RT published this video item, entitled “Parachutes for dogs undergoing tests in Russia” – below is their description.
Look out for airborne German shepherds if you’re in Russia, because a new parachute system designed for dogs is being tested there.
The parachute isn’t being made for entertainment purposes or to help dogs complete their bucket lists, but as a tool for its Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Emergency Situations.
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east, and from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea in the south.
Russia spans more than one-eighth of the Earth’s inhabited land area, stretching eleven time zones, and bordering 16 sovereign nations. Moscow is the country’s capital.
The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991 and since 1993 Russia been governed as a federal semi-presidential republic. Russia is a major great power, with the world’s second-most powerful military, and the fourth-highest military expenditure. As a recognised nuclear-weapon state, the country possesses the world’s largest stockpile of nuclear weapons.