Air defense
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A few days ago, the Turkish military department announced the first tests of a new anti-aircraft missile system. At the Tuz training ground, employees of Roketsan and Aselsan conducted a test launch of an anti-aircraft missile of the promising Hisar-A complex. In the coming years, all
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Only a new VKO system will be able to disrupt the enemy's ground-aerospace operation. Back in the 70s of the twentieth century, the USSR and the USA created missile-space defense systems (RKO) designed to detect the fact of the launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as to intercept them for the purpose of
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Sometimes it happens that good news on further examination turns out to be at least ambiguous or even downright strange. A few days ago, an article appeared in an old and respected publication that can be considered an excellent example of this phenomenon. Strange this time
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On operational duty in the missile attack warning center By the end of the twentieth century, Russia had a zonal strategic missile defense system A-135 and anti-aircraft missile systems of various modifications that have certain capabilities for implementing object anti-missile defense
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The foreign press became aware of the continuation of testing one of the newest Russian weapons systems. According to information received from sources in the intelligence structures, a few days ago, Russian specialists carried out the second successful launch of a promising interceptor missile
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According to the latest reports, in the foreseeable future, the Russian armed forces will put into operation a state-of-the-art tracking system that will monitor various water areas by detecting surface, underwater and air targets. Domestic media reports
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The Russian army has adopted a new long-range anti-aircraft guided missile. This product will be used with existing anti-aircraft missile systems and is designed to ensure the safety of various objects, as well as troops on the march and in positions. According to media reports
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Despite the most daring statements in advertising materials, the American-made Raytheon Patriot anti-aircraft missile system does not always show the desired results of combat use. In the past, he already gave reasons for controversy, and now the old topic has become relevant again. Recent
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The Buk (9K37) military anti-aircraft missile system is designed to destroy aerodynamic targets flying at a speed of up to 830 meters per second, at low and medium altitudes, at ranges of up to 30,000 m, maneuvering with overloads of up to 12 units under radio countermeasures. in perspective
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The discussion of anti-ship missiles is closely related to the discussion of the capabilities of naval air defense systems. And every time, in this place heated disputes break out between the adherents of various systems of counteraction. Indeed, which is better: anti-aircraft guns, anti-missiles, or maybe worth
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A dazzling blue Hawaiian sky stretched over the tropical green islands that Sunday morning. Only a few clouds persistently clung to the mountain slopes. In the other hemisphere of the Earth, battles raged, the Germans rushed to Moscow. In Washington, the Japanese embassy was working on decrypting
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In December 1998, the NATO command was at a loss - when the decision to carry out the bombing of Yugoslavia was approved at the highest level, targets were outlined and detailed plans for an air offensive operation were drawn up, Belgrade newspapers suddenly published
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This material is a continuation of the article about stealth aircraft "Knights of the Night Sky. From F-117 to F-35." A lot is known about "black aircraft". Much less is known about the means of dealing with this scourge. Many ridiculous legends associated with
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The increase in the range of use of aviation ammunition, in conjunction with the development of cruise missiles and methods of increasing the survival rate for combat aircraft, has led to a sharp weakening of air defense systems. Over the past 35 years, all the results of the combat use of anti-aircraft missile systems have demonstrated
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02/02/2016, the US Missile Defense Agency announced a successful flight test of the modernized ground-based anti-missile missile, which was carried out without intercepting the training target. The purpose of the anti-missile launch carried out on January 28, 2016 from the Vandenberg Air Force base (state
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The creation of the MIM-14 Nike-Hercules anti-aircraft missile system began in 1953. At this time, the deployment of the MIM-3 Nike-Ajax air defense system was just beginning, but the American military, acting ahead of the curve and foreseeing the creation of supersonic long-range bombers in the USSR, wanted to get a missile with
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In the 1950s, the aviation of the United States and Kuomintang Taiwan violated the air border of the PRC many times. Chinese fighters MiG-15 and MiG-17 repeatedly rose to intercept intruders. A real air war was going on over the Taiwan Strait. In 1958 alone, PLA aircraft shot down 17 and damaged
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As a rule, the war starts suddenly. The armed forces of a country subjected to aggression are absolutely unprepared for it. It is also true that the generals are preparing not for the future, but for the past wars. This fully applies to the state of the air defense systems of the British
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The first British medium-caliber anti-aircraft system was the 76.2-mm Q. F. 3-in 20cwt anti-aircraft gun, model 1914. It was originally intended for the armament of ships and was put into production at the beginning of 1914. For firing at air targets, shrapnel shells were used, after
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By the beginning of World War II, the Japanese armed forces were armed with several types of anti-aircraft machine guns, which differed structurally and the ammunition used
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At the beginning of World War II in the United States, there were no modern medium-caliber anti-aircraft guns in service with ground air defense units. The 76.2-mm M3 anti-aircraft guns, available in the amount of 807 units, did not meet modern requirements. Their characteristics were not high
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In 1914, the Japanese Navy entered service with the 76.2-mm Type 3 "dual-use" cannon. during the war, these guns for the most part got over from the decks
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At the end of the 1980s, after a long political and ideological confrontation, which sometimes turned into local armed clashes, there was a normalization of relations between the USSR and the PRC. The first major project in the framework of military-technical cooperation between the two countries was the supply to China
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The construction of a centralized air defense system in the PRC began in the mid-50s of the last century, simultaneously with the beginning of massive deliveries from the USSR of jet fighters, radar stations, searchlights and anti-aircraft guns. Thousands of Chinese were trained in the Soviet Union
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The US monopoly on nuclear weapons ended on August 29, 1949 after a successful test of a stationary nuclear explosive device at a test site in the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan. Simultaneously with the preparation for the tests, the development and assembly of samples suitable for practical
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The first guided anti-aircraft missiles (SAM) were created during the Second World War in Germany. Work on anti-aircraft missiles intensified in 1943, after the leadership of the Reich came to the understanding that fighters and anti-aircraft artillery alone were not able to effectively resist
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The first anti-aircraft missile systems S-25, S-75, Nike-Ajax and Nike-Hercules, developed in the USSR and the USA, successfully solved the main task set during their creation - to ensure the defeat of high-speed high-altitude targets inaccessible to the cannon anti-aircraft artillery and complex
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The creation of an air defense system intended to replace the C-75 air defense system began in the mid-60s at the initiative of the country's air defense command and KB-1 of the Ministry of Radio Industry. Initially, it was planned to develop a unified anti-aircraft air defense system S-500U for air defense, ground forces and navy, but in
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The design of the mobile anti-aircraft guided missile system was carried out on the basis of the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 2838/1201 of November 20, 1953 "On the creation of a mobile anti-aircraft guided missile system to combat enemy aircraft." During this period in
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In the mid-1950s. In the context of the rapid development of supersonic aviation and the appearance of thermonuclear weapons, the task of creating a transportable long-range anti-aircraft missile system capable of intercepting high-speed high-altitude targets has acquired particular urgency. Mobile system C-75, adopted at
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The post-war transition in aviation to the use of jet engines led to qualitative changes in the confrontation between air attack and air defense means. A sharp increase in the speed and maximum flight altitude of reconnaissance aircraft and bombers was practically reduced to
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The creation of the S-75 anti-aircraft guided missile system began on the basis of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 2838/1201 of November 20, 1953 "On the creation of a mobile anti-aircraft guided missile system to combat enemy aircraft." During this period in the Soviet Union
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In the postwar years, the Soviet Union continued to improve the means of fighting the air enemy. Before the mass adoption of anti-aircraft missile systems, this task was assigned to fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft machine gun and artillery installations
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In the USSR, despite numerous design work in the pre-war and wartime, anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of more than 85 mm were never created. The increase in the speed and altitude of the bombers created in the west required urgent action in this direction
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Soviet anti-aircraft artillery played a very important role in the Great Patriotic War. According to official data, in the course of hostilities, 21,645 aircraft were shot down by ground-based air defense systems of the ground forces, including 4047 aircraft with anti-aircraft guns of 76 mm and more, and 14 with anti-aircraft guns
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The missile attack warning system (EWS) refers to strategic defense on a par with missile defense, space control and anti-space defense systems. At present, the early warning systems are part of the Aerospace Defense Forces as the following
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By the end of the First World War, aviation was already a serious threat to warships. To protect against an air enemy, the Russian Imperial Fleet adopted several samples of anti-aircraft guns of domestic and foreign production
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Almost a month ago, the Military Review published a controversial article on the Current State of Armenia's Air Defense System. In their comments to it, some "hot guys" living in Azerbaijan were especially distinguished. Obviously, this is due to the fact that Armenia and Azerbaijan, which were once
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After the formal end of the Cold War, the liquidation of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union, it seemed to many that the world would never again be threatened by the likelihood of a global war. However, the threat of the spread of extremist ideology, NATO's advance to the East and others
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The Republic of Kazakhstan is one of the most important CSTO allies for our country. The special significance of Kazakhstan is associated both with its geographic location and occupied area, and with the presence in the republic of a number of unique defense facilities. During the Soviet Union, the territory