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In contrast to the sea and especially the ocean water expanses, in the air ocean everything is more or less in order. There is everything: interceptors, fighters and bombers. Plus there is also some potential for modifications and (knock-knock, so as not to jinx) new developments. Not very beautiful with

During our broadcast on airplanes, a question was asked about aircraft diesel engines. The topic is not at all ethereal, since there is not much to argue about, but there are interesting moments that have been continued today. Therefore, here it is, aviation diesel

Today we will talk about the continuation of the series of Italian light cruisers of the "Condottieri" type, series D, which consisted of two ships. The first was "Eugenio di Savoia" (in the text - "Savoy") and "Emanuelo Filiberto Duc D'Aosta" (in the text - "Aosta")

Many will be outraged right after the headline. Author, what are you talking about? "Zero" does not get out of the ratings of the same as you, films were made about it and in general … And in general, and in particular especially. I will not tire of repeating that the "rating", where a pre-war carrier-based fighter is adjacent to

So, as promised, we tried, together with those who came to the stream, to discuss the question of how to build a rating for fighters of the Second World War. Discussed. The picture turned out … original. Let's start with the fact that from the very beginning we set a slightly different way of defining

It looks like the story that began in 2008 is starting to end. The so-called coastal zone ships of the US Navy are leaving for mothballing. We wrote about the existence of an LCS-class ship, and now we are starting, apparently, to observe the last act of the presentation

If such a text were written, for example, by a Russian expert, it could easily be declared an information war. However, the opinion belongs to the Americans. Precisely in the plural, since not only the author David Wise (very, by the way, a serious analyst), but also a bunch of US Navy admirals

In general, I have great respect for almost all flying technology that the Germans invented and designed before 1945. It makes sense. But today's character can simply cause a storm of emotions on the topic "Why are you so ?!" And there are a number of good reasons for this

Our story begins in fact from the moment the First World War ended. The French admirals were in deep thought, because if the French fleet did not signify participation in the war by trampling in a Mediterranean puddle, then one could say that France at sea and not

To begin with: to the delight of the tankers, we will state that the tank is still the most really useful and formidable combat vehicle on a land battlefield. It was and is the main percussion instrument, it is also support for the advancing infantry, and so on. Since the beginning of his combat career in the First World War

Our "history" and our "historians" are surprising. It is clear that the winners write history, but here the question arises: in general, who won? And where? When did the war end, after which the total census of history began? It is a fact that, despite all attempts to introduce something into the constitution about

Yes, we can already say that "who is talking about what, and here everything is about diesel engines." What if this is the case? If the situation is not something that does not improve, it gets worse. We stand, and soon we will even stop smoking. Sources Mil.Press FlotProm allow in publications to conclude that the situation

Perhaps the format will be somewhat unusual, but the story itself, without the technical details of this aircraft, is worthy of a separate story. Many people mistakenly believe (and I myself have not quite correctly expressed myself several times about this aircraft) that the Tu-2 was adopted by running

Coastal defense. This, if you look into the dictionary of terms, is a set of forces and means of a fleet with fortifications and a system of anti-landing and anti-aircraft structures designed to protect naval bases, ports and important coastal areas. Let's also do

The bell of the naval agreement in Washington blasted through Britain as well. More precisely, according to the budget of the "Lady of the Seas", and blasted no worse than the armor-piercing shells of German battleships and cruisers in the Battle of Jutland. Having agreed with the rest of the participants, Britain began to build its heavy cruisers, and … it became clear

Blame, however, indirectly, that the "Meteor" turned out exactly like that, the aircraft carrier "Taiho". In general, "Ryusei" / "Meteor" quite claims to be one of the most beautiful and graceful aircraft of the Second World War. And at the same time, it is the heaviest carrier-based strike aircraft of Imperial Japan

David Ax of The National Interest put out a very original analyst: “Watch Out! Russian Submarines Are Prowling Off the U.S. Coast "

Yes, our today's story is about them, about the forerunners of the class of heavy cruisers and the first Washington cruisers. Well, and how it all turned out in general. It all began during the First World War. If you look like this, then the entire Royal Navy was engaged in this kind of game of catch-up. because

Another reflection inspired by questions from readers. What is the Il-10 and how much the Red Army Air Force needed it at all, given the presence of the Il-2, a "flying tank" and so on? It must be said right away that new aircraft in our Air Force after 06/22/1941 were extremely rare. Actually, there were only three of them

Dear readers, surely many of you were taught in childhood that doing several things at the same time, and even more carelessly, is not very good. It is even harmful, proved by the fifth points, in case the head did not think about what the rest of the body was doing