Old men still in the case. Steel veterans of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. Part of 2
Veterans of the fleet who are not ships in a certain sense. But without these steelworkers of the fleet would not exist! The story of the floating docks. The legal first place is taken by "PD-16" ...
The tragic fate of the hydrograph "Memory of Mercury"
The honored veteran of the hydrographic service of the Black Sea Fleet of the USSR Navy lies at a depth of about 1500 meters. "The memory of Mercury" was not sunk by a torpedo, did not die under the waves of the Atlantic, it was drowned by the greed of "the saints ...
The nuclear baton of the US Navy (part 1)
After the creation of the atomic bomb in the United States, the long-range B-29 bomber became its carrier, which put the Air Force in a privileged position. This categorically did not suit the American admirals ...
Old men still in the case. Steel veterans of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia. Part of 1
Let's look at the old men, who, despite the vicissitudes of fate, are still listed as part of the Black Sea Fleet. In the first place will be a rescue ship-catamaran "Commune" ...
"Queen Elizabeth": the most controversial British aircraft carrier
Behind the flow of information about the American F-35B, we missed another important piece of news: about their British "relatives" ...
Kill Kanyon: countering the new Russian intercontinental nuclear torpedo
The Russian multi-purpose ocean system Poseidon seriously disturbed foreign experts. However, they took themselves in hand and began to look for ways to counter such weapons, which has special ...
Line cruisers such as "Ishmael." H. 4
The history of design, features of armament and booking of Izmail-type battle cruisers were reviewed. Next, we estimate the fighting qualities of these ships ...
Stories about weapons. Armored Sea Hunter Project 194
A story about a unique monument: at the same time the author of the project, the shipbuilders and the ship itself. Not every museum exhibit can boast such a story! ...
Line cruisers such as "Ishmael." H. 3
Having described the artillery of the main caliber of the Izmail battlecruiser, let us say a few words about his other weapons ...
B-586 "Kronstadt". 13 years of waiting and high hopes
After several years of forced downtime and further work, the diesel-electric submarine Kronstadt, built according to the 677 Lada project, was launched. This has been expected since the middle of the two thousandth! ...
Wound or death? Incredible Resurrection of the Ships
Evil tongues say that the only reason for the recovery of the cruiser was the desire of the admirals to conceal the loss. Disasters of this kind can only happen to Soviet sailors. Americans do not lose ...
Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy. Current status and prospects. H. 3
Two squadrons of MiG-31, which are part of the naval aviation of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, will be upgraded to MiG-31BM, but no further transfer of aircraft of this type of naval aviation is planned. What, in general, is absolutely ...
"Varshavyanka": a commercially successful submarine
Russian submarines attract the attention of foreign military, specialists and the press. There are also contracts for the supply of submarines. To date, transferred to customers 24 diesel-electric submarines of the family ...
Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy. Current status and prospects. H. 2
119 tactical aircraft seem to be a rather formidable force, but only until you consider these planes closer ...
There is no worthy "Leader": Russia risks being left without an atomic supersweeper
The project of the Russian nuclear destroyer has every chance not to fit into the realities of today. However, he himself has a lot of flaws ...
Goodbye sea depths?
Continuing to discuss the topic of the program of armaments and shipbuilding in Russia ...
Line cruisers such as "Ishmael." H.2
The international competition ended on 12 in May of 1912 with the victory of project No. 6 of the Admiralty Plant, which was most satisfied with the TTZ supplied. But MGSH was greatly influenced by several ...
Ships of the near future. Black Sea Fleet in 2019 year
There are a few months left until 2019, but now plans should be made. It has now become known which ships and vessels the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy will receive next year. Him...
Stories about weapons. Sea armored boat project 161 type "MBK"
A story about a rather original armored car, whose model can be seen in the UMMC museum in Verkhnyaya Pyshma of the Sverdlovsk region ...
Naval Aviation of the Russian Navy: Current State and Prospects
Let's try to understand the current state and prospects of naval naval aviation ...
"Halibut", "Varshavyanka" and "Lada". Diesel-electric submarines of the Russian fleet
The most important component of the submarine forces of the Russian Navy are diesel-electric submarines. The fleet retains the existing grouping, carrying out modernization of the boats, and also develops it with the help ...
Night attack destroyers in the Russo-Japanese War. Ending
On the night of June 15, two Japanese destroyers attempted to attack the cruiser “Diana”, which was at that time at the entrance to the outer raid ...
Ishmael battlecruisers
Izmail-class cruisers: they are probably the most controversial projects of domestic heavy warships ...
Stories about weapons. 1125 project armored vehicle
“River Tank” or small river armored boat of the 1125 project from the UMMC Museum collection in Verkhnyaya Pyshma, Sverdlovsk Region ...