RT: Russia unveils new T90-MS battle tank in India

Russian arms producers have presented the most up-to-date exportable version of the T-90 main battle tank to potential buyers.

The presentation happened at the Defexpo India 2012 in New Delhi, where the producers of the T-90MS hope to find buyers for the new armored vehicle.

The upgraded tank has improved capabilities in firepower, protection, mobility and command ability,”

Andrey Terlikov, the chief designer of the T-90 at the Uralvagonzavod plant, said.

The T-90MS is the latest modification of the combat vehicle dubbed the “flying tank”. It has a new turret with the Kalina modernized targeting system, which is integrated with the squad commander’s control system. Also on board are an upgraded 2A46M-5 cannon and a new air defense machine gun.

The tank also has new version of the explosive reactive armor called Relict. It has an improved gear shifter and better steering control.

Its armor was modified to better withstand fire, though it is now slightly less resistant to the affects of a nuclear attack.

The tank is also equipped with an auxiliary diesel engine that is primarily used during stops.

It allows for better fuel efficiency and produces less heat than the main engine, making the vehicle less noticeable in the infra-red spectrum.

The T-90MS hit the domestic production in September 2011.

So far it has not been sold to a foreign country.

The producer hopes that India would be interested in upgrading the T-90 tanks it already owns to the MS versions.

It gas also invited governments in Latin America and other regions to check out  at its capabilities.

source: http://www.rt.com/news/russian-flying-tank-india-849/

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RT: Iran shows off captured RQ170 drone

Days after the Pentagon first denied and then admitted that it lost touch with a high-tech drone aircraft, authorities in Iran are now saying that they have the plane — and its condition is pristine.

The unmanned, robotic aircraft — a RQ170 Sentinel drone plane — disappeared last week. American authorities quickly dismissed claims that they lost the plane over Iran, only to later admit that the CIA was flying a reconnaissance mission over Afghanistan when they lost touch with the top-secret stealth drone.

Soon after it was believed that communication was cut once the plane waded through the air in Iranian territory. American officials then claimed that satellite imagery showed that the drone had crashed and was beyond repair.

Officials out of Tehran, however, now say that they intercepted the craft and have it in perfect shape. For proof, Iran television has even broadcast footage of the craft.

Tehran is saying that they brought down the drone themselves with the Iranian Army’s electronic warfare unit after they caught the craft in Iran, around 140 miles from the country’s border with Afghanistan.

The Sentinel has been in the arsenal of the US military since 2009 and the Pentagon has gone to great lengths to keep its exact capabilities under wraps, though those speaking under condition of anonymity to the Los Angeles Times have revealed that among its powers is the ability to intercept cell phone transmissions and sniff out toxic chemicals from miles above the Earth’s surface, all while remaining undetected.

"It's bad — they'll have everything,” one official added to the Times.

"It carries a variety of systems,” author Peter W. Singer tells the Times, “to its allies . . . it's a potential gold mine.”