In the United States, a new anti-aircraft missile system is being developed to complement existing ones. The LOWER AD system will hit various air targets and will be able to unload other air defense systems, leaving them the solution ...

A new weapon, a new round of development? ...

Since 2017, the USA has been upgrading the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system under the PDB8 project. The latter provides for the replacement of some components of the complex with modern samples. Almost two-thirds have already been completed ...

Iran officially unveiled its new Bavar-373 long-range anti-aircraft missile system. It is alleged that this system has characteristics at the level of the most modern foreign developments ....

MANPADS "willow" shows high performance characteristics, but its potential depends on third-party tools. The combat capabilities of this complex are enhanced by improved means ...

Currently, Soviet and Russian-made air defense systems are considered to be one of the main threats to American combat aircraft. Consider what measures the US Air Force command implements to combat the ...

Sensing an acute shortage of specialized anti-tank artillery, the Japanese army command was forced to engage anti-aircraft guns to fight tanks. However, due to the design features ...

Israel has already created several missile defense systems and continues to develop this area. One of the major innovations is the I-Dome project, which offers a mobile version of the Kipat ...

One of the foundations of the US Army Air Defense is the AN / TWQ-1 Avenger anti-aircraft missile system. Such equipment is regularly upgraded, and a new major update is planned for the coming years ...

8 July. Day of anti-missile forces of the Russian Armed Forces. Unofficial holiday associated with the date of the appearance of anti-aircraft missile forces. 8 July 1960, the directive of the Chief of the General Staff of the USSR Armed Forces was ...

The new anti-aircraft missile system entered the Iranian army. The system "Hordad-15" has a number of positive qualities and should increase the potential of the Iranian air defense ...

At the Army-2019 forum, the Pantsir-SM anti-aircraft missile-gun complex was openly displayed for the first time. The first "Pantsiri-SM" was produced back in 2017 year ...

To date, the United States has deployed a large, echeloned strategic missile defense system. In the future, it is planned to continue its development in both quantitative and qualitative ...

The United States continues to develop laser weapons and show some success. The CLaWS complex developed by Boeing is interested in the Marine Corps and now must pass military tests ...

In the past, laser missile defense issues were actively worked out in our country, and the Terra-3 complex became one of the results of this work. Before its construction, Soviet scientists conducted a series of studies and ...

2019 year is of great importance for the development of the national air defense. By the end of this year, the troops should receive the first production model of the promising C-350 Vityaz, ...

Currently, of all Slovak anti-aircraft missile systems, the most valuable is C-300PMU. However, the air defense missile system, delivered shortly before the liquidation of the ATS, needs repair and modernization ...

At the exhibition "Army-2019" will be held the first public display of the air-conditioning system "Sosna" in the serial version. It is in this form that new equipment will go to the troops and affect their combat capability. It's time to evaluate ...

In early June, the Russian Ministry of Defense conducted regular tests of the national antimissile. This event did not go unnoticed and attracted the attention of foreign media ...

The air defense system of the Czech Republic is a pitiful shadow of what existed during the Cold War. Today, the Czech anti-aircraft missile and radio troops equipped with Soviet equipment, ...

By the middle of the 1980, the military air defense of the Czechoslovak army, equipped with the Krug, Kuba, Osa and Strela-10 mobile air defense systems, was a very formidable force. At the same time, the troops had a lot ...

Czechoslovakia was one of the first countries to receive the Soviet CA-75M air defense system. In 1990, the air defense forces of Czechoslovakia had low-altitude air defense systems S-125М / М1А, medium-range С-75М / М3, long-range С-200ВЭ and ...

In the first post-war decade, Czechoslovakia’s air defense forces used German and American radars. In 1950, deliveries of Soviet radar technology began, as well as the development ...

Design Bureau A.S. Yakovlev developed several helicopters of different classes. Perhaps his most interesting proposal was the project of a heavy helicopter, GDP-6, designed for ...

After the Second World War in Czechoslovakia, along with the adoption of Soviet-made equipment and weapons and the operation of German trophies, the creation of original anti-aircraft guns was carried out ...

Russia occupies a leading position in the field of air defense and actively sells such systems. However, this does not suit foreign countries, which leads to some difficulties and ...

After the division of the military property of Czechoslovakia, the divided Czech Republic and Slovakia went their own way. Prague chose to abandon the Soviet fighters MiG-29, and Bratislava, on the contrary, decided them ...

In the first post-war years, Czechoslovakia’s air forces were equipped with German, British and Soviet-made fighter jets. After the onset of the "reactive" era, the basis of the military aviation of Czechoslovakia was ...

Hitler's Germany was one of the first in the world to develop anti-aircraft guided missiles and managed to create a number of such projects. Could German anti-aircraft complexes affect the course of the war or ...

Ensuring the firing of air defense missiles at low-flying targets without air force participation. The experience of the US armed forces. Is it possible to organize an effective air defense system without an aviation component of an aircraft? Balloons, quadrocopters and UAVs in ...

Examples of the defeat of ground defense. The interaction of the Air Force and the air defense missile system: who will kill more, the enemy or "their"? DRLO aircraft applications in the interests of ground-based air defense systems ...

In the period between the two world wars in Czechoslovakia, a number of original anti-aircraft guns were developed ...

A breakthrough of air defense by exceeding its ability to intercept targets, or the "saturation" of air defense, is a problem for modern air defense systems. But it is solved, however, by non-standard methods ...

The problem of the echelon of air defense breakthrough with a large number of air attack weapons. Means of air defense breakthrough. The role of long-range and medium-range air defense missile systems. The limited ammunition ZRK large, ...

Russian industry has completed development work on the Vityaz C-350 anti-aircraft missile system. Now the assembly of the first serial sample is carried out. Together with the new technology ...

German 88-millimeter anti-aircraft gun 8,8-cm-Flugabwehrkanone (88-mm FlaK 41) ...

On the second Sunday of April, the Day of Air Defense Forces is celebrated in the Russian Federation. For the first time the holiday was celebrated in the USSR in 1975 ...

Prospective anti-aircraft missile system "Pine" successfully coped with state tests and can now go into service. In addition, for use with the "Pine" created a new ...

The interception of a ballistic missile is a daunting task that can be solved in various ways. Thus, in recent decades, the US military and engineers have shown particular interest in the concept ...

5 and 6 generation fighters, UAVs, high-tech missiles and ballistic systems are being adopted by an increasing number of countries. Therefore, ground forces must meet new requirements ...

The American edition of The National Interest has argued with the Swedish Defense Research Agency. The theme of the new publications was the C-400 SAM ...

Anti-aircraft artillery unit Centurion C-RAM was created to protect US bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite the high cost and use of modern detection systems, ...

In the final part of the review we will discuss the areas of placement, the numerical and qualitative composition of the Chinese air defense missile systems and air defense systems. It will also consider the capabilities of China's air defense to counter the impact of modern ...

To cover the troops from air attack weapons from low altitudes, the PLA Land Forces Air Defense Forces have a large number of small-caliber anti-aircraft guns and mobile anti-aircraft missile systems ...

Strategic sites and areas are particularly at risk. In the event of the beginning of a full-scale conflict, the main blow of the enemy will be aimed at Moscow and the central industrial region. How...

By the number of medium-range and long-range air defense systems deployed, the PRC has caught up with the Russian Federation. The process of replacing outdated anti-aircraft missile systems with liquid missiles with new anti-aircraft systems with ...

Air Force PLA. Numerical and qualitative components of the fighter park. Opportunities for winning air supremacy and long-range interception of strategic bomber carriers of cruise missiles ...

By the beginning of the 1980-s, it became clear that the combat aircraft available in the PLA Air Force could not compete with the American and Soviet 4 generation fighters ...

The military of the Asia-Pacific region intend to modernize outdated ground-based air defense systems. We are talking about anti-aircraft guns and ground-to-air missiles ...

Simultaneously with the purchase of modern Su fighter aircraft in Russia and the creation of their clones in China, they continued to improve the triangular-wing interceptors, which repeated the aerodynamic design ...

At the beginning of the 1990s, the Chinese Air Force Fighter Park looked archaic: it was based on copies of Soviet combat aircraft developed as early as 50-60s ...

In China, actively developing means of detecting air targets, combat control systems and data transmission. One of the most important elements of the air situation monitoring system are DRLO airplanes ...