American experts in the field of the theory of armaments, Bernard and Fawn Brody, in the early 60-s of the last century put forward a non-trivial thesis that “the thinking process of choosing acceptable ...

The unique Russian tactical missile system has evolved from a military into a military-political tool of Russia. According to Western military and political experts, high accuracy in ...

7 February 1906 was born Soviet aircraft designer Oleg Konstantinovich Antonov. From childhood, Antonov was fond of aviation and founded an original design school and created 52 such as gliders and 22 ...

Alles (from him. "Alles fur Deutschland" - "Everything for Germany") - dagger of the assault detachments of fascist Germany Assist (from the English. Assist - help, support) - spring device to facilitate ...

Electronic cards today are used in various fields of activity. This is the use of navigation equipment, when paving the route for military and space needs ....

Local conflicts in recent decades have a number of specific features that must be considered when planning operations. In addition, some features of modern wars impose special ...

The main idea of ​​the author is to work out an alternative layout of the tank support combat vehicle (hereinafter - BMPT) with a higher level of crew protection than the existing BMPT. Exploded ...

Designer GA small arms Korobova has long been widely known. Machines of this designer, created in the second half of the forties, used in their design ...

Probably many of you are familiar with the American Colt M1911, which has become a truly legendary pistol. Even those who have little interest in small arms and its history have heard about it ....

During the recent exhibition Defexpo-2014, held in New Delhi (India), representatives of the Russian defense industry offered the Indian military to continue cooperation in updating ...

In late January, the US Army Department published a preliminary list of requirements for a promising vehicle, which should be developed as part of the ULCV program (Ultra-Light Combat Vehicle –...

In the modern world, lasers are used quite actively, especially at the household level. The development of combat lasers, though conducted, but so far, apparently, they are all far from ideal and logical ...

Recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have identified the need to protect the many advanced operational sites from which the military are moving into military operations in order to control ...

According to official data, the volume of drug traffic from Colombia to North America is 550 tons of cocaine per year. Two thirds of all shipments go across the Pacific Ocean on home-made narcous submarines and ...

The Vietnamese Defense Ministry rejected a contract with Rosoboronexpot to organize production in the country for the production of Kalashnikov assault rifles belonging to the 100th series. The decision to organize ...

A few days ago, the exhibition of weapons and military equipment Defexpo-2014 ended in India. During this event, several agreements were signed for the supply of various products of the military ...

At the Defexpo-2014 exhibition in India, several dozen countries showed their new developments in the field of weapons and military equipment. In addition, a number of companies have demonstrated their options ...

This section is not the author’s desire to get into great literature, but merely the need to identify some initial points that may be removed (or significantly shortened) ...

9 February 1977 died Sergei Ilyushin, an outstanding Soviet aircraft designer, Colonel-General of Engineering and Technical Services, Academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences. OKB, which he headed, today is considered ...

Gun Liberator (Liberator - liberator) FP-45 is one of the controversial weapons. There are several points of view on this gun: this is a good PR move by the American government and an attempt ...

The 1974 summer of the year was not much different from the similar season in previous years. A hot haze hung over Moscow. Soft asphalt - with prints of thin female stiletto heels. A weak breeze, alas, not ...

2013 year was marked by the launch of the first Chinese lunar rover, called “Yuytu” (“Jade hare”), to the natural satellite of Earth. Yuytu became the first spacecraft to land on ...

Canadian media mogul and style commentator Tyler Brühle, in his weekly column in the Financial Times, recently commented on how impractical it is to take an iPad on vacation ....

The quality of the equipment produced in a particular country directly depends on the quality of the components and the availability of technology for national manufacturers. This thesis is relevant for almost all ...