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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

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The anti-ship complex ensures control of territorial waters and protection of coastal areas at a long distance So, for the transformation of Russia into an economically developed and

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“Let people know what happened in this war. The truth. The way it is … "(One of the few survivors of the 131st Maikop brigade) PREPARATION OF THE YOUNG MAN. Eve of the new year, 1995. Columns of Russian troops crossed the Chechen administrative border, and the forward units occupied

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The Makarov pistol is rightfully called "Kalashnikov" among pistols. This automatic 9mm pistol was designed in 1948 by Nikolai Makarov. Due to the simplicity of its device, the reliability of the proposed design and ease of use, the PM remained in production for more than half a century

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By the beginning of the Russian campaign, three volunteer regiments of foreign citizens had been created in the ranks of the SS, and with the outbreak of hostilities, the number of foreign units began to grow steadily. The participation of foreign legions in the war against the USSR was supposed to show, according to Himmler's plan, a pan-European

The defeat of the Konigsberg grouping created favorable conditions for the final destruction of the remnants of the East Prussian grouping - the "Zemland" group. The troops of the 3rd Belorussian Front under the command of A.M. Vasilevsky on April 13, almost without a pause, went on the offensive against the German troops

A. Telenin. Lieutenant of Registered Cossacks In the previous article ("Don Cossacks and Cossacks"), we talked a little about the history of the emergence of the Cossacks, its two historical centers, some of the differences between the Cossacks of the Don and Zaporozhye regions. Let's continue this story. So, in spite of everything, the Cossack communities

MBDA considers Mistral MANPADS to have advantages over laser-guided missiles Is interest in shoulder-launched and tripod-launched surface-to-air missiles revived due to the development of expanding technologies and financially justified

According to American official documents, the global missile defense (ABM) system of the United States of America, including components for the defense of the country's territory, regions, theaters of military operations and individual objects, should be created in stages, evolutionary. System architecture (like

In order for people to be happy, they need a strong Motherland,”said Leonid Keosky in the 5th century BC. e .. For three articles, I tell readers about the policy of NATO double standards and the behind-the-scenes military policy of Moldova, which in fact is no longer Moldovan, but of the purest water about

At the Paris Air Show 2015 in Le Bourget, the Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG demonstrates the latest multi-role fighter MiG-35 - according to NATO classification Fulcrum-F, which means "fulcrum." New fighter MiG-35

Last Tuesday, August 20, the first event of its kind was held on the squares of the CSKA Moscow football and athletics complex. The military department organized the exhibition “Innovation Day of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation”. The purpose of the exhibition was to showcase the latest developments

The author (and other experts) repeatedly raised questions of the critical state of the mine action forces of the Navy, not only incapable of fighting the modern mine threat, but also having a military-technical lag behind the modern level of military affairs, unprecedented in our armed forces

Despite the bravura assurances of a number of officials about the allegedly successful solution of tasks by the old minesweepers of the Navy, their absolute obsolescence and limited combat capabilities are clear to all objective observers and specialists

As recently as November, the Estonian army boasted of its invincibility. At the same time, the Estonians sneered at the armed forces of Latvia, supposedly fit only to "guard sacks of flour in the rear." The Latvian army was called “empty space” in these boastful reports. In the article by Mikka Salu

In the story of the scandalous exposure of the network of Russian illegal immigrants working in the United States, a new person has appeared. An unnamed source in the Russian intelligence services yesterday, through Russian news agencies, made public the name of another high-ranking Service official who fled to the United States

Estonians started. This is what they wrote in the Postimees newspaper on November 6: “The Estonian and Latvian Defense Forces, which started from the same line twenty years ago, are now in a diametrically opposite position. The Latvian Defense Forces are completely unprepared to fight. They can neither defend their country nor

SOBR "Lynx" of the Special Forces Center for Rapid Response and Aviation (TsSN SR) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation provides force support to units of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia during special operations to free hostages, detain armed and especially dangerous

Comparing the military power of different states is a complex but interesting problem. Despite all the difficulties associated with assessing the power of the armed forces of a state, attempts are constantly being made to make a rating of the most militarily powerful states. In view of

The memories of the events in which Ukrainian citizens were direct participants are still fresh in the memory of the Ukrainian people. We are talking about a trial that took place recently in Libya over Ukrainians who allegedly provided military services to the Gaddafi regime. Currently not

My rank falls into the conventional category of "mid-level officers." There are state and other awards, but I do not regard awards as something significant. I know many guys who are worthy of awards, but did not receive. And I know people who received them "for the aggregate of merits." There are no significant ones for me

At the end of December 2001, by decision of the UN Security Council, the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) was organized. The purpose of this military association was to help the new Afghan government maintain order after the overthrow

On September 6, the Day of the Armed Forces is celebrated by the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. This state does not have the official recognition of the overwhelming majority of countries in the world, which does not prevent it from successfully existing for 23 years already. A unique Russian-Soviet enclave on the territory of the former Moldavian SSR arose

The development of a new version of GRIPEN, known as GRIPEN NG, began in 2013. In recent years, many reviews have been published on individual Scandinavian countries. In this article, we look at defense innovations from the Nordic countries

The Thai army is considered one of the strongest in Southeast Asia and has a long history and rich fighting traditions. By the way, Thailand (then it was still called Siam) is the only country on the Indochina Peninsula that never became a colony. When neighboring Burma was captured by the British, and