Aircraft carrier myths

Aircraft carrier myths

Response to the article by A. Timokhin Several questions to opponents of aircraft carriers...
Export of ships from the times of the USSR

Export of ships from the times of the USSR

The Soviet Navy in the post-war period was huge, and the capacity for its construction was even excessive. So the idea of ​​selling ships for export was simply inevitable. And what is interesting - there were not enough buyers ...
Battle magnets against Soviet boats

Battle magnets against Soviet boats

In the early 1960s, the NATO military was very worried about the issue of confronting the Soviet submarine fleet. The most extravagant options were considered as means of struggle, including the option ...
German ships in the Russian fleet

German ships in the Russian fleet

Two world wars somehow crossed out the fact that we were not always at enmity with the Germans, and in many areas we were not at all enmity, but very much even cooperated and were friends. And one of those areas was ...
Rocket catamarans of China "Type 022"

Rocket catamarans of China "Type 022"

The PLA Navy has more than 80 Type 022 missile catamarans. The boats of this project are distinguished by reduced visibility, high running characteristics and the ability to effectively ...
A few questions to the opponents of aircraft carriers

A few questions to the opponents of aircraft carriers

The issues of creating a military fleet in general and aircraft carrier forces (without which the capabilities of the Navy are very severely slaughtered) in particular, in our country have long been turned into irrational, and in some especially ...
The real Soviet fleet of 1941

The real Soviet fleet of 1941

At the time of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War, it was customary for the USSR Navy to either praise or criticize. But both the first and the second for some reason see in him a formidable force capable of serious operations that influenced the outcome ...
Kirov vs. Iowa

Kirov vs. Iowa

In the United States to this day, there is a widespread opinion that it was to confront the Kirovs that the administration of President Ronald Reagan withdrew other steel monsters from the naval reserve - ...