Military,com has a flag-waver video clip from Russia that lasts almost 10 minutes. If you are a military equipment fan, or like clips of rockets and missiles being fired, this is your big chance. Complete with pulse-stirring chorus accompaniment, it’s sure to stir the blood of any Russian patriot. There are a few quick shots of what I think is the new 9M330 “Tor” AA system at work. This is the system recently sold to Iran.

Some nice shots of Sukhoi SU-30’s at work in air defense and ground attack as well as the new MiG 1.42 (canard equipped fighter) doing its party trick.

However, there are other interesting scenes in the clip. There are a few nifty scenes of their T-80 going through its paces on a training course: the image of an (estimated) 100,000 lb vehicle floating over suspension test bumps was fun. Also interesting was the sight of one of them, completely submerged, rising out of a river. Plus a quick clip of the T-80UM2 “Black Eagle” which is believed to be a technology upgrade incorporating new armor.

There were a couple of scenes of MI-24 Hind gunships attacking troops. The Soviet military was famous for carefully choreographing every step of its military maneuvers, and I imagine setting up this bit at about 6:00 was trouble to create.

Rising tensions between the US and Russia over our current ambitious Middle East policy has undoubtedly spurred this film to be released for public consumption.