Technologies 2024, December
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Not so long ago, this was considered a fantasy, but the development of the latest technologies has already made it possible to create combat robots in various branches of the military industry. Behavioral algorithms are being improved, new materials and manufacturing methods are being introduced. Already, some units and components
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The problem of quickly obtaining truthful information from captured enemies appeared at the dawn of military history and remains relevant to this day. For many millennia, the art of war developed and improved, and the means for pulling information remained the same: rack, tongs
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Scout from Datron / Aeryon Labs gained notoriety for being used by Libyan rebels for round-the-clock surveillance Napoleon said each soldier carries a marshal's baton in his knapsack. In the near future, at least one soldier in each platoon may well be carried in
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Jet propulsion has long attracted the attention of scientists and designers around the world. However, the first production vehicles with jet engines of various types appeared only in the forties of the last century. Until that time, all equipment with rocket or air-jet
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Some of the combat missions can be effectively solved using remotely controlled equipment and robotic systems. Currently, a large number of various robots designed for the armed forces are being developed in our country and abroad. One of the last domestic
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The mass protests, which turned into full-fledged riots in the American town of Ferguson, became a testing ground for testing the latest special means to disperse the protests, including long-range acoustic cannons (LRAD). Riots in this American city broke out after
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A few years ago, the domestic media reported on the development of promising types of weapons designed to destroy the enemy's electronic systems with a powerful electromagnetic pulse. For obvious reasons, full official information about such projects was not then available
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In modern armed forces, various electronic equipment plays an important role. Such equipment is used as communication systems, detection, control and in many other areas. For this reason, electronic warfare (EW), as well as other electronic technologies
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has disseminated information that one of the most pressing problems of our time is the resistance of many viruses and pathogenic bacteria to antibiotics. No matter how prosaic it may sound, but soon people may begin to die from
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A unique project was announced by the American company SpaceX. It intends to present the world's only absolutely reusable spacecraft and the same launch vehicle. A distinctive feature of the project is that all parts of the unique complex will have to return to
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The six years spent on the Commercial Orbital Transportation Service (COST) program have finally yielded their first results. On May 22, a Falcon-9 launch vehicle with a cargo spacecraft was launched at the Kennedy Space Center
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In the early fifties, a team of engineers led by Thomas Moore designed and built their own version of the jetpack called Jetvest. This system has passed preliminary tests and became the first representative of the technique of its class, which managed to take off. However
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"Until the end of the next decade, NASA astronauts will once again explore the surface of the moon," - so said in an official statement from the US space agency. This time they are going there to stay for a long time. It is planned to build a lunar base, develop a satellite and
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Handheld radios provide the foundation on which tactical interconnected Internet networks are based
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At the end of autumn last year, information appeared in the press about the upcoming start of full-scale work on a new promising project. It was reported that in the coming years, the domestic armed forces will receive a new electronic intelligence system with a wide range of capabilities. Besides
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Representatives of the Cyclone Research Institute informed the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Sergei Shoigu about the creation of prototypes of uncooled microbolometric receivers. These receivers are the basic part of any thermal imager. In simple terms, Russian enterprises
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I do not know what kind of weapon the third world war will be fought with, but the fourth one is definitely with sticks and stones. Einstein The famous phrase of the great scientist came at a time when progress in the field of weapons became a cause of concern for the fate of the entire planet. Means of destruction as well as human zeal
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The slogan "Velocitas Eradico", taken by the American Navy for its research on electromagnetic rail guns, is quite consistent with the ultimate goal. Loosely translated from Latin, this expression means "Speed kills." Electromagnetic technologies are successfully developing in the maritime industry, opening
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The US Navy's LaWS program explored the possibility of using cheap fiber laser technology as the basis for a laser weapon that could be integrated into existing Phalanx installations
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The Bell Rocket Belt jetpack project turned out to be generally successful. Despite the short flight duration associated with the insufficient volume of fuel tanks, this device confidently lifted off the ground and could fly freely, maneuvering with the help of a movable engine. Refusal of the military department from
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In the age of high technologies, which are most actively introduced in the field of means and methods of armed struggle, we are no longer surprised by the periodically appearing news about the next successful test - usually in the USA - of electromagnetic guns, or, as they are often called today
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The second international military-technical forum "Army-2016" will be held only at the beginning of September, but already now the participants of this event are announcing new developments, which are to become elements of the exposition. It is noteworthy that in addition to the enterprises of the defense industry, in the future forum
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The main means of protecting personnel from bullets and shrapnel is currently body armor. Over the past decades, it has gone a long way of evolution, but in the end, only three versions of its design, to some extent interconnected with each other, were most widespread. So
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For a long time, you will not surprise anyone with industrial robots. This type of technology has become firmly established in industrial practice several decades ago. However, there are still a number of industries and areas of production, economics, etc., where highly specialized robots simply cannot cope with
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The number of research carried out in the world today, which can turn the events of the acclaimed film "Avatar" by James Cameron, is growing every day and is bearing tangible results. Such studies are accompanied by a concrete result, they are spoken about not only by dreamers and science fiction writers, but also by prominent
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The American Skunk Works laboratory in 2024 is preparing to present a serial version of a thermonuclear reactor, which theoretically could change the face of all modern energy in the world. It is reported that the new fusion reactor, the size of a truck and with a capacity of 100 MW, will come in handy for
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Less than two months have passed since American scientists demonstrated the first practically usable example of a "microwave gun" for non-lethal destruction of the enemy, as it became known about the Russian analogue of this system. Development of a domestic analogue of the American ADS (Active
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On October 17, a project of a thermonuclear reactor will be presented in St. Petersburg, which will be cheaper than modern coal-fired power plants. This project was developed by scientists from the University of Washington (UW). American specialists will present in Russia a project of a new type of reactor. Perhaps given
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BAE Systems has developed the Enhanced Night Vision Goggle III and the Family of Weapon Sights-Individual (ENVG III / FWS-I), which combine two night vision technologies, allowing the soldier to quickly locate targets unnecessarily
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The last two months of last 2011 were marked by unpleasant events around the Phobos-Grunt automatic interplanetary station (AMS). The up-and-coming spacecraft fell victim to a booster malfunction, leaving it in and out of low Earth orbit
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The US Navy plans to upgrade the gas turbine power plants currently installed on its aircraft and ships in the future, replacing conventional Brighton cycle engines with detonation rotary engines. Due to this, it is assumed that fuel is saved by
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The Russian army is armed with dozens of types of satellite communication stations, and all centers differ from each other in their operational and technical structure, which is determined by the specifics of the tasks they solve. How stations and satellite communication centers are equipped with unified complexes
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The most promising American military projects, the use of which is possible for peaceful purposes Multimillion-dollar funds are annually allocated for the development of the technological equipment of military forces and science. The Research Agency of Advanced
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For many millennia, a person has tried to determine how he thinks, what processes are going on in his head. So in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), scientists have to solve an even more difficult task. Indeed, in this area, specialists will not only have to understand the essence of intelligence, but
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The article is posted on the website 05/02/2018 Integration of all data provided by sensors in a single Base Protection Center, also equipped with operational control facilities, is undoubtedly the optimal solution for protecting military bases When a contingent of troops is deployed in a foreign country
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Half a century after the start of work in the field of exoskeletons, the first samples of this equipment are ready to go to full-fledged work. Lockheed Martin recently boasted that its HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) project is no longer
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Recent events directly indicate that a new trend is beginning to form in Europe. After numerous discussions and a wave of criticism of the nuclear power plants, the states, assessing their prospects, change their anger to mercy. In particular, the issue of complete abandonment of nuclear power plants is no longer
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In the next few years, through joint efforts of the United Shipbuilding Corporation and the state-owned concern Rosatom, it is planned to complete the construction of the first Russian floating nuclear thermal power plant (FNPP). Experts believe that in the very near future, the export of the floating nuclear power plant will be able to reach
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In the modern era, not only elements of the civilian infrastructure of the most developed countries are associated with satellite orbital constellations, but also a significant part of the military infrastructure. Moreover, during possible conflicts, many satellites can be used in the interests of the military, since
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Last summer, the press around the world vied with each other to reprint the statement of a retired American general, who was once connected with the supply of the army. Steve Anderson claimed that when he was in a position of responsibility during the Iraqi operation, air conditioners alone cost the Pentagon a lot