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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

2025-06-01 06:06

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

By his twenty-five years, Vasya had completely sunk and lost the meaning of life. Bad heredity and the reduction in financial assistance from wealthy parents played a cruel joke with him: in general, a good guy, according to neighbors and acquaintances, he finally "got out of the rut" and got hooked

A squadron of diving surface ships may not look as impressive as a squadron of classic surface ships, but this will make it no less dangerous On the border of two environments Based on the premises set forth in the article “On the border of two environments. Diving ships: history and perspectives ", consider

A new direction for practical space exploration was proposed by the inventor "Nikolay Agapov". Unlike well-known promising concepts, such as the extraction of helium-3 on the Moon or space tourism, the scenario for the development of the space industry published on the website of the International

Frigate Type 26 for the Canadian Navy. Decisive for the choice of this ship were its anti-submarine capabilities. Even before the first combat use of submarines, methods of dealing with them were born: ramming and artillery fire. This was due to the following factors. Firstly, very old submarines, from those times

In this article we will try to understand the role of strike missile weapons on a domestic heavy aircraft carrier, as well as the capabilities that the presence of the Kuznetsov aircraft carrier in the battle against the American "standard" aircraft carrier group provides for the combination of heterogeneous forces. As is known

At the Army 2020 forum of the Rubin Central Design Bureau, the Vityaz autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (AUV), which visited the bottom of the Mariana Trench, was presented. Together with him, other Ruby's AUVs were presented. The Vityaz deep-sea dive was widely advertised in the media and had a significant response in

In order to understand the capabilities of the air groups of the aircraft-carrying ships we are comparing, it is necessary to study the tactics of using carrier-based aircraft. We will do this using the example of the Americans, especially since today they have the greatest experience in the use of carrier-based aircraft in comparison with

The Americans are sincerely convinced that the success of their submarines in the confrontation with the Soviet Navy became decisive in the success of the US Navy as a whole, and the success of the US Navy contributed to Gorbachev's surrender to the West. According to John Lehman, Secretary of the US Navy under Reagan, during a meeting in Malta Gorbachev

The US Navy creates weapons on new physical principles However, some military experts doubt that these defenses will be able to withstand the winged and

Death Statistics The modern battlefield is filled with a huge number of weapons designed to defeat the enemy. Barrel and rocket artillery, aircraft weapons, guided missiles, mortars, easel and hand grenade launchers. It would seem that in these conditions the role of small arms as

On water and under water At the beginning of the 20th century, two types of ships began to develop in the navies of the leading countries of the world: surface ships (NK) and submarines (PL), the design and tactics of which were radically different. However, before the appearance of submarines with a nuclear power plant (NPP), underwater

"The environmental safety of weapons and military equipment is their property to ensure the prevention / reduction of harmful effects … on the environment and humans at all stages of the life cycle, excluding their combat use, under the established state of organizational and technical

Consequences for the RF Armed Forces in the event of success or failure of the NGSW program In the previous article, we considered what actions can be taken in the event of a partially successful implementation of the Next Generation Squad Weapon (NGSW) program, when program participants cannot create weapons that provide

From about the middle of the 20th century, the 30 mm caliber became the de facto standard for automatic cannons. Of course, automatic cannons of other calibers, from 20 to 40 mm, were also widespread, but the most widespread was the 30 mm caliber. Especially widespread rapid-fire 30 mm cannons

Can you even understand what the next war might be like? How reliably did the leaders of states and military leaders imagine what the First World War or the Second World War (WWII) would look like, and how much did their forecasts coincide with reality during the waging of these wars?

Observation From the very beginning of the development of armored vehicles, the problem of poor visibility arose. Requirements for maximizing the security of armored vehicles impose severe restrictions on survey devices. Optical devices mounted on armored vehicles have limited viewing angles in small

Threats to the tank Throughout the history of the development of tanks as the main striking force of the ground forces (Land Forces), there was an active development of means for their destruction. From a certain point, the greatest threat to the tank began to be posed not by enemy tanks, but by combat aircraft, in the first place

In one of the recent articles, airships and balloons were considered as a means of providing anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) with the possibility of hitting low-flying targets at a great distance, without involving the aircraft of the Air Force (Air Force). However, the capabilities of airships are not limited to

In previous articles, we examined ways to increase the situational awareness of the crews of armored vehicles and the need to increase the speed of targeting weapons and reconnaissance assets. An equally important point is to ensure effective intuitive interaction of crew members with weapons

Some time ago, in the comments to a publication devoted to air defense problems, I entered into a discussion with one of the site's visitors, who, apparently, lives in Armenia. This respected resident of the friendly Transcaucasian republic took the liberty of claiming that everything that concerns