Росси́йской Федера́ции, tr. Vooruzhonnije Síly Rossíyskoj Federátsii) are the military service of the Russian Federation, established after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.On 7 May 1992, Boris Yeltsin signed a presidential decree establishing the Russian Ministry of …
US May Order Russian Soyuz Spacecraft to Fly Astronauts to ISS in 2020 – Source Moscow (Sputnik) May 21, 2018 The United States intends to order the manufacture of Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft to fly its astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in 2020 due to a delay in production of the US-made commercial spacecraft, a space …
Dec 28, 2017 · The Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, has approved amendments to the law governing Rosatom, which give the state nuclear corporation’s supervisory board the power to approve the development and financing of nuclear power projects. The law was presented by Alexey Dmitrienko, a member of …
Russian submarine activity around undersea cables that provide internet and other communications connections to North America and Europe has raised concerns among NATO officials, according to
Feb 12, 2018 · President Trump unveiled his long-awaited budget Monday, proposing deep cuts to several federal agencies, historic increases in military funding and billions of taxpayer dollars for a border wall with Mexico. The $4.4 trillion budget proposal highlights the White House’s wish to create a “more