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2025-06-01 06:06

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

2025-06-01 06:06

A rare photo - two identical Russian warships of non-Soviet construction together. But that should stop being rare. Photo: defenceimagery.mod.uk Having decided on the principles that should underlie the sane shipbuilding policy of Russia, you need to subject them at least

2025-06-01 06:06

The High-Precision Complexes holding (part of the Rostec state corporation) was formed in 2009. Judging by the brand's popularity in Russia and abroad, the consolidation of the scientific and technical potential of specialized enterprises was successful. Not every integrated structure can boast

2025-06-01 06:06

About spilled blood - as a general to a general In February 2021, shortly before the next anniversary of the armed conflict on Damansky Island, a very lengthy and, to put it mildly, somewhat strange material was published in Nezavisimaya Gazeta. It was a big interview with a retired major general

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In the minds of the majority of Europeans, and even the citizens of Russia, the expanses of Southern Siberia, Altai, Mongolia, Northern and Central China have always been an area of settlement for the peoples of the Mongoloid race, but this is far from the case. Already in 3000 BC, Southern Siberia was inhabited by the clans of the Indo-European

The United States intends to break the Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles, which in the future may lead to very different consequences in the military-political sphere. The former parties to the agreement will be able to start creating new weapons and reorganizing the corresponding army structures. except

In 1967, a new UR-100 complex with an 8K84 intercontinental ballistic missile entered service with the strategic missile forces. Due to its simplicity and relative cheapness, such a rocket could be produced in large quantities. However, the simplification of the design and a number of others

The main contribution to ensuring the security of the Russian Federation is made by its strategic nuclear forces, which include strategic missile forces, long-range aviation and part of the submarine fleet. Like other components of the armed forces, the strategic nuclear forces undergo systematic modernization and

Over the past several years, one of the main topics in the context of the rearmament of the army has been the promising RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile. The new project has gone through a number of important stages and is close to conducting flight design tests. Most of the information about

In the fifties of the last century, there was an active search for new ideas and solutions in the field of strategic weapons. Some of the proposed ideas were of great interest, but proved to be overly difficult to implement and implement. So, since 1955, a promising

One of the main innovations for the Russian strategic missile forces is the promising Avangard complex, which includes a unique hypersonic guided warhead. The newest complex has already passed all the main checks, and in the near future should go into service. Then

The strategic missile forces are armed with unique complexes with the highest characteristics, capable of solving particularly important tasks. Their appearance became possible thanks to a long research program and the creation of new projects with certain qualities. The first real

Several years ago, in the interests of the Strategic Missile Forces, a new 15M107 “Foliage” remote demining vehicle was created, designed to provide combat duty for mobile ground-based missile systems. Such equipment has already entered service with a number of units, and

Russia vs America About the "new Cold War" did not write, probably only a very lazy one. In fact, it is naive to believe that Russia and the United States will measure their nuclear arsenals, as they did half a century ago. The capabilities of countries are fundamentally different: this is clearly visible in military budgets

In my publications on Voennoye Obozreniye (and not only), I have repeatedly considered the issue of the American nuclear arsenal, the difficult, if not worse, situation with it, with the development and production of new warheads and everything connected with it. In particular, it was a question of unrealizable in

So you don’t want to sometimes once again return to the issues of strategic stability, nuclear missile weapons and all that stuff, but you have to. Because in the vastness of world and domestic media resources, shoals of various experts in this matter float, from time to time due to

But what else is there to do with these ideas about the transformation of the most widespread type of nuclear weapon in the US Armed Forces into a "nuclear eunuch." Considering the irreplaceability (for now, not forever, of course) for the United States of nuclear weapons and a decent rate of decline (in the first year of Trump's rule - 354

In the late 1950s, the US military and scientists developed and tested two experimental air-launched ballistic missiles. The products of the WS-199 program proved the fundamental possibility of creating such a weapon, but their own characteristics were far from desired. By this

Various weapons can be used to combat enemy ships, but anti-ship cruise missiles currently play the leading role. In the past, however, other options for anti-ship weapons have been considered. In particular, the issue of creating a ballistic anti-ship missile system was studied. V

The fifties of the last century were a period of rapid development of strategic weapons. So, in the United States, completely new versions of missiles with nuclear warheads for ground units, the navy and the air force were being worked out. The latter initiated work on the WS-199 program, the result

Some time ago in the media, with links to unnamed sources, it was reported that the Rubezh mobile ground missile system (PGRK), created for the Strategic Missile Forces, successfully passed almost all flight design and state tests, into the new state armaments program for 2018-2027

Against the background of the events taking place in the world, foreign media recalled the Russian system "Perimeter", known in the West as "Dead Hand". The British press decided to remind its readers of Russia's nuclear power. "Perimeter" is one of the most secret developments in Russia in

In the mid-fifties, the US Air Force began to develop new options for strategic weapons. In 1957, the Pentagon launched a program with the code designation WS-199, the purpose of which was to study the possibilities and create promising models of aviation missile

Last Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed a message to the Federal Assembly. The most important place in the address of the head of state was taken by the story about the latest successes in the field of strategic nuclear missile weapons. Circumstances force our country to develop this direction, and to

Currently, ballistic missiles of various classes are intended only for delivering a warhead to a specified target. They may differ from each other in size, flight data and type of warhead, but the general concept of all such products is the same. In the midst of the Cold War, American