During the campaign to seize France, the forces of Nazi Germany gained extensive combat experience, which enabled them to draw some conclusions regarding the further development of weapons and military equipment. AT...

The first studies to create systems capable of counteracting ballistic missile attacks in the United States began shortly after the end of World War II. US military ...

In 1955, after the period of trial operation and development, the first domestic C-25 anti-aircraft missile system, also known as the "Berkut", was officially adopted. System...

In the coming year, as, indeed, in the past, the Armed Forces of Russia receive a portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS) of the new generation Verba. This unique product is designed by ...

Before the C-400 Triumph long-range anti-aircraft missile system appeared in Syria, the airspace above the Russian Khmeimim airbase covered the anti-aircraft missile-gun complex (ZRPK) ...

4 March 1961 of the Soviet anti-missile B-1000 for the first time in the world intercepted and defeated a ballistic missile warhead By the beginning of the 50 of the last century, a nuclear bomb had already become the main ...

By the middle of the 70 of the XX century, our military in the course of local conflicts in the Middle East and Southeast Asia have accumulated rich combat experience in the use of anti-aircraft missile systems. Firstly...

After the creation of nuclear weapons in the United States, strategic long-range bombers were the main carriers until the middle of the 60 of the 20th century. Due to the rapid growth of combat flight data ...

In the German army of the Second World War period, a very large supply of tank and motorized infantry (Panzergrenadir) units with anti-aircraft and anti-tank defenses was assigned ...

In the case when a large-scale military confrontation occurs on a naval theater of war, saturated with surface ships, patrol and tactical aviation of the parties, dozens and ...

The first anti-aircraft missile systems (ZRK) - the Soviet C-25, C-75 and the American MIM-3 "Nike-Ajax", MIM-14 "Nike-Hercules" - created in the 50-s - intended mainly to combat ...

In 2016, the Ground Forces will receive the TOR-M2 and BUK-M3 complexes. In the series of New Year's holidays, the date is very modestly marked, significant not only for the air defense of the Ground Forces, but also for the country in ...

It is clear that the representatives of the air defense. It so happened that it turned out to attend the qualifying stage of the international competition "Keys to the Sky", in which participants were selected for the final, which will be held in ...

In 2017, the 50 will be exactly the same year since the US Navy put into service the most popular in the West anti-aircraft guided missile for naval air defense missile systems - the Standard-66 RIM-1A ...

In the pre-war years, when assessing the possible nature of a future war, the Soviet military theoretical thought correctly determined not only the role of the Air Force, but also the need to organize air defense ...

Already in the mid-fifties of the last century, it became clear that the further development of rocket technology would lead to the emergence of new weapons with the highest characteristics. In the foreseeable future should ...

The story of one of the most famous artillery guns of World War II dates back to 1928, when the German gunsmith designers from the Krupp concern, forced because of the ...

11 December 1957 of the Year The CA-75 Dvina anti-aircraft missile system with the 1D (B-750) missile was adopted by the Resolution of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the USSR Council of Ministers on the armament of the country's defense and air defense of the Ground Forces

02.02.2016, the US Missile Defense Agency announced the successful flight test of a modernized ground-based anti-missile missile, which was carried out without intercepting the training target ....

The experience of African boers and Soviet cosmonauts can be useful in developing the means of defeating unmanned aerial vehicles. I have read with great interest the articles devoted to the problems of counteraction ...

Guns, rockets, or both? Let's see where the optimal balance of an effective air defense strategy for military strategists lies. While the rocket systems for ...

In the middle of 1944, the newest self-propelled self-propelled unit M19 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage, armed with two 40 mm automatic guns, was adopted by the US Army. To spring...

During the Second World War, anti-aircraft self-propelled guns with machine guns or cannon armament received special importance. Such a vehicle, built on a self-propelled chassis, could accompany ...

At the final stage of World War II, American industry created several military equipment projects based on the M24 Chaffee light tank. This combat vehicle had quite a successful ...