Counterbattery radar "Zoo-1"
"Zoo-1" (index GRAU 1Л219М) - radar reconnaissance and fire control (counter-battery radar). The radar complex is designed for reconnaissance of the firing positions of enemy artillery weapons ...
Rocket-artillery "Zushka": modernization of ZU-23
In the late fifties of the last century, an anti-aircraft gun ZU-23 was created, which received the nickname “Zushka” among the troops. At that time, the rate of fire at the level of 2 thousand shots per minute, the power of 23-mm ...
Two news from the concern "Almaz-Antey"
The international aerospace salon MAKS-2013, which began on Tuesday, became a convenient platform for demonstrating the latest developments. At the same time, according to the traditions of this event, the expositions ...
European SAM SAM-T
The SAMP-T anti-aircraft missile system is designed to provide air defense of troops and mechanized formations on the march, as well as provide anti-aircraft cover ...
The construction of the Voronezh radar family continues
Recent weeks have been rich in news regarding the Russian missile attack warning system. With a difference of several days, several important events occurred. First it became ...
Who will protect our sky
Back in the 70 of the twentieth century in the USSR and the United States were created systems of rocket and space defense (RKO), designed to detect the launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as their ...
Ship DARK "Dirk"
In the seventies of the last century, several new types of anti-ship missiles came into service with NATO countries. The use of the latest technology has made these munitions particularly dangerous for ...
RAM anti-aircraft missile (RIM-116A)
Raytheon, together with the German company RAMSYS, developed the RAM (RIM-116A) anti-aircraft missile. RAM was created as a rocket designed to provide surface ships with efficient, ...
"Red Arrows" from the Middle Kingdom
It's no secret that most of the Chinese weapons and military equipment were created by Chinese engineers using, as they say, "seamless design technology" ...
1000 targets in one C-25 salvo ("BERKUT") (SA-1 Guild)
55 years ago, in June 1955, the C-25 system was put on alert, one of the world's first air defense systems. Its characteristics were such that compare them to ...
Are there any prospects for Ukrainian air defense systems?
In one of the spring issues of the Ukrainian specialized publication Defense Express, an article appeared titled “Shield Repair”. Its author, Vladimir Tkach, gives examples of samples ...
Anti-aircraft missile system HQ-16
The Chinese approach to the creation of modern military equipment is widely known. Not being able to make any combat vehicle or system on its own, China calls on other countries to ...
ZRK "Vityaz" and the priority of aerospace defense
Last Wednesday, 19 of June, Russian President V. Putin, accompanied by Defense Minister S. Shoigu, St. Petersburg Governor G. Poltavchenko, and other dignitaries visited St. Petersburg ...
Aircraft Missile for the Army: Yitian SAM
The rocket of the American portable anti-aircraft complex FIM-92 Stinger was so successful that it was chosen for use on self-propelled SAMs. This is how the AN / TWQ-1 Avenger complexes based on ...
Self-propelled anti-aircraft installation LD-2000
In the middle of the last decade, the leading Chinese manufacturer of weapons and military equipment, the company NORINCO, created and tested a new anti-aircraft self-propelled unit designed to provide ...
"Bison" stands guard over the Polish sky
This year, the POPRAD anti-aircraft missile battery (Poprad is the name of the river) will go to the Polish army. System certification ended in early June. This complex is very interested in the military, and the company ...
Anti-aircraft missile system C-300P
The creation of an air defense system designed to replace the C-75 air defense system began in the middle of the 60-s on the initiative of the country's Air Defense Command and the KB-1 of the Ministry of Radio Industry. Originally intended ...
Long-range anti-aircraft missile system C-200
In the middle of 1950's. In the conditions of the rapid development of supersonic aircraft and the emergence of thermonuclear weapons, the task of creating a large anti-aircraft missile system being acquired has acquired particular relevance ...
Multifunctional radar "Don-2H"
A few dozen kilometers to the northeast of Moscow is a unique object. It has the shape of a truncated tetrahedral pyramid with a base width of about 130 meters and a height of the order of 35 ...
New anti-aircraft missile system "Pine" is presented in Smolensk
Last Thursday, a conference was held at the Military Academy of Army Air Defense (Smolensk) on the development of air defense of the ground forces. Representatives of the Ministry of Defense and ...
Low-altitude C-125
The first anti-aircraft missile systems S-25, S-75, Nike-Ajax and Nike-Hercules, developed in the USSR and the USA, successfully solved the main task set during their creation - to provide ...
The first Soviet mass ZRK C-75
The design of the mobile anti-aircraft guided missile system was carried out on the basis of the Decree of the Council of Ministers of the USSR No. 2838/1201 of November 20, 1953 "On the creation of a mobile ...
Poland covers the coast
10 May near the village of Semirovice (near the city of Gdynia Pomerania) ended the formation of the 1-th missile battalion of anti-ship coastal defense complexes. The division was created on January 1 ...
The first domestic C-25
The post-war transition in aviation to the use of jet engines led to qualitative changes in the confrontation of air attack and air defense weapons. A sharp increase...
AGDS / M1: self-propelled anti-aircraft gun based on the Abrams tank
The peculiarities of the use of modern front-line aviation and its weapons directly indicate the need to create combined anti-aircraft systems, simultaneously armed with artillery installations and ...
New missile defense systems: you just have to wait
Just a few days ago it became known that the military and political leadership of our country is considering issues related to the creation of new missile defense systems. Almost simultaneously with ...
China's anti-aircraft missile forces
The PLA anti-aircraft missile forces of the PRC are armed with 110-120 anti-aircraft missile systems (divisions) HQ-2, HQ-61, HQ-7, HQ-9, HQ-12, HQ-16, S-300PMU, S-300PMU-1 and 2, for a total of about ...
On the importance of air defense and missile defense
The state program of rearmament of the army continues and there are constantly reports of the supply of certain types of weapons or equipment. In February of this year it was reported that in recent years ...
IEMZ "Dome" masters the release of a modular version of the air defense system "Thor"
At Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant (IEMZ) “Kupol”, the development of a new type of armament — a modular version of the famous Tor system — is in full swing. Work on the preparation of production ...
Anti missile attack
The sound of the ship's automata is impressive. 170 shots per second - a wild howl, intolerable to the human ear. Because of this, our naval officers prefer the AK-306 installations with ...
Russia armed with a new complex of electronic warfare "Krasukha"
The Russian Defense Ministry received the first batch of mobile radio-electronic warfare systems (EW) "Krasukha-4", according to Russian media. In total, the troops received 4 such ...
They should have replaced “Shilka”
Polish ground forces are currently using ZSU-23-4, which today can not perform the task of covering the airspace of battalions and brigades on the march and in defense. Although...