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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

Many acquaintances and unfamiliar readers of our publication ask to tell about the famous Soviet special forces. About those groups that performed combat missions worthy of regiments or even divisions in complexity. People read Western publications. Send links to some materials. They demand to give reliable

Gigantomania is very bad. Proven by the Soviet Union. Huge factories, huge budgets, huge armies devouring these budgets: it would seem that all this remained in the distant past, in a bipolar world. An no. US Defense Secretary Mark Esper revealed new details about extremely ambitious plans

Before us today is a very extraordinary aircraft, which in fact became the prototype and platform for the development of a whole family of machines, the main purpose of which would be to provide amphibious operations. It all began in the mid-30s of the last century, when the aircraft building boom began

When you hear or read the word "raider", something Germanic immediately pops up in your memory. Either the muddy silhouette of the "Tirpitz" somewhere in the North, by its mere presence causing the relaxation of organisms among the British, or an auxiliary cruiser converted from a civilian ship with a team of selected

Yes, now we will delve into the "Abschussbalkens" in relation to such an iconic aircraft as the F-16A "Fighting Falcon", aka "Fighting Falcon". And the purpose of this study is to determine how "Falcon" really is an eagle, as is usually shown by the American profile media

Already once on our pages this plane was considered and there was even an article-reaction. But there it was about a few different things. Compared Hs. 129 and IL-2, from LTH to the number of issued and use. My opponent argued that the German attack aircraft was almost a miracle of technology, in a careless

David Hambling of Popular Mechanics has produced a very interesting work. He took the liberty of publishing a rating of the most important battles of World War II, and now we will go through it from the first to the last point. His article talks about 20 battles, but in fact there are 22 of them. Which does not detract from

Eric Tegler of Popular Mechanics has done a pretty good job trying to explain to everyone why the F / A-18 is still the main attack aircraft of naval aviation for good reason and will be relevant in this role for a long time to come. a Badass Plane, a bold move considering the F / A-18's

Kyle Mizokami. National Interest and a bunch of other publications. One of the most sober-minded analysts in the United States today and an excellent expert reflects on how things are today in the US Navy. Five Ways the U.S. Navy Will Beat Any Enemy at War

Perhaps, in the history of that war, there were few such aircraft, the least suitable for the role of combat, but, nevertheless, plowed the whole war. Perhaps, Polikarpovsky Po-2 is beyond competition here, but our hero is from a different weight category. And the question "Who are you?" for him very so topical. For where

Yes, sometimes the path of a ship is similar to that of a man. To be the firstborn in a huge family, to nurture the younger ones, go through the entire war from the first to the last day, survive, burning in atomic fire, and then be shot in gratitude. All this is not about a cruiser, but about cruisers like "Pensacola". First American

Yes, the sound of the engines of this plane was not supernatural or terrible. This is not the pulsating sound of the Heinkel-111 motors, not the howling of the diving "Stuka", not the low-frequency hum of the IL-2 motor, in general, everything that was associated during the Second World War with the upcoming total

Photo: CrazyMk / forums.airbase.ru Continuing the topic of our submarine forces and not the most pleasant situation associated with them. On the one hand, it is nice to know that if something happens - our underwater monsters will demolish one continent from the face of the earth, seemingly completely inhabited by enemies. Even in revenge. On the other

Reburial in the village. Gatnoe (Kiev region, Ukraine), June 22, 2020 (photo by Sergey Gafarov) Stereotypes. This is a reality that not only interferes with life, but it greatly complicates the normal functioning of the brain. And these stereotypes should be from time to time, if not shaken, then destroyed in full

Yes, as promised, we will now bring the two articles together and add some analysis. And the main purpose of this material will be to answer the question: can we in 10 years even think about the fact that our fleets will be able to provide at least minimal resistance if something happens?

We continue to delve into the thirties of the last century. At this time, a lot of really beautiful cars appeared. Our today's hero is the fruit of a very peculiar experiment, mixed with a passion for twin-engine fighters, imperial ambitions and a war far from our own

The situation with the Russian submarine forces is beginning, if not to cause concern, then it makes you think very hard. On the one hand, it seems like our submarine fleet, which is not like the surface one, is the guarantor of the country's security, on the other … On the other hand, problems with the submarine fleet did not begin

In general, reflective articles about how important a strong fleet is for Russia appear systematically and regularly. Perhaps the frequency of occurrence is influenced by the proximity of budget readings for the next year, but this is only an assumption

May the regular readers of the column forgive me for jumping so unceremoniously from the criticized German light troughs for some reason to the French heavy cruisers. Yes, in theory, "Hippers" should go now, but here - "Algeri". And this is no accident. At the very end there will be an answer to the question why exactly

Let's agree right away: not "pocket battleships", not "nedolinkors". Heavy cruisers. Yes, in terms of weapons, they were somewhat beyond the class, but the 283-mm was by no means the caliber of a battleship at that time. 356 mm, 380 mm, 406 mm - these are the calibers for the battleship. And 283 mm is like the Soviet light cruisers of the project