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2025-06-01 06:06

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

Even the smallest states with armed forces are forced to spend a lot of money on the creation, equipment and maintenance of shooting ranges and ranges, where official paramilitary formations practice combat tactics, acquire and hone skills

TAKR "Minsk" - replenishment of reserves from the KKS "Berezina", 1978 TAKR pr.1143.5 "Leonid Brezhnev" - "Tbilisi" - "Admiral of the Fleet Kuznetsov" TAKR pr.1143 "Minsk" TAKR pr.1143.2 "Novorossiysk" TAKR pr.1143.2 "Novorossiysk" TAKR pr.1143.2 "Novorossiysk" TAKR pr. "Admiral

Developed in the early sixties, the A-12 supersonic reconnaissance aircraft had to be distinguished by the highest flight characteristics capable of providing an effective solution to the assigned tasks. At the same time, it was immediately clear that this car would have some drawbacks. Airplane

Great Britain became the third state after the USA and the USSR to possess nuclear weapons. Naturally, no one was going to carry out test nuclear explosions, fraught with unpredictable consequences, near the British Isles. Territory was chosen as the place for testing nuclear charges

From the very moment of its formation, the PRC has been striving for the possession of nuclear weapons. Mao Zedong believed that as long as China does not have an atomic bomb, the whole world will treat the PRC with disdain. In particular, he said: “In today's world, we cannot do without this thing if we want not to

In the short term, there is no alternative to the Kuznetsov

In 2004, Boeing handed over the last of the ordered F-15E Strike Eagle multirole fighters to the United States Air Force, and the fleet has not been replenished since. In recent years, measures have been taken to update the material part, and their result in the near future will be the appearance of F-15 aircraft

The debate about how far the military-political ambitions of China, the emerging superpower, extend, is constantly fueled by both the flow of real news and semi-fantastic "leaks" about the military megaprojects of the Celestial Empire. Recently, the theme of the aircraft carrier fleet has come to the fore

The naval forces of the People's Liberation Army of China want to receive a large number of modern ships capable of solving a wide range of tasks in the oceanic zone and ensuring the presence of the fleet in strategically important regions. To meet these requirements, the construction of the latest

Not so long ago, the Russian industry presented its first loitering munition - an unmanned aerial vehicle capable of reconnaissance and attacking a designated target with a direct hit. At the military-technical forum "Army-2019" a new product of this

Heavy air superiority fighter F-15C "Eagle" board "82-022 / OT", which is in service with the 422nd Test and Appraisal Squadron of the 53rd Air Wing, US Air Force, deployed at AvB Nellis, Nevada. As part of an ambitious program of network-centric linking with subtle

At the end of 2012, a well-known American helicopter manufacturer, Sikorsky, began assembling 2 prototypes of the high-speed combined reconnaissance helicopter, also called a rotary wing, S-97 Raider. The development of this rotorcraft is carried out in the interests of

Having considered in the previous articles the state of our submarine and mosquito fleets, as well as ships of the near sea zone (corvettes), we should move on to frigates, but we will still leave them for later. The heroes of our today's article are destroyers and large anti-submarine ships of the Russian Navy

On March 23, 2017, at the Patriot Convention and Exhibition Center (Kubinka, Moscow region), the II military-scientific conference “Robotization of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation” will take place. breakthrough technologies?

The word "aircraft carrier" is usually associated with a huge ship carrying hundreds of aircraft and thousands of crew members. However, in the process of aviation development, many attempts were made to use another airplane or airship as an aircraft carrier

March 7, 2019 Facebook "Marynarka Wojenna RP" (Polish Navy) has published fresh photos of practical torpedo firing with SET-53ME torpedoes. Taking into account the negative attitude in Poland towards everything Soviet and "totalitarian" and the many years of transition to NATO standards, the fact seems surprising. But actually

Not so noticeable, but saved (or took) many lives, machines. When you raise the issue of flying boats, usually the interlocutor is slightly lost. The most that comes up is Catalina. Very few people know about our heroic "Ambarch", but a separate article is being prepared about it. Of course lovers

This year, when the Russian Air Force celebrates its centenary, military aviation is unwittingly becoming one of the main newsmakers in the field of military construction. However, in fairness, it should be noted that the lack of attention of the Russian Air Force has never been complained about, and the leadership of the military

Photo: kremlin.ru This conversation was prompted by the news, which made it a little uncomfortable. And which we will take apart by cogs. In 2023, Russia (yes, there are options) will begin work on a new intercontinental ballistic missile with the code name "Kedr". The rocket will have

Today, destroyers are the most versatile and widespread class of warships. They are used to protect aircraft carriers from air attacks, cover landing ships, and destroy submarines. To date, the United States of America has the largest destroyer fleet, and if you consider