China is actively developing its armed forces and makes other countries nervous. Not long ago, the head of the US Pacific Command, Admiral S. Locklear, recognized that the era of domination ...

By 2015, the new Russian high-speed helicopter should have a technical design and a full-fledged "flying laboratory". The Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant expects to receive ...

The titanic efforts of the Lockheed Martin Corporation, aimed at comprehensive coverage of the JSF program (a detailed description of the stages of development, construction and test results of the new fighter), ...

Before the 8 of February, the Ministry of State Security of the GDR, formed by 1950 February (Ministerium für Staatssicherheit, unofficially abbreviated "Stasi"), rose to its feet, and later ...

In the combat training system of NATO ground forces, great importance is attached to the competitiveness factor, which is most clearly manifested in various competitions between tank crews, calculations ...

In 1982, the US military had 418 000 automatic pistols Colt M 1911A1. The first version of this weapon was introduced in 1911, in 1921, the pistol was ...

I offer you a photo review of new seaports built in Russia after 1992, as well as those currently under construction ...

EMERCOM of Russia, together with domestic and American scientists, is going to consider the possibility of creating a system that will protect the public and socially significant infrastructure objects from ...

In October of this year, two 70-meter balloons will appear in the sky of the American state of Maryland. They will be at an altitude of about 3 kilometers and monitor the environment ....

The volume of the world market for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the coming decade (2014 – 2023) will be 67,3 billion dollars, said the American weekly Aviation Week and Space ...

26 January 1911 was a test flight of the first hydroplane, piloted by the American aeronautical pioneer Glen Curtis. A ground-based airplane mounted on floats was the first ...

After the Second World War, the American firm Armalite Inc., Costa Mesa, California, produced hunting, sporting and military rifles, which were marked with a special AR badge. It...

A few days ago, a brief message flashed in the news of domestic media about a planned launch into a near-earth orbit of a privately-built spacecraft in the United States. Not surprising,...

26 January in India was a military parade dedicated to the Day of the Republic. During this event, the first Indian main battle tank was shown to the general public for the first time. On the existence of the Arjun tank ...

The future that science fiction writers or directors of modern blockbusters draw to us is actually much closer to us than we think. The future gradually enters our life, changing it. AT...

The cold glow of the stars is especially beautiful in the winter sky. At this time, the brightest stars and constellations are visible: Orion, the Pleiades, the Greater Dog with dazzling Sirius ... A quarter of a century ago, seven ...

Trucks and tractors KAMAZ repeatedly and in different historical periods were recognized as the best army vehicle in the world. Even the authoritative American analytical magazine Defense Review in its ...

A new T-5000 ORSIS sniper rifle has been developed in Russia, which will be able to replace the currently popular samples of foreign production in domestic special forces. No need to talk about ...

The project of shielding tanks "KV" and T-34, proposed in November 1942 by the commander of 203 AZSP 57 Army Lieutenant Colonel Shahverdyan. The proposed wavy armor on the tank hull and turret is ...

Last December, scientists at the University of Hawaii (USA) reported an interesting find. At the end of the summer, conducting studies of the seabed, Hawaiian scientists discovered flooded in 1945 ...

A few days ago, work under the project for the repair and modernization of the heavy nuclear-powered missile cruiser Admiral Nakhimov (the 1144 Orlan project) went into the active phase. For several ...

In mid-January, it became known about the change of plans for shipbuilding and the Ministry of Defense regarding the new minesweeper of the 12700 Alexandrite project. According to recent reports, the head ...

Recently, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta declared the truism: "Any fifth-grader knows that the US carrier strike forces are not able to destroy any of the existing powers in the world." ...

At a recent U.S. military aviation symposium that took place in the vicinity of the American capital in Arlington, the head of the Combat Training and Development Command ...