Military review - geopolitics, expert opinions and reviews

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

2025-06-01 06:06

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 Soviet nuclear submarine of Project 705 "Lira" has become the pinnacle of the food chain in the underwater world. Like a shark. Thanks to revolutionary technical solutions, the submarine could catch up and hit any target, but no one could hit it. The creation of Alfa (the name of the nuclear submarine according to NATO classification) changed the world

Recently, new plans were announced to upgrade the submarine forces of the Navy. According to the latest data, after the completion of the current construction of new submarines for the Black Sea Fleet, a similar project will start, as a result of which the Pacific Fleet will receive new submarines. Besides

Russia continues to implement the State Arms Program, calculated until 2020. One of the main elements of this program is the plan to upgrade the equipment of the navy. Currently, a number of domestic shipbuilding enterprises are fulfilling state orders and building

A whole historiography of heated debates has already developed around the newest miracle torpedo Poseidon (aka Status-6). There are many articles discussing its characteristics, possible device, and especially the damage that a torpedo can inflict on an adversary

In the near future, the next small missile ship of project 22800 "Karakurt" will enter the Russian Navy. It is already known that the ship will be named "Mercury". And this is no coincidence. At one time, Emperor Nicholas I issued a decree, according to which the composition of the Russian naval

India is currently developing several advanced missile weapons. One of the most daring projects involves the creation of a cruise missile capable of carrying various warheads - conventional and nuclear. A rocket called Nirbhay came out a few years ago

An unnamed source in the Russian defense industry unofficially told TASS on January 8 that Russia is working on a new version of the already famous SLCM "Caliber" 3M14, called "Caliber-M". The work is carried out within the framework of the current state armament program (GPV-2027), and the new CD will be transferred to

At the beginning of September this year, one of the Chinese media resources published a captured video frame, which showed a non-nuclear (diesel-electric) submarine (NAPL / diesel-electric submarine) of the Russian project 877EKM, but not simple, but elongated. About 15 meters longer than itself in normal state. Chinese

The legendary and invincible Ukrainian Navy has been moving from victory to victory lately. More precisely, from peremog to peremog. Inevitably changing, as it should be according to the tacit basic law of Svidomo ukrobytiya, zrada. First there was a heroic breakthrough of a line squadron through the Kerch Strait. By

This week, in general, there is a lot of news about Long-Range Aviation, for example, another DA exercise took place, during which more than 10 Tu-160 and Tu-95MS / MSM bombers and Il-78M tankers operated over the waters of the Arctic Ocean, and 2 for the first time in many years and after reconstruction sat down at the airfield

"Terror of the Deep" The first "official drain" in the media about the "ocean multipurpose system" Status-6 "took place on November 9, 2015, when during a meeting with the President on the defense industry, during the protocol part, a printed sheet was" accidentally "shown to the media from

Donald Trump loves to communicate with the nation and the world through Twitter. Capacious, short statements in this microblog, about which they often joke that it is very convenient to "send" someone in it, than to explain something to him, have become one of the characteristic features of the government of this bright, original, but strong

In one of the previous publications, the topic of the US nuclear arsenal and its successful negative growth and negative development was disclosed in sufficient detail. But many probably have a question: how, in fact, the shining city on the hill and the only (and unique) superpower came to life

"Six trump cards" Dear readers, let's try to understand in a first approximation what we heard in the Message from the President and the Supreme Commander-in-Chief about new types of weapons. Yes, of course, we are talking about the very "magnificent six" systems. Vladimir Putin told

April 23 of this year may well qualify for the title of "Day that gave a wave of hope." For not every day several ships are laid down at the same time. It is clear that Putin's visit to Severnaya Verf gives such weight to the event, and yes, the hope that everything will not stop after

Material well-being of a person from science can be achieved in different ways. This includes a stable income from the results of scientific and pedagogical activities, various additional payments for scientific supervision of research, reviewing dissertations, tutoring, etc. Additional income can

100 years ago, on September 5, 1918, the SNK decree on the "red terror" was issued. F. E. Dzerzhinsky, the initiator and leader of the terror, defined the Red Terror as “intimidation, arrest and destruction of the enemies of the revolution on the basis of their class affiliation.” The death penalty in Russia was abolished 26

In 2017, at one of the events of the Ministry of Defense, the upgraded T-90M tank was shown for the first time. By now, this technique has managed to pass the main tests, and should soon go to the troops. The T-90M project provides for one of the largest upgrades of the base machine ever made