New old armor
The armored personnel carrier of the 21st century in Russia is not yet available, but the existing one has undergone a serious modernization. Recent statements by the top officials of the Russian military department, including the chief of armaments of the Armed Forces ...
Winged battleship
Is it possible to cross a tank with an airplane? For many years, this idea itself seemed absurd. However, in the end, all the same, we found, in the pre-war USSR, specialists who managed to solve such a “technical ...
"Mace" again laid up
The launch of the Russian Bulava intercontinental missile, prepared by 17 on December 2010, has been postponed indefinitely due to deteriorating weather conditions in the White Sea. As reported in the Main ...
Project 20380
The new Russian multi-purpose patrol ship of the near-sea zone of the 20380 project was designed for the Russian Navy at FSUE Almaz Central Maritime Design Bureau in the city of ...
The delights of officer life in modern Russia
An officer of modern Russia - who is he? Does he proudly wear his uniform or is he ashamed of it? The answer for many is obvious. Especially for the officers themselves and for their families. The sacred duty of every citizen is ...
Railgun - the weapon of the future
December 10 US Navy tested the railgun - an electromagnetic gun, in which the acceleration of the projectile give electromagnetic pulses. The development of this weapon is not the first year, it is expected ...
Prime Minister told what he expects from the military-industrial complex
More than 1300 samples of equipment and weapons - that is exactly the amount to be purchased by the Russian army before 2020, in accordance with the State Armaments Program. It was discussed today in Severodvinsk ...
Texts of the military oath of a number of foreign states
Raising the question of how the text of the military oath in Russia was transformed, it would be natural to compare the text, at least of the last edition, with the text of the oath in the armies of foreign states ....
Russia makes its claims to the Chinese copy of the Su-27?
7 December The American newspaper Wall Street Journal published an article that the success of the Chinese aviation industry is largely due to copying Russian fighter jets. But such an assessment has ...
In the United States successfully conducted tests of railgun
The US Navy conducted a test of the railgun - a gun, the acceleration of a projectile in which is imparted by electrical impulses, reports Lenta.ru citing Defense News. 10 December tests 2010 ...
Ground Forces of Ukraine
The Ground Forces (SV), whose day Ukraine annually celebrates December 12, rightfully form the basis of the combat power of the national Armed Forces. This is quite natural for the continental power, ...
Infantry Fighting Vehicle '' 19 Object ''
The project of this very unusual wheeled-tracked infantry fighting vehicle was carried out in the spacecraft of the Altai Tractor Plant and the Aircraft Defense Agency in the 1964 year. The machine, was named - Object 19. She had a traditional welded body from ...
Triune machine
BMPs should be unified with tanks. World War II showed that tanks without infantry are bad and infantry without tanks is not sweet. And it is difficult to combine them because of the very different speed of movement. Tank...
Scrumaxx
Skramasaks-combat knife, with one-sided sharpening and, as a rule, asymmetrical shank. Skramasaks is a term covering a large number of knife varieties, from small table knives to ...
About modern developments of highly protected infantry vehicles
The end of the Cold War, instead of simplifying it, made the development of BMPs even more difficult, more contradictory requirements appeared than ever before. The embodiment of new requirements in the design led to ...
The US Army has become too expensive.
The financial crisis can significantly affect US military construction. Oceans protect the United States from external invasion, but they also create the problem of distance. Most potential theaters for the US Armed Forces ...
Army reform is just a fire
A unique decision for modern Russia was made recently by the Lyuberetsky garrison military court. The post was reinstated by Lieutenant Colonel Viktor Biront (on Wednesday he received an acquittal into his hands ...
Reform of the fleet. The main threat in the Far East
The Russian government will build a new fleet, the tasks of which will be to protect energy flows and repel the threat from China and Japan. According to rough estimates, it will take up to 5 trillion ....
Blue Origin- American Pepelats
Multibillionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has invested in a secret rocket project known as Blue Origin.
Russian Navy does not need tactical coastal SCRC?
After the completion of R & D and the start of mass production of new coastal anti-ship missile systems (SCRC) "Bastion" and "Ball" Russia became the leader in the global market for these systems. For...
Intermediate model
In the second half of 1934, the tactical and technical requirements for the new Wehrmacht combat vehicle were formulated. The 6th Department of the Armaments Directorate believed that the German army needed a tank with a mass ...
The return of "humpback"
Ulan-Ude Aviation Plant is going to resume production of the Su-25UB. Their construction was begun in the last years of the USSR and ceased in 90, and now these planes can not only ...
Dragon opens mouth
Last year, the PLA conducted the largest maneuvers in its history. The exercises with the telling name “Big Step-2009” involved 50 thousand troops, four divisions with equipment made ...
The missile defense system in the Russian Federation is destroyed - experts
Today, Russia does not see systemic measures to create new airspace protection systems, said Leonid Ivashov, President of the Russian Academy of Geopolitical Problems. According to RBC, ...