US Airborne Rangers parachute in to seize a Pacific airbase, preparing for war with China
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VDV: who are Russia’s elite airborne force?
According to the latest intelligence update by the Ministry of Defence(MoD), the Kremlin “has likely redeployed major elements of the VDV (airborne forces) to the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts ...
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Russian army captures Sudzha in Kursk Oblast – ISW
Russian troops have taken control of the city of Sudzha in the Kursk Oblast and are fighting with the Ukrainian Defense ...
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Russia says it's designing its own V-22 Osprey, and it could make Moscow's elite paratroopers even deadlier
The aircraft will be given to Russia's elite Airborne Forces, or VDV, which are often Moscow's first troops on the ground. If Moscow actually builds the aircraft, and heavily arms it like the US ...