Abandoned airfield
To say that I was shocked by what I saw is to say nothing. There really was a lot of things at the airport. L-29, An-24RT, Mi-2, Mi-8 and An-2. Airplanes and a little airfield vehicles ...
In Russia began mass production of the Ka-52 helicopter
A solemn event dedicated to the start of serial production of the new Ka-52 two-seater combat attack helicopter was held in Arsenyev at the Progress aircraft plant ...
Successful tests of AGM-114R Hellfire ATGM took place.
Lockheed Martin announced the success of a third fire test of the AGM-114R Hellfire anti-tank missile. Tests were carried out using ...
"Brain" of the domestic aerospace shield
2-th Central Research Institute of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation - 75 years In the first days of the autumn on this occasion, solemn events are organized with the participation ...
Anka is in the air!
Finally it happened! The Turkish Air Force received the first unmanned aerial vehicle "Anka". However, the Turks will not refuse to buy Israeli and American drones ...
Humanoid fighting robots
Since the emergence of the natural sciences, scientists have dreamed of creating a mechanical person who can replace him in a number of areas of human activity: hard and unattractive works, ...
German tank destroyer E-10 Hetzer II
E-10 was a representative of the new concept of tanks, the design of which was designed to unify the production as much as possible. E-10 was considered as a test platform for the entire generation of tanks ...
How from a military force we turned into a joke ('Duma', Bulgaria)
The other day, Defense Minister Anyu Angelov said he intended to send a combat battalion for military operations in Afghanistan. In this regard, he proposed to dignify him now as minister of war, not defense ....
At the forefront
German version of Personal Defense Weapon Heckler & Koch MP7E The Heckler & Koch company is reluctant to communicate with the press, since its main clients are the Bundeswehr and the armed forces of countries...
USA vs Russia
You can consider me a paranoid, but even without being an expert in the field of armaments, I came to the following conclusions. The United States seeks to go to the maximum technological gap and acquire an overwhelming military ...
H&K G36
For half a century of the history of the Bundeswehr, its soldiers have already received the fourth “soldier's bride”. Prior to this, the German recruits' friends were the G98, FAL and G3 rifles. In 1995, the armament ...
Iranian "drone": Werner von Braun's reincarnation
The global aviation community was shocked by yesterday's presentation by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad of the "ultra-modern unmanned long-range bomber" Karrar ....
The concept of a tank with a combat robot inside
The forum china-defense.com, with reference to an internal Chinese source, discusses a possible concept for a new-generation tank. In the stern of the tank is a self-propelled combat robot equipped with ...
Be-200 №301 made a flight from Irkutsk to Taganrog
The amphibious aircraft Be-200 with number 301 from the production reserve of JSC Scientific and Production Corporation Irkut (NPK Irkut), completed at the enterprise, made a flight ...
Tests "strategist"
The other day, the nuclear submarine "Yury Dolgoruky" returned from the next stage of factory trials, successfully passing another test by the sea. The ship completed the test program, showed ...
India plans to replace Arjun
India began work on its next generation tank. It is called FMBT (Future Main Battle Tank), the purpose of its creation is the qualitative replacement of the last Indian tank development, ...
T-90 vs. Abrams
Tanks T-90 and M1A1 "Abrams" are typical representatives of the Soviet and Western schools of tank building, which are based on various design and technological ideas. T-90, deep ...
China adopted its own "shell" on the chassis of MAZ
The site tuku.militry.china.com posted photos of the newest anti-aircraft missile gun system, which is called the "missile defense system." Judging by the photos, the complex, equipped with a radar ...
USA: a course for global missile defense
However, Russia is still capable of delivering guaranteed unacceptable damage to any 8 aggressor this April in Prague, Russian and US presidents Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama signed a new Treaty ...
Near Krasnodar thunder "Hurricanes"
At the test site near Krasnodar, “Hurricanes” - multiple rocket launchers - thundered today. So began the firing in the framework of large-scale artillery exercises of the North Caucasus Military District ....
"German or in boots, or under a boot"
The other day, German Defense Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg again spoke out for the suspension of military service and the transformation of the German army into a fully professional one. According to zu Guttenberg, ...
South Korean robots shoot North Koreans
The border between North Korea and South Korea is becoming more and more dangerous every day. Recently it turned out that 14 July, the armed forces of South Korea put on combat duty at the border with ...
In terms of military spending in 2009, Russia ranked 7 in the world
In terms of military spending in 2009, Russia took 7 a place in the world with 37,875 billion dollars. An analysis of global military spending in the 2009 year shows that the United States is the absolute leader ...
New version of BBM VAMTAC S3 developed in Spain
The Spanish company "Levels" (Urovesa - Uro Vehicules Especiales) has developed a new version of the armored vehicle VAMTAC S3 (Vehiculo de Alta Movilidad Tactico) with the wheel formula 4x4. 8-ton armored ...