PLA Navy Opportunities to Combat Carrier Strike Groups. Part 2
The task of countering foreign warships and assault forces in the coastal waters of China and on the islands is assigned to the PLA Navy coastal defense forces and numerous missile boats. To each...
Applied hand-to-hand combat, version of Kolotov-Zaichikov (part of 2)
In the direction of "Applied hand-to-hand combat, the Kolotov-Zaichikov version", in addition to the battle itself, not only what can happen after (the legal aspect), but also what happens before ...
PLA Navy Opportunities to Combat Carrier Strike Groups. Part 1
In recent years, the modernization of the armed forces has been taking place against the background of the shock growth rates of the economy in the PRC. Over the past ten years, the military budget of the PRC doubled in dollar terms and amounted to ...
Battle Profile-6: Danza Macabra (Dance of Death)
Danza Macabra is a training and research center. But also Danza Macabry is often called the mix of Italian and Sicilian techniques that the research center managed to assemble in ...
British anti-aircraft missile systems. Part 2
After the Tigerkat short-range air defense system entered service with the air force and ground forces, the British military were disappointed with the capabilities of this complex ....
British anti-aircraft missile systems. Part 1
Work on the first British anti-aircraft missiles began during the Second World War. As British economists have calculated, the cost of the expended anti-aircraft artillery shells is almost ...
British naval anti-aircraft missile systems. 2-Part I
In 1973, the British Navy entered service with a long-range air defense system (Sea Dart), developed by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics. It was intended to replace not ...
Battle Questionnaire-5: PRB VKZ (applied hand-to-hand fighting, version of Kolotov-Zaichikov)
Speaking about the service-applied systems of the Soviet era, one cannot fail to mention the original direction, which is represented by Igor Vasilyevich Zaichikov, known to fans of "hand-to-hand". His...
British naval anti-aircraft missile systems. 1-Part I
During World War II in Great Britain, much attention was paid to the technical improvement of the air defense system. In particular, for anti-aircraft guns caliber 94 mm and above managed to create a device ...
Russian military facilities on fresh Google Earth images
Google Earth with a frequency of several times a year updates satellite images of a significant part of the territory of Russia. In recent years, the country's leadership has been paying serious attention to raising ...
F-15E vs. SU-34. Who is better?
As you know, Americans love to make different ratings, including those related to weapons and equipment. Naturally, in these ratings, the first places are occupied by samples and products of the American ...
Combat Profile-4: BIS (Combat Intuitive Shooting)
Since training is not limited to hand-to-hand combat, we decided to cover the shooting question as well, choosing the BIS system (combat intuitive shooting) for this. What is intuitive shooting? What is she ...
Service and combat use of the Su-24 front-line bomber. Part 2
Prior to the cessation of production in 1993, export-modified Su-24MK bombers were shipped to Algeria, Iraq, Syria and Libya. The contract concluded with India was later terminated on the initiative ...
Service and combat use of the Su-24 front-line bomber. Part 1
In the light of the operation of the Russian videoconferencing system deployed in the Syrian Arab Republic, the attention of foreign and domestic media once again attracted one of the most recently discussed Russian combat ...
Battle Questionnaire-3: AEC
Separate among all systems is AECS. This rare system was studied by intelligence fighters who were supposed to engage in the capture of enemy rocket launchers and counter-actions in the event of a ...
Self-defense, hand-to-hand combat, martial art
Unfortunately, many now do not understand the difference between fighting and martial arts, thinking that fighting is not Borodino, but two men wearing tatami in helmets. No understanding ...
Ships of Armageddon. Heavy aircraft carrier cruisers project 1143
Reading the article "The most absurd ships in the history of the navy", published by the respected Oleg Kaptsov, I was surprised to find that the list of nominees for "naval ...
Ballistic anti-aircraft missiles
In the 50-60-s in a number of countries with the necessary scientific and technical potential, the creation of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) was carried out. For medium and long-range air defense systems of the first generation, as ...
Battle Profile-2: Irish Stick Battle
Usually, Ireland is associated with beer in pubs, lambs on green hills, maximum with druids ... But Ireland can boast of martial traditions - moreover, dating back to pagan times. The most ...
Stick for city self-defense
The stick - along with the stone - is one of the first human tools. The stick can be found in almost any street (pipe, thick branch, board, etc.). But, despite the naturalness and simplicity of the instrument and its ...
Battle Profile-1: RB Spas
There are countless areas of martial arts called "spas". What is "saved" hand-to-hand combat? Which "saved" appeared first? Trying to make sense of ...
Khurba airfield
In 1932, Komsomolsk-on-Amur was laid on the bank of the Amur among the Far Eastern taiga. After 10 years, the city became an important industrial and defense center. During the Great Patriotic War ...
8 causes decline in the popularity of Russian hand-to-hand combat
Everything flows, everything changes. Once, people excitedly looked at clippings from post-Soviet newspapers with the magic words "karate" and "Russian style", but today they are too lazy to look even ...
Machine Gun Caps
One of the most massive and undeservedly forgotten by almost all the fortifications of the time of the last World War II is an ordinary machine-gun cap, which was ...