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Gravity Jet Suit on trials in the Netherlands, April 2021 Half a century ago, several leading countries were actively involved in the topic of the so-called. jetpacks and other individual aircraft. At that time, technologies did not allow creating such a product with a sufficient level of performance, and

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Much has been said about the battles of the RAF pilots with the Luftwaffe aces in the "Battle of Britain", and the battle was dismantled piece by piece. Now we will talk about one episode of the "Battle of Britain", which took place a little later, from June 13, 1944 to March 17, 1945

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It is no secret that for many Soviet officers it was very prestigious to own a captured pistol. Most often, German short-barreled weapons could be at the disposal of the infantry commanders of the platoon-battalion level and the military personnel of the reconnaissance units. That is, those who

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And it sounds in all - a terrible tragedy, miscalculations, unprofessionalism, stupidity, the wrong choice of the route … As for me, it was a tragedy when 83.6% of the servicemen involved in the operation died in the Smolensk battle, and that one with signs of optimism - during this time we prepared for the defense of Moscow. it

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PD-14. Photo: Vitaly Kuzmin, vitalykuzmin.net Long-awaited, Russian Not all developed countries can afford to create their own aircraft engines. At one time, the Soviet Union was in this honorary club, and Russia rested on its former laurels for many decades. Mass production

Mi-17V-5 is the owner of the classic carrier system. Photo "Rosoboronexport" Throughout the history of helicopters, various designs of the support system were regularly proposed, but only one of them became classical and subsequently received significant development. Other solutions

Collage TheDrive, dedicated to the incident in Boscombe Down.Night accident Originally the base belonged to the DERA agency, functions

Thunder model at the Army-2020 exhibition. Photo Bmpd.livejournal.com Last year, the Kronshtadt group of companies showed for the first time a full-size model of the promising unmanned aerial vehicle "Thunder", and also disclosed the basic data on this development. New project

On April 9, the South Korean corporation KAI held an official presentation of the experienced KF-21 Boramae fighter. The first demonstration of the aircraft of its own design and construction was held in the form of a solemn ceremony with the participation of the supreme leadership of South Korea and Indonesia. Based on the results of this event, you can

Source: defence.ru Speaking about the components of the nuclear triad of the two countries, today we will somewhat move away from the already boring comparisons like "who is better, B-52 or Tu-95" and talk about a slightly different thing. Namely, how relevant strategic bombers are today as a means of

Continuing the Douglas airplane theme. Today we go further and we have the A-20, which seems to be a continuation of the DB-7, but as a bomber. Although it is called with the letter "A", which means that it is an attack aircraft. Yes, the plane was supposed to replace the old Northrop A-17A attack aircraft, but something went wrong

Photo: aviadrive.ru Il-112V made another flight. A reason to seriously think about the prospects, if only because this is the second flight in two years. What does this mean?

The balance of power Five years ago, the phrase "new generation fighter" was associated with anything, but not with the European aircraft industry. Europe de facto “slept through” the fifth generation, and the sixth (Euro-“six”) seemed to be something so distant that few people talked about it seriously. The first

The success of the Russian Federation in the development of attack unmanned aerial vehicles has become a fait accompli. If earlier such machines were only in the plans, now it is clear that the same "Orion" may well be used in battle. As for the devices of the heavier class, they have prepared

A pair of Su-57s at the air parade on May 9, 2018. The leading vehicle (right) carries two underwing pylons. Photo of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Like any other fighter, the promising Su-57 is primarily a carrier of weapons. The main task of such an aircraft is the delivery of aircraft

Tu-214ON, number 64525, is the second aircraft of this type. Photo by Wikimedia Commons To carry out observation flights under the Open Skies Treaty (OON), a small fleet of specially equipped aircraft was created in our country. The newest examples of this kind were two Tu-214ON vehicles

In general, this name hides a whole crowd of American twin-engine aircraft, the main purpose of which is to do good to their neighbors. But in our historical research, we will immediately divide everything into two stages, and the DB-7 and A-20, although they are essentially similar, will be different aircraft for us. At least because of

Today we have the Liberator, the most massive bomber of the Second World War. Released in the amount of 18,482 copies, its name "Liberator" ("Liberator"), received from the British, later it was liked by the Americans, and as a result, it became the official name for all aircraft of this

A mock-up of the Thunder UAV and its weapons on the Army-2020. Photo "Kronshtadt" The company "Kronshtadt" continues to develop a promising unmanned aerial complex "Grom" and a number of related projects. Recently, new messages appeared in the domestic press about the possibilities

A few weeks ago, US Air Force Chief of Staff, General Churles K. Brown, talked about the problems with the F-35 fighter and announced the possible creation of a new aircraft with different characteristics and features. In the wake of these claims, the "alternative aviation magazine" Hush-Kit offers its own

More than two months are left until the international aerospace show MAKS-2021, and the first reports of future exhibits are already coming in. Thus, Rostec and Russian Helicopters announced the demonstration of the latest Mi-28NM attack helicopter. It is expected that during the show, this car will attract the attention of foreign

You can't harness a horse and a quivering doe in one cart. I forgot myself carelessly: Now I pay tribute to madness … A.S. Pushkin. "Poltava" So, the reform, about which we have already talked so much and fiercely, has actually begun. And it began as usual in our country, that is, with a regime of the strictest secrecy, a minimum

Il-38 before modernization In January 1969, the latest anti-submarine aircraft Il-38 with the Berkut search and sighting system was adopted by the aviation of the USSR Navy. Due to timely repairs and various modernizations, such equipment can still be maintained in service. Directly

Our answer to Bayraktar Despite all the problems, Russia was able to take a step forward in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles: both reconnaissance and strike UAVs. The main confirmation of this can be called the footage of the test in Syria of a new

The United States has entered a new century with a gigantic air force designed to meet the challenges of the Cold War. However, the new time dictates different rules. New stealthy combat aircraft appeared, the role of UAVs and new aviation weapons, such as