Air defense
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In modern conditions of warfare, non-contact air strikes are the most effective method of engaging enemy personnel and equipment, which was perfectly demonstrated during the military operations conducted by the United States and NATO in Afghanistan, Iraq and continuing in Libya. For
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"Redoubt" is an anti-aircraft missile system with vertical launch launchers. For the first time, information about this air defense system appeared back in 1997. Then the assumption arose that "Redut" is just a lightweight version of the "Rif-Fort" air defense system. At that time, it did not exist yet
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Recently, cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan is gaining momentum. More than eight dozen military agreements alone have been signed. Among them is the March plan of strategic partnership between the countries. Cooperation also applies to joint exercises: in 2010 there were ten of them, and in the current one - already
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The new domestic S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems have not yet had time to really go to the troops, as information has already begun to appear about the start of work on a new generation air defense system. According to the established tradition, the new complex was named S-500, and its development was entrusted to the Almaz-Antey State Design Bureau. The appearance of the future system was
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In recent years, all military conflicts have followed approximately the same pattern. First, reconnaissance of the enemy's terrain was carried out in order to identify the main targets for striking. An air strike was launched, first of all, air defense systems and complexes were destroyed. After suppression
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The Buk-M2E anti-aircraft missile system is a multifunctional, highly mobile medium-range air defense system. Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant OJSC (UMP OJSC), which is part of the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern, is one of the world's leading manufacturers of short and medium-range Ground Forces air defense systems, and
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As you know, learning is hard. And the training itself takes a lot of time, and also requires some costs. If only cartridges and targets made of paper or plywood are needed to train an infantry submachine gunner, then training in other types of troops requires large expenses. For example, an air defense target made of paper
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Palestinian terrorists are disappointed. Last August, terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip decided they had figured out a way to bypass Israel's new Iron Dome missile system. They figured that all they had to do was release at least seven
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According to the directive of the General Staff and the order of the government, in the middle of spring 2002, live firing of the upgraded Pechora-2M air defense system was fired at the central training ground in the Astrakhan region. Two missile launches were made with a range of up to 20 km and up to 30 km, which ended in the destruction
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One of the main combat missions of self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems in a modern war is: protection against air strikes by enemy aircraft on important strategic, industrial or administrative facilities, protection of personnel and materiel of military
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The "Crotale" -NG complex is intended for monitoring the airspace at short ranges, assessing the level of outgoing threats and making decisions using its own weapons. Has the ability to track multiple air targets and fire at them at any
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In response to the creation of NATO's Eurocomponent of anti-missile defense, the head of the Russian Federation D. Medvedev on November 22, 2011, gave an order to immediately put the Voronezh-DM radar station on alert. A week later, the early warning radar entered service with a warning system
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Recently, quite interesting news has passed on the Internet and in distant Iranian mass media - the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has received one of the first factory batches of the modernized Soviet-style anti-aircraft gun KS-19 - 100-mm "Saeer"
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By the beginning of the 70s, the classical methods of protecting silos (silo launchers) of ICBMs from enemy attacks using high-precision weapons were becoming ineffective. Countering the technical means of reconnaissance of the enemy, disguising silos, creating many false
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The name MEADS (Medium Extended Air Defense System) hides a European ground-based air defense system. This system will be capable of striking both aircraft and medium-range tactical missiles (launch range up to 1000 kilometers). The United States participates in the development of the system (participation
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On July 27 this year, the opening ceremony of the XXX Summer Olympic Games will take place in London. This event, like the rest of the Olympics, is an extremely important event for many aspects of the UK economy and social life. Obviously not allowed
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Ten to fifteen years after the Rapier anti-aircraft missile system was adopted by the British military, it became clear that it was necessary to attend to the creation of a new air defense system of a similar class. For economic and practical reasons, it was decided not to create
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Enzian The Wasserfall and Hs-117 Schmetterling anti-aircraft missile projects described in the first part of the article had one characteristic drawback. They were created, as they say, with a reserve for the future, and therefore their design was complex enough to establish production in wartime
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On June 1 of this year, the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces will celebrate their first "jubilee" - they will be six months old. There are only two weeks left until the date and it is already known what the “gift” for the “birthday people” will be. A new radar station will be commissioned by the end of this May
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The aviation technology that appeared at the end of the Second World War left no doubt about one simple fact: the existing anti-aircraft weapons were already outdated. In the very near future, all available anti-aircraft guns will not only lose their effectiveness, but also become practically useless
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In the Eastern Military District, the RPMK-1 (1B44) automated radio complex is being tested, which is a new and modern type of special equipment for determining various parameters of the atmosphere without or with their help. The complex operates in real time. RPMK-1
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On May 24, at the Indian Chandipur training ground, successful tests of the Akash air defense missile system of its own design by the Indian military-industrial complex took place. "These tests were carried out as part of the usual training of personnel of air defense units and were generally considered successful," said one of the sources closely associated with
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From the first days of the Great Patriotic War, our ground forces fully felt the impact of the two main shock components of the German Wehrmacht - aviation and tanks. And we faced an obvious shortage of means of fighting these opponents, but if we have
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By 2020, the Tula KBP will put into operation the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation a little more than 100 Pantsir-C1 complexes. This information was reported to the media by the deputy. Director General of the Tula KBP Yu. Savenkov. At this time, the main capacities are aimed at the production of complexes abroad, but already in 2013, the main priority will be the creation of
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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
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Most recently, the TOPWAR website published an article "China presented its anti-aircraft missile system and main battle tank"
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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