The newest missile system enters the Russian troops and guards the skies over Syria. In the first decade of December, several S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems took up combat duty at once ...

The Russian Ministry of Defense sums up the year and announces plans for the future. Last Friday, an extended meeting of the Collegium of the Ministry of Defense was held, at which a report on the results was read ...

At the end of November, a number of curious events took place in Syria and in neighboring territories, of particular interest to both the military and the general public. November 26 Russian Ministry ...

Once, in distant cadet times, I was literally overwhelmed by the work of the then new anti-aircraft gun. And this installation worked not on airplanes or helicopters, but on the old T-34 case on ...

The Pantsir-S1 Russian self-propelled anti-aircraft missile-gun system (ZRPK) is currently considered one of the most modern systems in its class. These complexes have already been tested ...

ZSU-23-4 has become one of the main combat vehicles used in the Syrian conflict. "Shilki" were actively used practically from the very beginning of the confrontation. In the offensives of the Syrian army ...

At the end of August, at the initiative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, a Tor-M2U short-range anti-aircraft missile system was tested at a naval test center at the naval ...

In 1973, the British Navy entered service with a long-range air defense system (Sea Dart), developed by Hawker Siddeley Dynamics. It was intended to replace not ...

Several years ago, the Russian armed forces began operating electronic warfare and electronic intelligence systems of the Svet family. It is known about the existence of a stationary version of this ...

The use of air forces on the eve and at the beginning of the First World War confirmed the limitations of the effectiveness of light field and heavy artillery fire on aircraft. For effective ...

The troops need various electronic warfare systems, including specialized ones. Funds are needed to counter radar detection systems, as well as to suppress channels ...

Since 2012, various units of the airborne troops receive promising electronic warfare systems R-531B Infauna. This technique is designed to counter electronic ...

In the 50-60-s in a number of countries with the necessary scientific and technical potential, the creation of anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) was carried out. For medium and long-range air defense systems of the first generation, as ...

The Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern is a leading Russian developer and manufacturer of air defense systems and complexes. I want to introduce readers of my blog to one of the newest ...

In connection with the adoption of the anti-aircraft gun-missile complex 2K22 "Tunguska" in 1982, the serial construction of anti-aircraft self-propelled units Shuka ZSU-23-4 was stopped. To that...

The Russian concern Air Defense "Almaz-Antey" on Tuesday, 22 September, told about the successful testing of short-range anti-aircraft missile system "Tor-M2U" when shooting in motion ....

The British consortium announced the development of a system to deal with small UAVs, called Anti-UAV Defense System (AUDS). Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and ...

The complex of passive location “Avtobaz-M” is intended for the detection, classification and subsequent trajectory tracking of air and sea targets by the radiation installed on them ...

Once the great Albert Einstein said a phrase that perfectly reflects the prospects for the development of weapons in the modern world: “I don’t know what kind of weapon will be used in the third ...

Over the past few decades, the main domestic long-range anti-aircraft missile system in the military air defense system is the C-300В system. This air defense system appeared in the middle ...

Despite the restrictions imposed by law, Japan is developing its Self-Defense Forces and is developing its own military technology. One example of the technique of Japanese ...

The US military is looking for effective measures to counter drones. The emergence of new weapons will certainly generate countermeasures. The common phrase is quite applicable to unmanned ...

In the pre-war years, the equipment of weapons and new combat equipment of air defense forces was constantly in the field of vision of the state and military leadership of the country. Along with the development ...

The Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol, which is part of the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern, is a manufacturer of unique short-range air defense systems. The developer of these ...