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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

The SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile system is designed to provide air defense of troops and mechanized formations on the march, as well as to provide anti-aircraft cover for stationary objects of great importance from a massive air attack of a wide

Recent weeks have been rich in news regarding the Russian missile warning system. Several important events took place within a few days. At first it became known that the newly built radar station would soon undergo state tests

In the seventies of the last century, several new types of anti-ship missiles entered service with NATO countries. The use of the latest technology made these ammunition especially dangerous for enemy ships. A high-speed missile equipped with an effective homing head and flying at

An article titled "Shield Repair" appeared in one of the spring issues of the Ukrainian specialized publication "Defense Express". Its author, Vladimir Tkach, gives examples of samples of anti-aircraft missile systems that are in service with the Ukrainian army, and also gives certain

The Chinese approach to the creation of modern military equipment is widely known. Unable to make any combat vehicle or system on its own, China turns to other countries in order to purchase and copy the necessary equipment or initiate the start of a joint project. results

Last Wednesday, June 19, Russian President V. Putin, accompanied by Defense Minister S. Shoigu, St. Petersburg Governor G. Poltavchenko and other high-ranking officials, visited the St

The rocket of the American portable anti-aircraft complex FIM-92 Stinger was so successful that it was chosen for use on self-propelled air defense systems. This is how the AN / TWQ-1 Avenger complexes appeared based on the HMMWV car, the M6 Linebacker on the M2 Bradley BMP chassis and a number of other interesting systems. Like

In the middle of the last decade, a leading Chinese manufacturer of weapons and military equipment, NORINCO, created and tested a new self-propelled anti-aircraft gun designed to provide air defense of stationary objects. The new combat vehicle was supposed to protect airfields

This year, the Polish army will receive an anti-aircraft missile battery POPRAD (Poprad is the name of the river). System certification ended in early June. This complex was very interested in the military, and the company (Bumar Electronics SA), which is its developer, will put it on military tests

A unique object is located several tens of kilometers northeast of Moscow. It has the shape of a truncated tetrahedral pyramid with a base width of about 130 meters and a height of about 35 meters. On each facet of this structure there are characteristic panels of round and square shapes

A conference on the development of air defense of the ground forces was held last Thursday at the Military Academy of Military Air Defense (Smolensk). Representatives of the Ministry of Defense and Industry discussed the state and prospects of domestic anti-aircraft systems, and also examined some

On May 10, near the village of Semirovice (near the city of Gdynia Pomerania), the formation of the 1st missile battalion of anti-ship coastal defense complexes was completed. The division was created on January 1, 2011, but began to be completed only in the fall of 2012. This decision was made by the Polish

The features of the use of modern front-line aviation and its weapons directly speak of the need to create combined anti-aircraft systems, simultaneously armed with artillery installations and missile systems and at the same time capable of moving in the same formation with tanks or other combat

Just a few days ago it became known that the military and political leadership of our country is considering issues related to the creation of new missile defense systems. Almost simultaneously with the corresponding message from the press service of the presidential administration, new information appeared, allegedly

The state program for the rearmament of the army continues and there are constant reports of the supply of certain types of weapons or equipment. In February of this year, it was reported that in recent years the share of new weapons has grown by 10%. So, in 2008 this indicator was equal to six percent, and according to

The sound of the ship's guns is impressive. 170 rounds per second - a wild howl, intolerable to the human ear. Because of this, our naval officers prefer the AK-306 mounts with a lower rate of fire than the AK-630 and "Broadsword". In October 1943, near Yalta, German

The ground forces of Poland are currently using the ZSU-23-4, which today cannot perform the tasks of covering the airspace of battalions and brigades on the march and in defense. Although most of them have been upgraded to the level of ZSU-23-4 "Biała", equipped with a new

Receiving and receiving cabin of the ground-based radio range finder P-35M In 1978, after graduating from the Tambov Military Aviation Technical School with a degree in ground radar, I was sent to the training ground of the VP Chkalov Air Force Research Institute. It was a classic "point" - one of many in the track system

At the recent LIMA-2013 exhibition in Malaysia, the Kolomna Machine Building Design Bureau (KBM) presented several of its developments. Among other projects, the Luchnik-E short-range anti-aircraft missile system was shown. It continues the line of similar systems, and also unites in

On March 11, 2013, the Swedish Armed Forces Material Support Agency (FMV) announced the signing of a contract with the German company Diehl Defense worth 270 million Swedish kronor ($ 41.9 million) to supply the Swedish armed forces with new short-range anti-aircraft missile systems IRIS-T SLS