Is there a future for Sevastopol without a fleet?
Sevastopol without fleet. Could you have imagined such a situation even 25 years ago? A person who spoke in such a spirit would have looked askance, and even turned his finger to his temple. However, today ...
Strength training
In this matter, several opinions are possible, but it is clear that physical training is necessary for a person. And not only for a potential fight, but also for a normal quality of life. When choosing...
37-mm automatic recoilless gun Kondakova. THE USSR. 30
Before the war, we just developed exactly beztkatki with a loaded barrel. Much has been written about the adventurer Kurchevsky, and about M.N. Kondakova information is extremely ...
Missile cruiser "Varyag"
The 1164.1 “Chervona Ukraine” missile cruiser was laid at the 61 plant of the communard in Nikolaev on July 31 1979 (factory number 2010), 5 on November 1982 was enlisted in the lists of the Navy of the USSR, lowered ...
Dangerous sky
On September 7, near Yaroslavl, a Yak-42 plane crashed with the Lokomotiv hockey team on board, which was leaving for Minsk for its first game of the new KHL season. As a result ...
Israeli designers are working on a “unique” helicopter self-defense system
Israel. 15 September 2011, the company ELTA Systems, a unit of Israel Aerospace Industries, announced the start of work on the creation of a radar capable of detecting enemy fire ....
NASA is the most powerful rocket in the world.
On September 14, 2011, NASA officially presented the design of the new Space Launch System (SLS) super-heavy rocket. A new carrier has been designed by American engineers, which may deserve ...
T-90MS: official press release
The upgraded T-90С tank is the next step in the development of domestic tank building. The modernization touched the whole complex of characteristics of the T-90C and allowed it to significantly enhance its combat and ...
Stalin's fighting autogyros. Kamov A-7-3. the USSR
It all started with the fact that at the beginning of 1938, during the evacuation from a drifting ice floe near Greenland, ID Papanin's group by the Ermak icebreaker was actively used first for search, then for evacuation ...
What the coming day prepares for us
Aircraft manufacturers are not perplexed by the instability of the global economy and continue to implement promising developments. Yes, that's right! After all, the future is always for those who care about it in advance ....
Vision "Predator" in the arsenal of the army
The desire to be able to see well in the dark led mankind to the invention of devices and devices that help to increase the resolving power of vision for a confident orientation in ...
Excalibur - the latest generation of compact laser weapons
To install laser weapons on manned and unmanned aerial vehicles to justify their costs, it is necessary to design such a system of laser weapons, which will have ...
Helicopter evolution: from the "Shark" to the "Alligator"
The Russian Air Force is planning a transition from the K-50 “Shark” helicopter to the new development of the K-52 “Alligator”. The Ministry of Defense has already ordered about 140 machines. And for the Russian Navy is being developed ...
The presentation of the latest sniper rifle ORSIS T-5000
At the VIII International Exhibition of Armaments "Nizhny Tagil - 2011", the combat capabilities of the newest model produced at the Moscow Manufacturing Company "Promtechnology" were successfully demonstrated ....
What wars await humanity in the near future
Recently, the process of war around the world seeks to impersonate. In connection with this, one wonders whether or not it can be a plan for the introduction of inanimate military into the army, which ...
The best fight is the one that was not
An analysis of incidents related to street fights shows that the outcome of the conflict depends not only on the physical form of the participants, but on psychological preparedness. Of course, with ...
Should I wait for the rearmament of the Russian army?
After the arms exhibition that ended in Nizhny Tagil, the press began to actively receive information that a new tank, an armored vehicle of the fourth generation, could appear already in 2015. Besides ...
400 thousand vacancies will be open in the Russian army
According to Nikolai Makarov, Chief of the General Staff, in 2012, the army will recruit contract soldiers for vacant positions as well as junior sergeants. Against the background of growth ...
The long-awaited "Ash"
Just a few days ago - 13 of September - many specialists in military technology all over the world were literally shocked. In Russia, the construction of the first submarine cruiser K-329 was completed ...
The future of fighter aircraft for heavy vehicles
In the coming years, the Russian Air Force may be replenished with a completely new combat aircraft developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau - the T-50, the tests of which are nearing completion. On August 17, 2011, this promising ...
Upgraded P-33
In early September of this year, specialists presented to the general public the latest modification of the old and well-known to many P-33 missiles. For over thirty years, it is this ...
How to protect yourself from being attacked with a stick
The question of what kind of weapon you can carry with you in the city arises quite often. This means, of course, cold steel, which the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation prohibits to carry with you. Everyone has...
REA-2011 totals
Just a few days ago, the eighth international exhibition of armaments RUSSIAN EXPO ARMS - 2011, which was held in Nizhny Tagil, ended. In addition to weapons at the exhibition were presented ammunition and ...
T-90MS not yet satisfied with the General Staff
The latest development of the Russian military industry - the T-90C, which was to become the main battle tank, was recently inspected by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. It was also given a wide ...