Corner Shot: Special Forces will fire under a degree

Corner Shot: Special Forces will fire under a degree

"We Came From Around the Corner" and "Nobody Wanted to Die": the devices for shooting from shelters go back to the XNUMXth century. The problem, as you will see, is not new. With the advent of ...
“Turquoise” from the Soviet legacy frightened Americans

“Turquoise” from the Soviet legacy frightened Americans

The development of the 1983 of the year turned out to be more reliable than the Bulava. The British newspaper The Daily Telegraph broke out with a panicky article about the combat capabilities of the Russian missile system Turquoise (export ...
Troops of the country of the pyramids

Troops of the country of the pyramids

When the armed forces of the Arab Republic of Egypt (Egypt) held large-scale military maneuvers in Sinai in the autumn of 2008, Israel was traditionally chosen as the conventional opponent. This fact caused ...
Russian army will fight without officers

Russian army will fight without officers

Thoughtless and destructive for the country's defense capability, the spotlight of the fathers of the army reform from the Ministry of Defense does not seem to withstand even the very first contact with objective reality ....
Shamanov predicted the future

Shamanov predicted the future

The paratroopers will not be deprived of the status of a separate branch of the military. “Airborne troops will remain an independent branch of the military,” Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said yesterday, answering a journalist’s question ...
War with Georgia benefited paratroopers

War with Georgia benefited paratroopers

The airborne troops of Russia took into account the experience of the armed conflict in the Caucasus in August 2008, and began to use unmanned aerial vehicles more actively, ordered new weapons and decided to strengthen ...
Russian paratroopers will be trained in NATO countries

Russian paratroopers will be trained in NATO countries

Soldiers of the Russian Airborne Forces are preparing for internships in the United States, Germany and other countries, Commander of the Airborne Forces, Lieutenant General Vladimir Shamanov, said Wednesday. The general also ...
Allen Dulles paratroopers: the collapse of a spy project

Allen Dulles paratroopers: the collapse of a spy project

The confusion was so great that they forever refused to send parachutist spies to the territory of the Soviet Union. In December 1946, Kim Philby was appointed head of the UIC residency in Turkey with its center in ...
Space Protection Holes

Space Protection Holes

In Russia, no one is responsible for the safety of the transatmospheric space. Last week, the Independent Expert Council on the problems of Aerospace Defense of Russia gave a press conference at ...
"Shell" for air defense

"Shell" for air defense

There is no such close-range air defense system in any army in the world. At the military parade in honor of the 65 anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War, for the first time, the general public was shown a number of new combat models ...
The method of three and errors

The method of three and errors

Tests of the Bulava missile will be resumed no earlier than November this year. It was not possible to reliably identify the reason for the previous unsuccessful launches, and now the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation hopes to do ...
Disarmament program

Disarmament program

What do you think Dmitry Medvedev told the world about when, at a meeting on the budget of law enforcement agencies, he set the task for 2015 to equip the Russian army with modern weapons no less ...
NATO builds missile shield

NATO builds missile shield

Russia still has no place for these plans. The all-European missile defense system on a theater of operations will cost NATO 200 million euros. About this in early May, as reported by some American media, announced on his ...
What could be the Third World War?

What could be the Third World War?

Since ancient times, people by all means fought for the best place under the sun, and under the moon too. There was a conflict over the possession of a fertile valley, the best pastures, and so on. Victory gave ...
Shuttle Scout: Not so scary

Shuttle Scout: Not so scary

The newest secret spacecraft, recently tested in the United States, apparently does not pull either a unique orbital bomber or a space combat platform. A month ago, when the Pentagon ...
Maneuvers survive. And if the war?

Maneuvers survive. And if the war?

Any maneuvers are a rehearsal of hostilities. Strictly speaking, they are then carried out to check the combat readiness of the troops, the degree of their training. And also to test those concepts ...
Such a long-awaited "Lada"

Such a long-awaited "Lada"

Unfortunately, the new Russian submarine does not belong to the fourth generation of diesel-electric submarines 22 on April 2010, in St. Petersburg, members of the state commission finally signed the act of ...
CIA got rid of evidence, but not guilt

CIA got rid of evidence, but not guilt

The video recordings of torture shocked the public, although no one saw them. The American press informed their fellow citizens that five years ago the CIA destroyed the video recordings of cruel torture, which ...
The mercenary is not the defender of the fatherland

The mercenary is not the defender of the fatherland

What are the reasons why the Russian Federation needs a conscript army? Consider the need to create a so-called professional army very much loved in modern Russia. And supporters of this ...