Russian intelligence is in crisis
Russian intelligence today is seriously weakened. The current oligarchic power does not want to know, to obtain information about military programs, political strategy and military equipment - it is interested in ...
The army at the sight of "reform"
The new look of the Russian army has already become the talk of the town. All sensible people tirelessly criticize him. But Medvedev, Putin, Serdyukov and others stubbornly bend their line. Although anyone more or less ...
Weserflug P.1003 / 1
This vertical takeoff and landing aircraft project - VTOL (Vertical TakeOff and Landing) - from Weserflug is dated 1938. The aircraft fuselage is very traditional and equipped with a standard ...
Bat or field mouse? Doubtful option of reforming special forces ('The Jamestown Foundation', USA)
The most characteristic features of the Russian military reform are its unpredictable nature and irregular implementation. This approach leaves officers with the opportunity to only guess about their fate and about ...
What should be the fleet of Russia?
For more than 10 years, the Admiral Nakhimov heavy nuclear missile cruiser, which has been standing at the wall of the Sevmash plant, will return to service in 2012 - the prolonged repairs will be financed and ...
"Bramos" try on "Su" shkam
The Indian Air Force allocated two Su-30MKI fighter jets to conduct flight tests of air-based supersonic cruise missiles "BrahMos", reports Interfax AVN, citing the head of marketing ...
On sight at the soulless mechanism
Modern weapons are less in need of man in battlefield. The development of military technology has led to the emergence of an adversary who is not capable of thinking, but he makes decisions in a split second. Not...
The Russian BMP aroused great interest at the DEFENSYS 2010 exhibition.
The new directions for the modernization of armored infantry vehicles BMP-3 and vehicles based on it - commander, BMP-3F, BREM-L produced by Kurganmashzavod OJSC - have aroused great interest in the specialized ...
"Rook" special forces
The sabotage of naval special forces and now experts are among the most effective First Special Forces soldier of the United States Navy is considered to be Lieutenant William Cushing - the hero of the Civil War in ...
The market for military equipment is growing demand for combat fighters
Currently, in many countries there is an unstable situation that concerns peace and tranquility. In particular, such countries as Israel, the United Arab Emirates and India are meant. Problems with...
Air defense missile systems: development trends
Missile defense systems have always been and remain among the leaders of the most advanced intellectual, high-tech and, accordingly, expensive types of military equipment. Therefore, the possibility of their ...
Ukraine and Belarus are jointly developing the Stilett short-range air defense missile system
In October of this year, the Belarusian research and production private unitary enterprise (UE) Tetrahedr conducted demonstration shooting of the modernized combat vehicle T381 on the Domanovo training ground ...
A revolution called Nautilus
Seventy years ago, work was launched in the United States to create the first nuclear submarine Nautilus (SSN 571). This was one of the revolutionary events in the world shipbuilding. The first ...
Will America Pull High-Tech Army?
The US Navy continues to invest huge amounts of money in high-tech ships, next generation communications equipment and new exotic weapons, such as combat lasers and ...
Iran is testing a self-developed air defense system close to C-300
Tehran is conducting fire tests of its own air defense missiles, which correspond in their characteristics to the Russian C-300. The weapon was created in connection with the cancellation of the contract for ...
America wants its rockets to fly back
A prototype of a new type of rocket could give the US Air Force a ticket to and from space back and forth by 2013 year. The US Air Force has a vision of the future in the form of a project implying the emergence ...
Ministers of defense
"Although Gavrila was a firefighter, Gavrila was given a film to shoot." ("The Golden Calf". Gavriliada) I read one article about the army. In essence, this article is about our Serdyukov, and his ...
Mi-35
The Mi-35 helicopter is a multipurpose attack, "flying infantry fighting vehicle" developed at the Mil Design Bureau. This helicopter is an export version of the multipurpose attack helicopter known in Russia ...
Defense Ministry changes priorities
At his recent meeting with Vladimir Putin, Russian Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin said that in 2011, about 2 trillion rubles would be allocated to the needs of the Russian army, which by the way ...
Piasecki X-49A Speedhawk
In the 1960 year, one of the oldest helicopter companies in the United States - Piasecki Aircraft - in its own way begins the program Pathfinder. From the outset, the 16H-1 prototype was created by ...
The tetrahedron conducted demonstration firing of the Stiletto T38 SAM system
According to Jane's Missiles & Rockets, the Belarusian enterprise "Tetraedr" on October 4-7 this year held demonstration firing of the Stilet air defense missile system. The shooting was carried out at the air force-air defense range ...
Ukrainian Alpha: terrorism will not pass
After leaving the USSR and the proclamation of independence in August 1991, Ukraine needed to create a powerful anti-terror unit. Often, the initial stage is silent in the Ukrainian media ...
American dream of climate weapons
Any weapon, real or potential, is scary in the first place not by itself, but due to the fact in whose hands it may be. When representatives of the country's military elite, under the fantastic and ...
The British Army in Afghanistan uses paratroopers
As a result of the operations of special amphibious units of the British army (SAS) in Afghanistan, they threw German shepherds with video cameras mounted on their heads at the Taliban bases ...