Tabas Desert

Ilyushin Il-102, aka the "most gorgeously ugly combat jet ever!" The boxy, low-winged, tail-gun touting Il-102 competed against the Sukhoi Su-25 to become the next Soviet CAS aircraft in the 80s.

Flight of Ka-52 attack helicopter at extremely low altitude.

The launch of two supersonic cruise missiles Kh-22 from a long-range supersonic missile-carrying bomber Tu-22.

Servicemen of the Baltic Fleet's coastal missile division have conducted a successful live firing from the Bal coastal missile system at a sea target in the Baltic Sea as part of a planned exercise.

The process of forming the Dnepr River Flotilla has been underway since the beginning of this year. It is now forming a separate marine battalion and a separate coastal missile division with prospects for expansion.