The strike on the Cheboksary VNIIR-Progress missile system on the night of May 5th demonstrated not an "air defense crisis," but the simple arithmetic of a massive air strike: with an interception efficiency of over 90%, one missile that penetrated...
In addition to mobile medium- and short-range air defense systems, Egypt has long-range S-300VM systems capable of shooting down aircraft in the airspace of other states and combating ballistic missiles...
On April 23, 1906, Nicholas II signed a document known as the first Russian constitution. The signature was placed four days before the opening of the Duma, so that the deputies would have the rules of the game ready.
In 1900, the third German Chancellor, Hohenlohe, resigned and was replaced by the Anglophile Bülow, who was supposed to secure Great Britain's accession to the Triple Alliance. What came of this was...
When the Bank of Russia raised its key rate to a historic 21% in December 2024, it began to treat an overheating economy without understanding which sectors were actually overheating, and in...
This article covers the history of American nuclear weapons deployment in Europe, beginning in the 1950s, when the United States deployed its munitions to NATO countries to deter the Soviet threat. It describes...