23 July 1985 for the first time was launched on combat duty by a mobile soil missile system "Topol"
In February 1983, the famous Topol PGRK passed its first tests. The first test flight of the rocket was carried out at the Plesetsk cosmodrome on February 8, 1983. The first launches were ...
Missile defense New modification Standart Missile-3
The United States continues to build its strategic missile defense system. This time, the latest news concerns the testing of its new element - the updated Standart rocket ...
Pakistan Missile Threat
At the beginning of June-month, Pakistan conducted a regular test-launch of the Hatf VII Babur guided missile. Moreover, this launch was far from the first this year. Pakistan in recent years ...
Little-known moments in the history of the creation of OTP-21 “Point” - unrealized tactical complexes Hawk / Point with B-612 / B-614 missiles
The first complex, which gave rise to all of history, was the “Hawk” complex with a radio engineering guidance system, the project of which was developed by the year 1963. As a base was used ...
Cyclone-4 peace-grandson of ICBM R-36orb (SS-9 Mod 3 Scarp)
Since 1962, the Yuzhnoye Design Bureau began the development of the R-36orb ICBM (the R-36 strategic missile system with the 8K69 orbital missile). This rocket could carry a comparatively light ...
Start of a new Russian ICBM as a response to the EuroMD strategy
The Russian military has successfully launched a completely new prototype ICBM from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The second launch of the new modification of the Yars and Topol missiles was successful, which ...
Made in Ukraine - the project of a rocket multifunctional complex of the modular type "Sapsan"
In 2011, the military department of Ukraine announced that the military budget allows it to purchase 10 units of Oplot national tanks, upgrade 24 tanks to Bulat level, ...
"Aegis" as the main element of missile defense
Barack Obama ordered to save money. The military replied "yes!" and began to draw up an estimate for 2013, taking into account the wishes of the president. We have already saved about $ XNUMX billion (relatively ...
Ballistic missiles - on aircraft carriers
According to military analysts, in the very near future, China may begin deploying land-based DF-21 ballistic missiles in an anti-ship variant capable of striking ...
Expert: "The delivery of the Mace to the army is a hasty decision and will be dangerous for the fleet"
According to the former chief of the press service of the Ministry of Defense, military observer Viktor Barants, the Russian authorities were quick to adopt the missile ...
Intercontinental ballistic missiles of land-based Russia and foreign countries (rating)
The Russian Weapons Information Agency continues to publish ratings of weapons and military equipment. This time, the experts evaluated the intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) of the ground ...
Turkey's response to the situation in the region - statements on the creation of medium-range ballistic missiles
About the beginning of the process of building medium-range missiles reported to the public recently, some members of the Turkish government. According to these statements - missiles with a range of 2.5 ...
The C-500 air defense missile system will not enter service with the Armed Forces of the East Kazakhstan region until 2017
Reported the occurrence of complications with the armament of the troops of the Air and Space Defense of the Russian Federation. This is evidenced by the fact that the development of a new Russian ZRK (anti-aircraft missile system) C-500 ...
SS-20 - "Pioneer", which was always ready
The origin of the mobile RSD-10 soil-based missile system with a medium-range ballistic missile began in the 70-ies. The main developer of the RSD-10 is the institute of heat engineering in Moscow, ...
China - tests of the ballistic missile Juylan-2
According to the American newspaper The Washington Times, which refers to Internet sources, the Chinese military conducted secret test launches of underwater ballistic missiles - ...
"Poplars" - in stock
This military facility, hidden in the dense forests of Nizhny Novgorod, is not only not indicated on the maps - it is not mentioned in any official source. On the territory of 1 thousand hectares everything is stored ...
Tactical RK "Luna-M" with unmanaged BR 9М21
The main purpose of TRC "Luna-M" - the destruction of manpower, equipment, weapons and fortified structures located in the tactical zone of the enemy's defense. During the tests and further ...
On the successes of American missile defense in Europe, Russia responded with nuclear weapons
As Nezavisimaya Gazeta notes, the Russian Federation consistently and steadily continues to prepare an asymmetric effective response to the deployment of elements of the American European missile defense system, about which Dmitry ...
Hypersonic prototypes of the United States
In mid-November this year, the United States conducted regular tests of hypersonic weapons. According to the designers, the tests were successful. Hypersonic aircraft are ...
Through the missile shield
Recently, Russian President D. Medvedev spoke rather harshly about the Euro-Atlantic missile defense system. This statement has already been said a lot and the same will be said. Among other things in it ...
In the grouping of strategic nuclear forces replenishment - 2 th regiment of the PC "YARS"
In the 54 th division of the Strategic Missile Forces, ready to start the combat duty of the 2 th regiment of soil complexes of mobile execution "Yars". Now, together with Topol-M, the complexes ...
The first solid fuel MRSD RT-15
At the very beginning of 1961, the successful tests of the first American solid-fuel rocket “Minuteman-1A” brought the United States to the leading position in the development of medium-range ballistic missiles ....
Iskander builds up muscles
November 14 2011 of the year in the Russian and foreign media has appeared information about the next successful launch of the 9М723 guided operational-tactical missile of the 9K720 multipurpose modular missile system ...
Finland arms its Hornets with cruise missiles
In 2007, Finland wanted to secretly buy low-profile AGM-158 JASSM cruise missiles from Lockheed Martin to arm its Hornet F / A-18C / D fighters. Despite the history of good ...