Armies of the world

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A very significant number of US military installations are located in the Asia-Pacific region. This primarily applies to South Korea and Japan, where large American military contingents are deployed. But other countries are not deprived of attention either. So, about halfway between Australia

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The United States has a very close patronage of the Middle East region. The area is home to a number of military bases and defense facilities with large military contingents. The UAE, 32 kilometers south of Abu Dhabi, is home to the large Al Dhafra Air Base

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As already mentioned, the United States views the Japanese Islands as its unsinkable aircraft carrier and a foothold in the Far East. American military bases in the "Land of the Rising Sun" are of particular value due to their proximity to the Far Eastern borders of Russia and China

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Before the start of the civil war in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), this country had a fairly strong air defense system, built according to Soviet patterns. It relied on a network of surveillance radar stations (radars) with a continuous radar field over the entire territory

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The combat experience gained in recent decades clearly demonstrates that air supremacy is the key to victory. Aviation has become a means capable of turning the tide of a war even in the event of multiple enemy superiority in tanks, artillery and manpower. However, modern

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On June 11, 2016, London hosted a traditional military parade in honor of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, in which more than 1,600 Royal Guards and Horse Guards took part. A flotilla of ships sailed along the Thames, and planes flew over Buckingham Palace

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After the start of the Cold War and the formation of the North Atlantic Alliance, the countries that make up it were faced with the question of ensuring the air defense of facilities and military contingents located in Western Europe. In the mid-50s, the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and

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In addition to the deep modernization of existing anti-aircraft systems in the first half of the 80s, the NATO countries adopted newly developed air defense systems, created on the basis of modern achievements in the field of radar, information technology and rocketry. New anti-aircraft systems

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The Republic of Korea (South Korea), according to the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), is among the top ten countries in defense spending. The South Korean military budget in 2015 was $ 36.4 billion, for comparison, Russian defense spending over the same period is estimated at

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On July 26, Voennoye Obozreniye published the publication Military Objects of the Republic of Korea on Google Earth Satellite Images, which provided a brief overview of the military potential of the Republic of Korea and provided satellite photographs of South Korean military installations provided by Google earth. Pictures

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According to the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India's defense spending in 2015 amounted to $ 55.5 billion. According to this indicator, India is in sixth place, slightly behind the UK. While India's military budget is $ 15 billion less than Russia, this

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After the defeat in World War II, Japan was banned from the creation of the armed forces. In 1947, the Constitution of Japan was adopted, which legally enshrined Japan's refusal to participate in military conflicts. In particular, in Chapter II, which is called "Refusal of War", it says: Sincerely striving for

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Recently, an extremely interesting article appeared on VO - "Dear Khrushchev or how dangerous American aircraft carriers will be for Russia." The conclusions were that, taking into account modern detection systems and in the presence of the latest cruise missiles, the Russian Federation has the ability to reliably protect its shores from

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About Oceania little is spoken and written in the Russian media. Therefore, the average Russian has practically no idea of either history, or the current political situation in the countries of Oceania, or even more so about the military component in the life of the region. In this article, we

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So, in 1991, at the time of the final collapse of Yugoslavia, the Yugoslav People's Army was rightfully considered the 4th army in Europe in terms of numbers (180,000 people) and was one of the most powerful European armies. Its tank fleet consisted of about 2,000 vehicles: 1,000 modern at that time Soviet

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Adolf Hitler hardly imagined that just a few months after the defeat of the royal army of Yugoslavia (April 6-17, 1941), with its very weak armored units, it would be necessary to reinforce the German troops in Yugoslavia with tanks. July 7, 1941, a general popular uprising broke out in Serbia

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Pyongyang has successfully tested ballistic missiles and, despite the formidable statements of the military-political leadership of the United States, South Korea and Japan, as well as the sanctions imposed by the UN, it is not going to stop there. For North Korea, the missile program is the most important element of the strategy

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The "Arab Spring" for the Arabs themselves, at least in those countries that are under it, has become a complete disaster. But as a result of this process, the Kurds have a chance to finally get their statehood. When this issue of "VPK" was being prepared for publication, it was still unknown what the result was

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War always goes for money. "For money" in every sense. For very, very many, the war in Donbass has turned into a successful income in three and a half years. It's no secret, and an officer of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote about this: “… the gesheft of our fathers-commanders is everything

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The People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China is distinguished by its large numbers and has been on the list of the most powerful armies in the world for a long time. Building on and consolidating the latest successes, Beijing officials continue to implement a large-scale program for the modernization of the armed forces. She

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The newest strategy of actions of the US Ground Forces has been determined. It covers everything from traditional warfare to operations in space, cyberspace, air, sea and land. Strategists have looked into the future: the document deals with the period 2025-2040 The document is published online

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Or Yanukovych's golden loaf is the childish babble of a rogue against the backdrop of the achievements of American generals and the military-industrial complex of the most advanced power on the planet. The Russian General Staff is horrified by the understanding that "we will never live like this." To immediately dot the "Yo" and stop Yaroslavna's crying over

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Zimbabwe is one of the few African countries where events regularly attract the attention of the international community. The recent events in Harare were no exception, ending decades of authoritarian rule by Robert Mugabe. The origins of the events taking place today lie in an unusual

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The Czech government sent nine bidders a request to participate in a tender to replace the BMP-2. Apparently, such projects of the Czech industry as the Sakal and Wolfdog BMPs were not considered by the army as a suitable replacement for the BMP-2. The following combat units were considered as a possible replacement

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Boeing B-52H Stratofortress bombers still form the basis of long-range aviation of the US Air Force. For several decades, these aircraft have retained their role as one of the main components of the strategic nuclear forces. In recent days, the foreign press has appeared

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The British Ministry of Defense lifted the ban on women serving on submarines in 2011, but the first of them became a member of the submarine's crew only in 2013. Today it is no longer possible to find out whether it was specially guessed for "13" or it was rock (which is a fate), but it happened like this. And then it went according to the well-known rule:

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This letter was published by a student of one of the Kiev universities and supplied with photographs. And in the end, I also dokin some statistics from myself, fortunately, they said where the numbers can be found. So, what did the Kiev student want to share? Spelling and grammar corrected, swearing words replaced

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In order to determine the possible role of aircraft carriers in a large-scale non-nuclear conflict, let's try to figure out how much tactical aviation the Russian Federation and NATO will have in the very near future - say, by 2020. The author did not set himself the task of achieving absolute reliability in

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What happened that was talked about for a long time. Almost from the beginning of the ATO in Ukraine. Ukrainian paratroopers abandoned blue berets. Now they are using maroon colors. I'm not afraid of this comparison, Ukrainian paratroopers now use the colors of the sunset … The colors of the end of the day. Instead of color

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Observing the constant movements near our borders performed by our former allies in the Warsaw Pact Organization (OVD), sooner or later, but you ask yourself the question: who are you, lads? ATS or NATO? So NATO, but in essence? And in fact, all this is nothing more than a sign and talk about integration and

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It would seem that a new modern tank should always be better than the old one, and the new armored personnel carrier, developed taking into account the latest trends, is a priori better than the old 30-year-old "iron". This rule does not work in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. There everything is assessed exactly the opposite. Why the old T-64 is better than the "new" BM "Bulat" "In general

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In recent decades, the military and industry of leading countries are increasingly talking about the so-called. weapons based on new physical principles. With the help of fundamentally new ideas and solutions, it is proposed to create weapons with the highest characteristics and capabilities that are unattainable for traditional systems. Topics

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JAGM Multipurpose Tactical / Anti-Tank Missile Over the unpredictable and explosive media coverage of the northwestern Aleppo province, where Ankara is playing the Kurdish card at a quick

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For all its combat power and large numbers, the United States naval and air forces are not without certain shortcomings and are forced to overcome various difficulties. All such difficulties in one way or another weaken the sea and air fleet, which can be beneficial to the third

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Israel's new missile defense systems are of interest both to the residents of this country and to foreign specialists. A few months ago, the full-fledged service of the promising complex "Kela David" began, and by now the first real results have been obtained. Some

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For a long time, Russia has been modernizing its armed forces, which leads to certain consequences. The results of current programs naturally arouse interest among foreign experts, which leads to the emergence of new studies, reports, etc. Another report on the topic

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At present, great hopes are pinned on promising hypersonic strike systems, the main element of which should be missiles with uniquely high flight characteristics. The leading countries of the world have been dealing with this topic for a relatively long time, and several years ago

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As threats rise, the Israel Defense Forces doubled the size of the elite Yahalom unit in the Corps of Engineers. While most units are preparing for a basic tunnel war, Yaalom specializes in detecting, clearing and

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In more than three years of confrontation in the Donbass theater of military operations, the degree of unpredictability of the future actions of Ukrainian military formations has practically reached its climax. If, for example, in the summer-autumn period of 2014 to predict the operational and tactical plans of Ukrainian

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The army of Myanmar (former Burma) until recently was characterized by a combination of huge numbers with an extremely small amount of equipment with a very low quality of the latter. The country's armed forces were focused on waging counter-guerrilla wars with ethnic rebel groups and