The OboronExpo-2014 arms exhibition has kicked off in Russia's Zhukovsky outside Moscow. The event is to last  from August 13 to 17. There will be enterprises from Germany, France, and the United Sates among the foreign companies participating in the international forum. Over 200 Russian companies are taking part in the exhibition.The demonstration programme will be based on 38 specimens of hardware of the Russian Ministry of Defence, including 14 ones to be displayed within the framework of the military patriotic programme "Invincible and Legendary".

The first day of the exhibition in this photo gallery by ITAR-TASS.