China continues to build the maritime component of the nuclear triad
The US Congress on Economic and Security Relations with China a few days ago published its new report. According to the commission, next year the People’s Liberation ...
"Pioneers" can and should come "Topolki"
In real time, the problem of the so-called non-strategic (tactical) nuclear weapons is once again becoming relevant for military-political analysis. On the one hand, ...
Anti-ship ballistic missiles long-range
Every year, the history of the USSR goes farther and farther into the past; in this connection, many of the past achievements and greatness of our country fade and are forgotten. It's sad ... We now think that we are all ...
October 18 1947 was the first launch of a ballistic missile in the USSR
13 May 1946 saw the light of the Resolution of the Council of Ministers on the development of rocket weapons in the Soviet Union, according to this decree, the design bureaus and the research institutes for rocket technology were created in the country, ...
The Rubezh missile system in the light of international treaties
In the first days of October, there were several news items directly related to Russian strategic nuclear forces. October 1 The US State Department published the latest data on quantitative ...
Forgotten "School"
Among the Crimean hills, not far from the Jabanak gully, there is the former military town of Shkolny. Until the 90s of the last century, highly qualified specialists of the deep space ...
Polygon Kapustin Yar will receive new equipment
Polygon Kapustin Yar is considered to be the cradle of the national rocket and space technology. It was opened in the late forties, and is still actively used to test new types of missiles ...
ICBM launch vehicles: it’s more profitable to launch rather than cut
22 on August at the Yasny missile base (Orenburg Region) the next launch of the Dnepr carrier rocket took place. The launch was aimed at launching the South Korean satellite KompSat-5 into orbit. This cosmic ...
"Sarmat" instead of "Governor"
Exactly a quarter of a century ago, in August 1988 of the year, the P-36М2 “Voevoda” missile with an intercontinental ballistic missile was adopted by the Soviet strategic missile forces ...
Terrible "Topol" defenseless before drones and saboteurs
Rosinformbyuro publishes an article by Sergei Storozhevsky. Veteran Strategic Missile Forces proposes to immediately begin to create a system to ensure the guaranteed infliction of unacceptable damage to the aggressor. Row...
Hot topic - Cruise missiles and how to deal with them
The US leadership is actively promoting and constantly improving the concept of "contactless" war using long-range precision weapons (WTO). This idea assumes, first, ...
Failure "Typhoon"
In the second half of the 1950's. with the beginning of intense work on the accelerated creation in the US of the Polaris strategic underwater nuclear-missile system, anti-submarine defense (PLO) from a particular problem ...
Return - do not turn around. Does Russia need medium-range missiles?
The head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ivanov, said that to infinity an agreement to ban medium-range and shorter ground-based missiles cannot exist. In an interview with the TV channel ...
Perimeter System
During the Cold War, both sides were developing highly effective means of electronic suppression of enemy battle controls. Therefore, it was extremely necessary to create a system, ...
New MBR "Frontier"
As part of the renewal of the equipment of the armed forces, it is planned not only to purchase equipment and weapons that have already been created, but also to develop new types of them. Last Friday, June 7, messages were received ...
Strategic pioneer
Russian roads and thaw spoiled the nerves of many of our enemies. But we ourselves often suffer from them. What, for example, will happen if the rocket tractor gets stuck in the mud with Topol-M? Who will help ...
A new museum of the Strategic Missile Forces opened in Balabanovo
18 May celebrates museum day around the world every year. The appearance of this holiday in the calendars took place in 1977, when in the framework of the regular International Conference of the Council of Museums the Soviet side ...
"Satan" could bring a warhead to Mars
For a beginner, the launch of the most powerful of the existing intercontinental ballistic missiles in the world, SS-18 Satan, invariably turns into disappointment. Half a day shaking passing transport "board" on ...
Tactical rocket "Point"
In the mid-sixties, the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union initiated work on the creation of a new tactical missile system with a high-precision ballistic missile. The implication was that ...
Rocket for Storm
In accordance with the existing plan for the construction of the Soviet Navy at the end of the 1950-s, it was planned to build a series of special anti-aircraft 1126 and ships of the radar patrol Ave. 62, ...
Transportation and loading into the mine of an intercontinental ballistic missile of the 5 generation rocket complex RT-2PM2 Topol-M
Transportation and loading into the mine of an intercontinental ballistic missile of the 5 generation rocket complex RT-2PM2 Topol-M ...
Dead Hand is worse than Aegis and Tomahawk
The best tool, however, would be to revive the Perimeter system. The media are now actively discussing military reform. In particular, many journalists demand to name everyone by name ...
PGRK "Midgetman"
The basis of the American nuclear shield is considered to be: nuclear submarines. However, in the 80s, the US military leadership seriously considered the creation of rolling ground ...
Rocket trains, old and new
At the very end of last year, news appeared in the Russian media regarding a return to an old and almost forgotten idea. According to RIA Novosti, work is already underway on ...