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Source: defence.ru Speaking about the components of the nuclear triad of the two countries, today we will somewhat move away from the already boring comparisons like "who is better, B-52 or Tu-95" and talk about a slightly different thing. Namely, how relevant strategic bombers are today as a means of
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On April 9, the South Korean corporation KAI held an official presentation of the experienced KF-21 Boramae fighter. The first demonstration of the aircraft of its own design and construction was held in the form of a solemn ceremony with the participation of the supreme leadership of South Korea and Indonesia. Based on the results of this event, you can
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Thunder model at the Army-2020 exhibition. Photo Bmpd.livejournal.com Last year, the Kronshtadt group of companies showed for the first time a full-size model of the promising unmanned aerial vehicle "Thunder", and also disclosed the basic data on this development. New project
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Collage TheDrive, dedicated to the incident in Boscombe Down.Night accident Originally the base belonged to the DERA agency, functions
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Mi-17V-5 is the owner of the classic carrier system. Photo "Rosoboronexport" Throughout the history of helicopters, various designs of the support system were regularly proposed, but only one of them became classical and subsequently received significant development. Other solutions
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Not only was the plane simply awful in appearance, and in this regard, only the French, who had simply disgustingly masterpiece planes, could compete with it, he still could not fight, although he had all the chances. We are talking about the Polish medium bomber R-30 "Zubr". It so happened that the car
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The design of the LMS-901 For several decades, the issue of creating a replacement for the An-2 multipurpose aircraft - long out of production and obsolete - has been discussed. Several different projects have been proposed, but none of them has yet progressed beyond flight tests. Right now
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Experienced FC-31 (left, near the superstructure) on a "concrete aircraft carrier". Photo Twitter.com/RupprechtDeinoSince 2012, Chinese aircraft manufacturers from the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation have been conducting flight tests of the promising FC-31 fighter. This aircraft is developing and improving, but its future is still
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The secret plane from the video from the PLA Air Force Over the past few years, the Chinese aircraft manufacturer Xi'an Aircraft Industrial Corporation has been developing a promising strategic bomber H-20. The project remains secret so far, and almost nothing has been reported about it
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MiG MFI is a heavy single-seat fighter made according to the canard aerodynamic configuration with an all-moving forward horizontal tail (PGO), a mid-delta wing and a two-fin tail
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Helicopter RAH-66 Comanche - the most advanced stealth helicopter, which, however, did not make it to the series. Photo by the US Army In connection with the rapid development of observation and detection means, methods of reducing the visibility of an aircraft are of particular importance. T.N. stealth technologies are actively used in
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RC-12D aircraft of the first modification. Photo Globalsecurity.org In 1983, the US Army received the first Beechcraft RC-12 Guardrail electronic reconnaissance aircraft. In the future, they have repeatedly undergone various upgrades, due to which they still remain in operation and maintain a high
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One of the experimental aircraft XA3J-1In the middle of the XX century. The US Navy's carrier-based aviation included combat aircraft of various classes. The development of such an aircraft fleet soon led to the emergence of the North American A-5 Vigilante supersonic deck bomber, capable of carrying nuclear weapons. However, in
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A key element of Japan's national security is the Air Self-Defense Force (AFF). This structure includes a number of necessary formations and has significant quantities of aviation equipment. So, at its disposal there are several hundred fighters, but the general condition of this
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Su-57E: an export model In the spring of 2019, it became known that Russia had agreed on a package of documents that would allow export deliveries of a modern fifth-generation domestic fighter. The export model of the Su-57E may be of interest to foreign customers who, for various reasons, do not
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One of the main defense news in 2018 was the entry into service of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) of the Kinzhal hypersonic complex. The X-47M "Dagger" hypersonic aviation complex is based on the Iskander ground-based missile system. The complex includes
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As the creator of combat gyroplanes, Nikolai Kamov became the main supplier of rotary-wing aircraft for the ships of the Soviet fleet Predecessor and successor: Ka-15 against the background of Ka-25PL. Photo from the site http: //militaryrussia.ru The first experience of using the Ka-10 coaxial deck helicopters developed at OKB-2
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Will the European multinational medium-altitude UAV project finally be implemented this time? This was confirmed by the German Chancellor and the French President in April 2015. Let's see … In any case, this is what the Male 2020 partners, Dassault, Alenia and
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IL-80 in flight Currently in service with the aerospace forces there are four air command posts IL-80. In the foreseeable future, a new VKP may be created to replace such aircraft. It will be performed on a modern platform with improved technical and operational
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At the very end of August 2017, the first photos of the prototype of the new American aircraft Bell V-280 Valor appeared on the network. This model is called the third generation tiltrotor. Experts believe that the photographs provided by an anonymous source captured a flight
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Recently, in various Internet publications and discussions, the question has been repeatedly raised: do our videoconferencing systems need the products of the once famous RSK MiG? We are, of course, talking about the MiG-35 / 35D - the letter "D" denotes a two-seat modification of the aircraft. Indeed, there is a weighty argument
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Recently, the "VO" published an interesting article by Roman Skomorokhov "Why does the Aerospace Forces need another plane?" creative fantasy) .The fact is that
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UAV "Orion" on flight tests. Source: © kronshtadt.ruOn the pages of "VO" the idea of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for naval war has been repeatedly expressed. This idea is certainly sound. And there is no doubt that in the foreseeable future, UAVs really
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This text is a continuation of an abridged translation of the book Luftwaffe'45. Letzte Fluge und Projekte”by a colleague of NF68 who has translated many interesting topics related to the German Air Force. Illustrations taken from the original book, literary processing
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This text is a continuation of an abridged translation of the book Luftwaffe'45. Letzte Fluge und Projekte”by a colleague of NF68 who has translated many interesting topics related to the German Air Force. Illustrations taken from the original book, literary processing
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This text is a continuation of an abridged translation of the book Luftwaffe'45. Letzte Fluge und Projekte”by a colleague of NF who has translated many interesting topics related to the German Air Force. Illustrations taken from the original book, literary processing
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This text is a continuation of an abridged translation of the book Luftwaffe'45. Letzte Fluge und Projekte”by a colleague of NF68 who has translated many interesting topics related to the German Air Force. Illustrations taken from the original book, literary processing
Last modified: 2025-01-24 09:01
This text is a continuation of an abridged translation of the book Luftwaffe'45. Letzte Fluge und Projekte”by a colleague of NF68 who has translated many interesting topics related to the German Air Force. Illustrations taken from the original book, literary processing
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At the beginning of 2021, the 279 separate shipborne fighter aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet naval aviation and 100 separate shipborne fighter aviation regiment of the Northern Fleet naval aviation included 18 Su-33 fighters, 19 MiG-29K fighters and 3 aircraft
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After the end of the Great Patriotic War, in accordance with the decision of the Crimean Conference on the territory of Germany, it was forbidden to carry out work on military topics. In the Soviet zone of occupation, they were carried out in an atmosphere of complete secrecy, but the Allies knew about it. Council Resolution
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Not so long ago, D. Rogozin announced the creation of a new light fighter in Russia. Let's try to figure out how justified this statement is. To begin with, let's define the terminology, what exactly can be understood as a light fighter and what kind of fighters exist in the world. Can be distinguished
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Questions about the use of US carrier-based aircraft in Vietnam (with answers). The number of aircraft carriers that took part in the hostilities? (Answer - 17 aircraft carriers). The number of military campaigns of aircraft carrier strike groups to the shores of Vietnam? (Answer - 66 military campaigns.) The total number of days spent by aircraft carriers on
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Dedicated to connoisseurs of aviation history. Selection criteria are important when compiling ratings. A recent opus on the most dangerous fighters of the Second World War turned out to be quite comical, because the author used a win-win logic. Take five aircraft of the final period of WWII, which in force
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The battle illuminates the clouds "Skipper 190s on a starboard … roger … (bursts of burst) … comes from behind … gunner you mine … gunner …" the entire tail section was torn off by a cannon burst. The debris rushed to the ground: “Mayday! Mayday
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The future, its harbingers and false prophets The jet fighters of the Third Reich had nothing to do with their descendants. The Me.262 "Schwalbe" was created under the influence of its predecessors and combined the features of the piston era aircraft, unacceptable for jet aircraft. First of all, this is noticeable in his
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an unusual fighter. And the Lightning story will begin with an unusual question: Why does Lightning have such a hefty cockpit? And this gondola is connected with one
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Planar AFAR have significant advantages in terms of weight and size compared to other solutions. The weight and thickness of the AFAR web is significantly reduced. This allows them to be used in small-sized radar homing heads, on board UAVs and for a new class
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Due to the wide operating frequency range of the Zhuk-AME airborne radar, as well as an advanced signal converter, it is possible to implement a bistatic mode of detecting and tracking surface and ground targets. This mode consists in the fact that one of two or more fighters
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Photo: NTG842, Flickr To commemorate the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1958, the Military Museum of the People's Revolution of China was built in Beijing. It is currently the largest museum of its kind in China. It has permanent and temporary exhibitions. Among
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For fire support and ground attack, the 40th Army Air Force had well-armed and protected Mi-24s. True, their number at first was extremely small and in the newly formed 40th Army Air Force in the first war months there were only six units. You can see this as shortsightedness