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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

Heavy tanks IS-3 on Red Square. May 1, 1949 After the end of World War II, the armored and mechanized troops of the Red Army (since 1953 - the Soviet Army) were armed with heavy tanks IS-1, IS-2 and IS-3 "5, as well as a small number of previously released tanks

Motorized Divisions Each mechanized corps, along with two panzer divisions, included a motorized division. It was intended to consolidate the success achieved by tank divisions and to solve other problems in the depths of the enemy's defenses. First motorized divisions

With the development of intelligent weapons systems, the role of the human factor sharply increases The functional concept and technical appearance of existing and developed high-precision weapons systems

People have always wanted to know about their future. That is why fortune-tellers and psychics are not translated in the world, who try to predict it by hand, playing cards and crystal ball. How true their predictions are is a matter of their conscience. Scientists (and journalists!) Do things differently. They take a whole series

On October 5 and 6, Rostov-on-Don hosts the “Innovation Day of the Southern Military District” salon. The Ministry of Defense and formations of the Southern Military District, as well as scientific and industrial organizations of the South of Russia presented new equipment and various developments in the field of security. At the venues of the congress and exhibition

Sectional view of the inner deck of the Type 071 LPD landing craft with a dock spanning about two-thirds of the ship's length The country is investing heavily in new ships and vehicles capable of satisfying its power projection ambitions

The Federal Security Service of Russia against the US intelligence services Although the concept of "main enemy" has become a thing of the past after the collapse of the USSR, it is the US special services that are most active in their efforts to gain access to the most important state and military secrets of our country. RUMO, CIA, as well as other special services

Eeyore Donkey Days. The mules of a pack transport company from the Indian service corps in the mid-30s at a base in what is now Pakistan For centuries, pack animals of various species and subspecies have been used in military operations. As we can see in archive photos

Small arms ammunition systems represent a separate design problem, without which it is impossible to successfully create effective weapons. In particular, in the context of machine gun armament, of great interest are various systems that allow to increase the size

Currently, in the field of "military space" between the United States and Russia has been established only occasional, fragmentary cooperation, said the head of the US Air Force Space Command, General William Shelton. In his recent interview with the ITAR-TASS correspondent, Shelton said that he was not going to personally

Submachine gun vz. 61 The Scorpion has become perhaps the most innovative product of the Czech defense industry. For the first time, an ultra-compact submachine gun was created and launched into a mass production, occupying an intermediate position between a pistol and a submachine gun. Due to its size and

The era of space boarding and orbital privateering may come today Soviet Spiral aircraft - it could take off long before the Kh-37B. … Launch

In the middle of the twentieth century, illegal acquisition of technical information was called commercial espionage, which was typically used by competing companies operating in the private sector of the economy. But in the 1980s, as entire industries of rival powers took over technology theft

It is known that the much-anticipated new version of the 200-series Kalashnikov assault rifle will be tested in 2011. The 200 series is based on the AK-74M. The news was announced by the director of the Izhmash plant Vladimir Grodetsky. According to him, a decent weapon should not be released every year or two, this is not so

On May 27, the X-51A Waverider rocket was dropped from the B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber over the Pacific Ocean, south of the California coast, from an altitude of just over 15 km. She successfully launched her hypersonic jet engines, accelerated to a speed of Mach 5 (about 6 thousand km / h), at

While filming the Army Games that took place at the ABT Masters finals, I found myself in a situation where there was nothing to do. Colleagues with video cameras watched the next crew, and since at least 20 minutes passed between the starts of the cars, I decided to bring the body into the car park so that

Latin America is perhaps the most "revolutionary" continent. In any case, in the ordinary consciousness, it is the Latin American countries that are associated with revolutionary romance - endless revolutions and military coups, guerrilla wars, peasant uprisings. Most

In the United States, they are working on an airplane that can fly at 20 times the speed of sound. Military theorists believe that the use of hypersonic technology in combat aircraft construction will be able to make a revolution, such as the technology "Stealth" did in its time. Beyond the speeds

At the end of October 2016, a delegation from the Academy of Military Sciences of the People's Liberation Army of China (PLA) paid an official visit to Moscow. During the visit, a Russian-Chinese scientific seminar on the topic “Military reforms. Experience and Lessons”. Leading Scientists of the Research Institute

During the active phase of the Ukrainian-American exercises Sea Breeze-2013, with the invitation of representatives of the fleets of other countries, the participants of the maneuvers practically worked out all the planned elements with close interaction of the sea, land and aviation components, as well as