Air defense 2024, November
In the seventies of the last century, several new types of anti-ship missiles entered service with NATO countries. The use of the latest technology made these ammunition especially dangerous for enemy ships. A high-speed missile equipped with an effective homing head and flying at
An article titled "Shield Repair" appeared in one of the spring issues of the Ukrainian specialized publication "Defense Express". Its author, Vladimir Tkach, gives examples of samples of anti-aircraft missile systems that are in service with the Ukrainian army, and also gives certain
The Chinese approach to the creation of modern military equipment is widely known. Unable to make any combat vehicle or system on its own, China turns to other countries in order to purchase and copy the necessary equipment or initiate the start of a joint project. results
Last Wednesday, June 19, Russian President V. Putin, accompanied by Defense Minister S. Shoigu, St. Petersburg Governor G. Poltavchenko and other high-ranking officials, visited the St
The rocket of the American portable anti-aircraft complex FIM-92 Stinger was so successful that it was chosen for use on self-propelled air defense systems. This is how the AN / TWQ-1 Avenger complexes appeared based on the HMMWV car, the M6 Linebacker on the M2 Bradley BMP chassis and a number of other interesting systems. Like
In the middle of the last decade, a leading Chinese manufacturer of weapons and military equipment, NORINCO, created and tested a new self-propelled anti-aircraft gun designed to provide air defense of stationary objects. The new combat vehicle was supposed to protect airfields
This year, the Polish army will receive an anti-aircraft missile battery POPRAD (Poprad is the name of the river). System certification ended in early June. This complex was very interested in the military, and the company (Bumar Electronics SA), which is its developer, will put it on military tests
A unique object is located several tens of kilometers northeast of Moscow. It has the shape of a truncated tetrahedral pyramid with a base width of about 130 meters and a height of about 35 meters. On each facet of this structure there are characteristic panels of round and square shapes
A conference on the development of air defense of the ground forces was held last Thursday at the Military Academy of Military Air Defense (Smolensk). Representatives of the Ministry of Defense and Industry discussed the state and prospects of domestic anti-aircraft systems, and also examined some
On May 10, near the village of Semirovice (near the city of Gdynia Pomerania), the formation of the 1st missile battalion of anti-ship coastal defense complexes was completed. The division was created on January 1, 2011, but began to be completed only in the fall of 2012. This decision was made by the Polish
The features of the use of modern front-line aviation and its weapons directly speak of the need to create combined anti-aircraft systems, simultaneously armed with artillery installations and missile systems and at the same time capable of moving in the same formation with tanks or other combat
Just a few days ago it became known that the military and political leadership of our country is considering issues related to the creation of new missile defense systems. Almost simultaneously with the corresponding message from the press service of the presidential administration, new information appeared, allegedly
The state program for the rearmament of the army continues and there are constant reports of the supply of certain types of weapons or equipment. In February of this year, it was reported that in recent years the share of new weapons has grown by 10%. So, in 2008 this indicator was equal to six percent, and according to
The sound of the ship's guns is impressive. 170 rounds per second - a wild howl, intolerable to the human ear. Because of this, our naval officers prefer the AK-306 mounts with a lower rate of fire than the AK-630 and "Broadsword". In October 1943, near Yalta, German
The ground forces of Poland are currently using the ZSU-23-4, which today cannot perform the tasks of covering the airspace of battalions and brigades on the march and in defense. Although most of them have been upgraded to the level of ZSU-23-4 "Biała", equipped with a new
Receiving and receiving cabin of the ground-based radio range finder P-35M In 1978, after graduating from the Tambov Military Aviation Technical School with a degree in ground radar, I was sent to the training ground of the VP Chkalov Air Force Research Institute. It was a classic "point" - one of many in the track system
At the recent LIMA-2013 exhibition in Malaysia, the Kolomna Machine Building Design Bureau (KBM) presented several of its developments. Among other projects, the Luchnik-E short-range anti-aircraft missile system was shown. It continues the line of similar systems, and also unites in
On March 11, 2013, the Swedish Armed Forces Material Support Agency (FMV) announced the signing of a contract with the German company Diehl Defense worth 270 million Swedish kronor ($ 41.9 million) to supply the Swedish armed forces with new short-range anti-aircraft missile systems IRIS-T SLS
In the 1930s and 1940s, the German military industry was one of the most developed in the world. The pace of military build-up was significant. But she had one unique property - gigantomania, which was reflected in the development of all types of weapons, including anti-aircraft weapons. For destruction
The European Missile Association MBDA, in a press release distributed on December 4, 2012, for the first time officially announced that the Royal Guard of Oman became the first customer and operator of the ground-based version of the VL MICA (Ground Based Air Defense) anti-aircraft missile system developed by MBDA
At the last forum "Technologies in mechanical engineering 2012" JSC "Vega" for the first time presented one of its own initiative-developed projects - a control room under the code "Rosehip-Aero" to provide radio monitoring and blocking of detected remote control channels of aircraft solutions. V
Since the recent Operation Cloud Pillar never made it to the ground phase, all combat throughout the week followed the same pattern. Israeli military aircraft attacked targets in Gaza, and drones carried out reconnaissance and monitoring of the results of the attacks. Anti-Israel
Over the past years, the main method of ensuring low visibility of aircraft for enemy radar stations has been a special configuration of the outer contours. Stealth aircraft are designed so that the radio signal sent by the station is reflected anywhere, but not to the side
The development of a 152mm anti-aircraft gun with an SSP was carried out in the post-war years. The technical design of the anti-aircraft guns in 1949 was presented by OKB-8 under the name KS-52. The main characteristics of the KS-52 project: - the rate of fire is at least 10 rds / min; - the mass of the projectile used - 49 kilograms; - the total weight of the gun - 46
Despite some shortcomings, many armies of the world want to receive the Tula air defense missile systemOctober 2012 became a milestone month for the 96K6 Pantsir-C1 anti-aircraft missile and cannon complex (ZRPK) developed by the Tula Instrument Design Bureau (KBP). For the first time, these complexes performed with
Iranian anti-aircraft gun Mesbah-1 is a short-range system for providing short-range protection. The main purpose is to defeat enemy air targets at low and very low altitudes. Mesbah-1 was created by Iranian designers on the basis of the Soviet twin anti-aircraft gun caliber 23mm ZU-23-2
The German company "DIEHL BGT" is completing the creation of an air defense missile system MD under the name "IRIS-T SLM". It is designed to provide anti-aircraft protection for settlements, important infrastructure facilities, military camps and bases. In 2014, it is planned to put this air defense missile system MD "IRIS-T SLM" into service
The development of the Tunguska complex was entrusted to the KBP (Instrument Design Bureau) of the MOP under the leadership of the chief designer A.G. Shipunov. in cooperation with other organizations of the defense industry in accordance with the Decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR dated 06/08/1970. Initially it was envisaged
The complex began to be developed on 08/25/1960 in accordance with the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR. The deadline for submitting proposals for further work (taking into account the firing tests of an experimental batch of missile samples) is the III quarter of 1962. The decree provided for the development of a lightweight portable
NASAMS - Medium-range air defense system. The main purpose is to destroy enemy air targets at medium and low altitudes in any meteorological conditions. Developed by the Norwegian company Norwegian Kongsberg and the American company Raytheon. It was created to replace the "Hawk" air defense system, standing on
Panzerkampfwagen 38 fuer 2 cm Flak 38 (Flakpanzer 38 (t) - German ZSU (self-propelled anti-aircraft gun) during the Second World War. The official name of the installation - "2 cm Flak auf Selbstfahrlafette 38 (t)" or Sd.Kfz.140, code designation - "313". The official name "Cheetah" was rarely used
For a long time, the domestic mass media have developed a kind of unpleasant tradition. First, there is a sensational negative news about the Russian armed forces - about the progress of rearmament, about the conditions of service, etc. Then it is reprinted by other publications, news
Creation of the "Circle" complex At the beginning of 1958, in accordance with the decree of the Council of Ministers and the Central Committee of the Communist Party, the creation of a new self-propelled anti-aircraft system began with the provision of a prototype in 1961 for state tests. The main developer is NII-20. According to the terms of reference
Now in service with the air defense is the S-300PMU1 medium-range anti-aircraft missile system. It is a mobile multichannel system that performs the functions of defending critical targets, both civilian and military, in an air attack. When aiming at the target here
The development of airborne weapons poses very serious challenges for air defense. Modern air defense systems are faced with the task of increasing the maximum and decreasing the minimum range of destruction and similar requirements for the speed of targets hit. The deputy director of the Institute discusses this
If the name Chernobyl is familiar to almost everyone today, and after the disaster at the nuclear power plant it has become a household name that has thundered all over the world, then few have heard of the Chernobyl-2 facility. At the same time, this town was in the immediate vicinity of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, but to find it at
After the American authorities began to talk too often about the need to deploy systems in Eastern Europe, the Russian authorities decided to show that Russia has its own counterarguments on this score. During his presidency, Dmitry Medvedev announced that the Russian Federation could
On June 22 this year, a Turkish RF-4E aircraft was shot down near the Syrian coast. The actions of the air defense of Syria drew a barrage of criticism from Western countries. Official Damascus, in turn, claims that Turkish pilots invaded Syrian airspace, after which
Most recently, the TOPWAR website published an article "China presented its anti-aircraft missile system and main battle tank"
All military actions of recent decades, in which large powers and small states took part, proceeded according to one scenario: everything began with the implementation of the suppression of the air defense of the more vulnerable side, which led to the liberation of the sky for aviation. Moreover, for a small country that