Winged battleships
During the war, the concept was born, perhaps, of the most unusual special-purpose aircraft - “ganships”. At the end of 1964 of the year in Indochina, the war correspondent for the Stars and Stripes newspaper saw ...
Aviatank
The essence of the matter is as follows. Someone from our ranks got the idea to equip at least some partisan detachments and sabotage groups with armored vehicles. But how will she get behind the front line? ...
Who will build the Russian Mistral?
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation 26 October 2010 of the year announced a tender for the supply of our amphibious assault ships to our Navy. Competition must be held in private, and invitations to ...
Experimental sniper rifle TKB-0145K
At the end of the 1990-s, the designer of the Tula TsKIB SOO, A. B. Adov, developed an experimental self-loading sniper rifle TKB-0145K for the cartridge 6x49 mm. Sniper rifle TKB-0145K ...
Washington consistently increases military technical cooperation with Delhi
The United States is ready to break into the Indian market for weapons and dual-use technologies. The complicated geopolitical situation in which India finds itself allows Washington to hope that the efforts ...
Georgian army
Ukrainian journalist visited the barracks of the 4 brigade of the armed forces of Georgia. A few facts: - Soviet equipment, some has been redone in Israel. There are Turkish and American transporters. -...
F-35 again
The epic with the "cheap" version of the fifth-generation fighter is delayed. Undoubtedly, these planes will be built. But not all, not immediately and for where much more money than promised. Regular problems with ...
New C-300 will hit China
Russian modernized air defense systems will be presented at the international aerospace salon in China The newest air defense complexes are represented by Russia at the opening in the city ...
Do Russian troops need national units?
Recently, a statement was made in the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, which quite thoroughly stirred up the domestic mass media. This refers to the message about the possibility of creating in Russian ...
Hazing to win - there would be a desire
Hazing, what a "beast" that no one can handle. Where are the roots of this bullying, why is there a hazing relationship. In short, the main reasons for "bullying" ...
Betrayal refreshed again
In the story of the scandalous exposure of the network of Russian illegal immigrants working in the United States, a new person appeared. An unnamed source in the Russian special services yesterday through Russian news agencies betrayed ...
Russian sniper weapons
The author of these lines has already described in detail about domestic sniper weapons in the book "Laws of Sniper War". Nevertheless, it makes sense to briefly dwell on the most interesting and ...
Blue angels
“Blue Angels” (eng. Blue Angels) - aerobatics group of the US Navy. The group was created in 1946 year. In 1950, the group was temporarily disbanded, and its pilots ...
On the rearmament of the Russian army
The process of reforming the Russian army is gaining momentum, which affects the practical implementation of measures to equip the necessary equipment and weapons to the troops, further improving them ...
Su and MiGs for China
Tomorrow, November 16, the eighth international aerospace show Airshow China 2010 opens in the Chinese city of Zhuhai - the largest in Asia and one of the largest in the world. Despite some ...
Korea starts serial production of a new tank
Production of the South Korean national main battle tank K-2 "Black Panter" will begin shortly after a one-year delay due to transmission problems. According to TsAMTO with ...
Killed outside the battlefield
The Ministry of Defense has ceased to publish on its website data on the number of non-combat losses of the Russian army. In 2008, the military called the figure - 481 a dead soldier. However, according to ...
Housing program for the military disrupted
Tens of thousands of officers who did not fit into the "new look" of the army are left without a roof over their heads The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has actually failed the program to provide permanent housing ...
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 ...