Relatively recently, the prospective short-range anti-aircraft missile system “Pine” appeared and passed the necessary tests. Self-propelled vehicles of this type are intended for ground forces and ...

The development of strike aviation in the post-war period set new challenges for designers of air defense systems. In minimal time, air targets became faster, more maneuverable and ...

An article about the organization of air defense of tethered aerostats during the First World War. Considered the specific protection of balloons ....

The first self-propelled anti-aircraft installations (ZSU) appeared even before the beginning of the First World War, in particular, in Germany, Erhard had built an armored car with a high elevation angle in 1906 ...

On the night of April 4, after the warning of the Russian military through the “existing communication channels”, two USS Ross destroyers (DDG-71) and USS Porter (DDG-78) from the area adjacent to the island of Crete released ...

The development of promising weapons and equipment for the Russian airborne troops is continuing. To date, several new models of various applications have been adopted, and in ...

In the post-war period before the start of the 60-s, the main fire weapons of the target Finnish air defense were the 88-mm German anti-aircraft gun Flak 37. To protect army units from air ...

The position of Finland after the release of World War II turned out to be very difficult. The Finnish people paid dearly for the adventurism and short-sightedness of their rulers. About 86000 Finns died in the course ...

By the time the outbreak of hostilities against the USSR (25 June 1941 of the year) in Finland there were no specialized anti-aircraft guns of a caliber larger than 76 mm. For this reason, attempts have been made to adapt for ...

The military-political leadership of Finland did not accept the defeat in the Winter War and, after concluding a peace treaty with the USSR, was actively preparing for revenge. Contrary to the terms of the peace treaty, ...

The increase in the range of use of aircraft ammunition in conjunction with the development of cruise missiles and methods of improving survival for combat aircraft led to a sharp weakening of air defense weapons ....

The Finnish air defense ground forces used in the Winter War were relatively small in number, although most of the small-caliber anti-aircraft guns in existence at that time were quite ...

The Finnish Air Force was officially formed on 4 on May 1928 of the year. At about the same time, ground-based air defense units appeared. In the 1939 year, to the beginning of the Winter War ...

Attempts to create anti-aircraft missiles made during the Second World War, but at that time no country has reached the appropriate technological level. Even the war in Korea was without anti-aircraft ...

The most common and used means of air defense of World War II, actively used by both warring parties. In total, more than 100 000 has been produced in the world ...

A lot of incomprehensible in the history of this gun, from the moment of development, starting with the caliber and ending with what appeared in the end. But the main thing is the result, isn't it? ...

By the end of the 20s of the last century, the command of the Red Army came to the conclusion that it was necessary to create a new anti-aircraft gun. Airplanes became more and more planes, and Lender's anti-aircraft guns of ...

Against the background of the constant danger posed by continuously improving long-range systems, companies specializing in ground defense systems are developing new technologies in order ...

The development of new radio-electronic means for air defense does not stop. A few days ago it became known about the recent completion of state tests of a new sample ...

Pilot operation of three new radar stations of high factory readiness (VZG radar) Voronezh Missile Assault Warning Systems (SPRN) in the Krasnoyarsk and Altai Territories and ...

Anti-aircraft missile systems with a semi-active radar guidance system have gained immense popularity in the structures of the air defense forces of the leading countries of the world, beginning with the end of the 70-s. last century and ...

The exact date of the new anti-aircraft missile system tests conducted in the DPRK is unknown. Apparently, they took place on May 27 during the work on fine-tuning of the Pyongai-5 (Lightning-5) air defense missile system, launchers ...

Of the Shah's legacy in Iran, there are still American-made F-4E Phantom II and F-5E / F Tiger II fighter jets. Data on their numbers vary greatly, in some references are given ...

The seventies of the last century were the most important period in the history of the Swiss army. After long-term problems of various kinds of industry, it was possible to organize the mass production of new armored vehicles and ...