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TASS launches Russia's Defense Technologies Newswire in English

The Newswire offers unique information about the latest products in military engineering, various types of armaments, drills by Russia’s armed forces, military and political news and many other topics
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MOSCOW, October 21. /TASS/. The Russian news agency TASS announces the launch of a new product, Russia's Defense Technologies in English.

Russian Defense & Technologies Newswire, operating online Monday through Friday offers its readership unique information about the latest products in military engineering, various types of armaments, exercises and drills by Russia’s armed forces, military and political news, details of export and import contacts and analysis covering a wide range of topical subjects.

The newswire covers six basic themes.

Defense Industry section publishes news about cutting-edge research products, supplies of weapons and other hardware to army units, logistics support, corporate news, statements by the CEOs of defense-industrial companies, etc.

Military-Technical Cooperation and Weapons Export contains statistics and news about the export and import of military products, cooperation in the development and manufacturing of new generation weapons, statements by the chiefs of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, the OJSC Rosoboronexport, etc.

Drills and Exercises reviews military exercises and drills by Russia’s air, naval and ground forces, including joint ones, as well as conscription, mobilization and demobilization statistics.

Military & Political News covers decisions by the country’s leadership influencing the condition of the armed forces and the nation’s defenses.

Finance News section contains information about the defense budget and investment into various defense industry sectors, individual defense programs and research into new types of weapons.

Analysis brings you the opinions of the leading Russian and foreign military experts’ opinions of research into and development of weapons and other military hardware of the future and surveys Russia’s foothold in the world market of armaments, the condition and equipment of Russia’s army units and the country’s role and place in the global system of security.

TASS news products in Russian, devoted to defense and military-industrial subjects are in great demand from military specialists and experts. Among them: News: Army, Space and Weapons, Military-Technical Cooperation, Weapons Markets, Defense-Industrial Complex Enterprises of Russia and other CIS Member-States. The English-language Russian Defense & Technologies Newswire complements the existing line of TASS products.

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