Armament 2024, December

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In any case, they lost a significant part of submarine missile carriers (SSBNs), up to two aircraft carrier groups, lost the bulk of fuel supplies for the Pacific Fleet, docks for repairing aircraft carriers, thousands of military specialists and the only basing point for strategic submarines in the western

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The Kh-22 inflicts fatal injuries even without the use of a nuclear charge. With an airspeed of 800 m / s, the area of the hole was 22 square meters. m, and the internal compartments of the ships were burned out by a cumulative jet to a depth of 12 m. The Kh-22 rocket is a weapon of the Tu-22M long-range supersonic

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Experience is the knowledge of how not to act in situations that will never happen again. Generals prepare for past wars. What is the result? The combat effectiveness of any army is determined not by the number of its past battles, but by the talent and abilities of the current commanders

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Murphy's Laws for Wunderwaffe: 1. If you are trained to fly on jet planes, then you will still fight in the old Me.109.2. If the King Tiger gets stuck in the mud, you can always remove the four outer rollers from each side to lighten the tank. Combat vehicle weight

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The shadow of the knight Fitz-Urs darted through the gallery aisle, blocking the rays of the setting winter sun. "Where is the traitor?" "They are killing our Father." Becket's veneration was great

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The sleepy Arabic afternoon was disturbed by the bell. - How are you, O Sheikh Jaber? - Glory to Allah, I feel good, I have already dined. “I swear by Allah,” said Saddam, “you will not have breakfast in Kuwait. The same night, the Tavalkan tanks, throwing up clouds of sand, rushed across the border. Emir

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The battle is reflected by the clouds, And we are in a hurry there; Having scattered the right flank of the enemy, we will complete the Blockade. Kipling, "The Destroyers" To fire a salvo of a dozen cruise missiles, you do not need a thousand-ton vessels with a crew of two hundred people. Equivalent Impact

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A cruise missile is a guided bomb with wings and an engine that allows it to fly 1.5-2 thousand kilometers to the target. But in the end, a charge will collapse on the enemy's head, which is generally identical to the warhead of a conventional, not the largest, aerial bombs weighing 300-400 kg

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The cruise missile is almost devoid of wings. At 900 km / h, small folding “petals” are enough to create lift. Unlike airplanes, the KR has no takeoff and landing modes; rockets fly and “land” at the same speed. And the higher the speed at the moment of "landing" - the worse for

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Close-up view of fuel tube The storage of this type of "waste" requires strict technical measures and precautions, and must be handled with care. But this is not a reason

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Sniper rifles are in service with almost all armies in the world. With their help, effective destruction of enemy personnel and equipment at long distances is ensured. The requirements for the firing range in modern conditions are growing, and therefore the demand for single-shot

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I decided to write this article in order to resolve the perennial dispute between strikers and painters. The second purpose of the article is to help people who want to determine for themselves what is most interesting to them. I warn you right away: I am a fan of paintball, so I took materials about the strike from specialized sites and from

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There are several main types of nuclear weapons, and one of them is neutron (ERW in English terminology). The concept of such weapons appeared in the middle of the last century and then, over several decades, was brought to use in real systems. Were received

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How many copies were broken around this term, and even more around the essence. Yes, Lend-Lease in the Great Patriotic War became a very controversial event in our history. And to this day, the controversy does not subside, I am sure that it will be hot in the comments. Usually two opinions are promoted. First: we and without

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Since the first announcement, the promising Burevestnik cruise missile has invariably attracted the attention of the press and the public. On August 15, the American edition of The Washington Post published an article by Gregg Gerken “Russia’s mysterious‘ new ’nuclear weapons aren’t really new”

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Recently, Russia has been actively restoring civil and military infrastructure that previously existed in the Arctic and is building new military, transport and logistics facilities in the region. A full-fledged army grouping of forces and means is being created in the Arctic, which will reliably cover Russia from this

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There are topics that do not disappear after regular publications, but periodically arise after some events. As, for example, the theme of the Second World War before the next anniversary, the theme of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War before May 9. At the same time, the topics retain their relevance and interest of readers. Today

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The need for self-defense seems to be one of the basic ones in human society. No one disputed the right to protect oneself, one's relatives and friends, as well as property belonging to oneself, a loved one. However, this self-defense over the years more and more fit into the strict framework of the law, therefore, weapons

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I must say that during the Second World War, the leadership of Nazi Germany, in addition to many crimes against humanity, also made a huge number of administrative mistakes. One of them is considered to be a bet on a wunderwaffe, that is, a miracle weapon, whose excellent performance characteristics will supposedly be capable of

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Recently, in the media space of the Fatherland, sad news has been heard more and more often for those who are not indifferent to the Russian armed forces. These news can be described something like this: "Why do we need" Y "if we have" X ""! Indeed, why should we rush to the massive

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The information about Russian superweapons, voiced by the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin in the course of his message to the Federal Assembly, produced the effect of an exploding bomb in the Internet space. The latest missiles "Dagger", laser systems, hypersonic units "Avangard" here

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The second variant of the conflict between Russia and NATO is nuclear-free. According to the author, the chances that the countries participating in it will be able to refrain from the use of nuclear weapons are vanishingly small, the likelihood of the start of a global nuclear missile war is much higher, but still there is some negligible probability of a non-nuclear

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Small-sized station MBRLS-MF2 developed by "Phazotron-NIIR" and NTs SRSiM MAI. Photo Bastion-opk.ru In a number of situations, a modern ground-based robotic complex (RTK) or an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) needs radar equipment. Due to objective limitations, such

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Liberals and representatives of many Western NGOs and various foundations for many years with enviable consistency reminded us of the "nuclear" exercises at the Totskoye training ground in the Orenburg region and at the Semipalatinsk training ground, where the military personnel of the ground and airborne troops (the last in Semipalatinsk), and

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Saudi soldiers abandon expensive American tanks at the first shots of the Houthis, and the Syrians are unable to master the Pantsir air defense missile defense system supplied by Russia. What are the problems facing the supply of modern and high-tech military equipment? For many decades, the main

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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has developed an advanced Counter IED and Mine Suite (CIMS) set to clear the route and move in the head of a troop convoy

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The Second World War, according to experts, was a war … of wire communication! According to independent estimates, during the war, landline communications occupied up to 80% of the total picture with communications in the war. Suddenly? It seems to be the twentieth century, radio communication and all that … However, it is so. Not radio communication, but wired was

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Continuing the conversation about the supply of cars to the USSR, we came up with another legendary car. Yes, not just a car, but its three hypostases, which are on display at the UMMC Museum of Military Equipment in Verkhnyaya Pyshma. Famous American "Jimmy" surrounded by love and care, today our

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Continuing the story about Lend-Lease, today we present, so to speak, the "coat of arms" of Western supplies to the USSR during the Great Patriotic War. Maybe someone will disagree with us and say that the coat of arms or there, the flag, plane ("Airacobra", for example) or there, a tank … But if

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Yes, as promised, we are starting a series of analytical stories about the equipment obtained under Lend-Lease, and comparing this technique with what we had. But at the very beginning, faced with a huge problem, we immediately admit that it will not always work out compare, because often we have analogues, to

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The nuclear weapons created in the United States during the Second World War were intended for use in the Axis countries (Germany and Japan) with the prospect of their use in the future against the USSR. Already in July 1944, Germany feared the atomic bombing of Dresden, and in September of the same year in the United States

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Sensational and frightening reports of foreign weapons development have long become commonplace, and therefore managed to lose some of their "terrifying" potential. Nevertheless, more and more new articles regularly appear, the authors of which are trying to convince the reader of the impending threat. This time

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As it became known the other day, Russia continues to develop and test advanced types of weapons designed to protect against possible attacks. Last week, there were reports of another test launch of Russia's latest anti-missile missile. Like several times before

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Soon, the miracle bracelets will have to help the Russian military to fight saboteurs more effectively. The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation should receive the novelty by the end of November 2016. It is reported that the Ministry of Defense will spend on the supply of a set of technical security equipment

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Since our beloved adversaries do not indulge in the innovations of their nuclear arsenal, we will be content for now with the products of the previous era - the W-80. Photo: flickr.com Kelly Michals Recently, the United States announced that they may soon abandon the moratorium on nuclear tests, announced yet

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Khaidarkan is a picturesque place. In the photo - dumps and concentration plant of a mercury plant Sometimes, when discussing ammunition, in particular, cartridges, one can come across the statement that lead azide used in primers is such a more powerful and modern initiating explosive compared to

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Heisenberg Reactor at Haigerloch. Now it is a museum The history of the uranium project of the Third Reich, as it is usually presented, reminds me very much of a book with torn pages. All of it appears as a history of continuous failures and failures, a program with unclear goals and a useless waste of valuable

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Radar "Fara-VR" installed on the AGS. A very dangerous enemy due to the range and accuracy of detection. Radars are gradually moving from the sky to the earth and become one of the factors of success in ground battles. In recent years, quite a few samples of radar stations have appeared

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The dosimeter is the cornerstone of preparations for a nuclear war "It was a nuclear winter. A radioactive snow was falling, the dosimeter was crackling comfortably …" So a story about a nuclear war with a New Year flavor could begin. But the article is not about that, but about the readiness for a nuclear war and its consequences. Or

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Americium, which will be discussed in this article Small and low-power nuclear charges have historically been unlucky. In those blessed times, when nuclear charges of all types were actively developed and tested, there was no suitable isotope for them. Only plutonium-239 and