The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. "El Burroughs"
The USSR liked to set tasks broadly, so that if it was richer, then in everything. As a result, Elbrus was designed immediately for all conceivable supercomputer purposes - both as a missile defense machine and as a possible control machine ...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. This was not the case under Stalin.
The situation in ITMiVT at the time of the start of the Elbrus project...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. Long ascent to Elbrus
So, let's dare to start describing the swan song of ITMiVT and the myth, which, unlike the deceased BESM-6, is still with us and pleases our hearts. We are talking about Burtsev's last machine and the only computer ...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. Adventures of S-300
Academician Burtsev was Lebedev's second favorite student and left no less a trace in the Soviet school of computer engineering than Melnikov. Burtsev was never interested in banal computers and ...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. The end of the Soviet computer program
Completion of the history of IBM and ES COMPUTER ...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. Towards a Unified System
So, we come to the most, probably, painful wound in the history of Soviet computers - the ES EVM series. That only they did not write about her. Traitors, criminals, crooks sold by the US and IBM - ...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. BESM-6. Outcomes
In principle, BESM-6 could not occupy the niche of a universal computer for the State Planning Commission, research institutes, factories, etc. It was conceived as such, and in theory it could be, the goal of the path was absolutely correct, but ...
Missile defense for export. SAM 98R6E "Abakan"
The Russian industry has developed and plans to sell abroad the promising 98P6E Abakan non-strategic anti-missile defense system. It is capable of working as part of an echeloned air defense-missile defense ...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. Pros and cons of BESM-6
A direct continuation of the epic with BESM-6 ...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. The greatest Soviet computer
Well, let's begin, finally, to clear away the layers of mythical deposits that cover the most legendary domestic machine BESM-6. The occupation is long, difficult and thankless, no one likes it when ...
SAM Sky Saber. Great Britain re-equips its air defense
The modern medium-range air defense system Sky Saber began to enter service with the British army. With the help of such equipment, they plan to provide air defense of important areas and objects, as well as to replace ...
Unclassified "Peresvet". Known details of a promising project
Combat laser complex "Peresvet" was presented almost four years ago, but so far not too much is known about it. However, the available information also shows what it can and how it is useful for ...
Pantsir-S1M against attack drones
Attack UAVs pose a serious threat to ground forces. The modernized Pantsir-S1M anti-aircraft missile-gun system should become an effective means of combating such threats ....
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. BESM. Saga
The last stronghold of Soviet computer technology is the famous ITMiVT. In the construction of the national missile defense system, he played the most striking role, since by the bizarre will of fate and partocrats only ITMiVT machines ...
Anti-missile project for intercepting hypersonic weapons Glide Phase Interceptor (USA)
The United States is beginning to develop a promising anti-missile system capable of intercepting enemy hypersonic weapons. While we are talking about preliminary studies, which will take several ...
Air defense during the Second World War. British heavy anti-aircraft gun QF 3.7
Large-caliber anti-aircraft guns have long passed into the category of rarities. A brief excursion into the history of the creation and use of the QF 3,7 anti-aircraft gun ...
Will the Turkish HISAR-U Siper air defense system be able to compete with the S-400
In Turkey, the process of creating its own long-range air defense system is in full swing. Will the HISAR-U Siper complex be able to compete with the S-400 and Patriot ...
Portable anti-aircraft missile system PPZR Piorun (Poland)
For a long time, Poland has been trying to create its own portable anti-aircraft missile system. The result of this work was the PPZR Piorun product, which entered service in 2019 ....
KAZ-PVO - complex of active protection of air defense
Complexes of active defense for air defense "last mile" - effective defense against massive attacks by means of air attack ...
Plans for the development of the early warning system until 2030
The Russian missile warning system is undergoing a new upgrade. By 2030, it is expected to update existing complexes and create several new ones ....
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. The end of Kartsev
So, we return to our native Ministry of Radio Industry to find out how Kartsev's scientific and technical career ended ...
Anti-aircraft missile-gun systems PGL-12 and SWS-2. For the PLA and for export
In China, a promising anti-aircraft missile-gun complex PGL-12 has been developed and brought to testing. This combat vehicle is intended to strengthen the military air defense of the Chinese army, and its export ...
The birth of the Soviet missile defense system. Towards cyber-communism
Was there a so-called persecution of cybernetics? Did they affect the development of computer technology in the USSR in the most fatal way, and is it not connected with them that the growing lag of the Union in computing ...
The S-500 system goes to the troops. Protection and containment
The newest anti-aircraft missile system S-500 "Prometheus" began to enter the troops. First, with its help, Moscow's anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense will be strengthened, and then deployment in ...