Army General Viktor Mikhailovich Chebrikov ... Today, hardly anyone from the younger generation of Russians knows who this man was and what he did for his homeland. A number of historians tend to believe that, if Michael ...

The Russian Armed Forces have formed Special Operations Forces, as well as preparing for their use. This was stated by V. Gerasimov, Army General, Chief of the General Staff ...

The new scenario for the development of the world threatens the growth of fundamentalist Islamic terrorism, as well as the intensification of drug wars, in particular, with the militants of the FARC group in Colombia. The prevailing ...

The nature of Norway’s direct threats and its vital national interests changed after the end of the Cold War. Currently, security is aimed at preserving the territorial ...

Who should be in his best physical form to complete his task? Who should use their full potential to complete the task? I'm not talking about professional ...

For the first time, the need to create special units that would be able to fight terrorists at the highest professional level began to be seriously talked about before being held in Moscow ...

With the end of World War II, there were virtually no sabotage reconnaissance units left in the armies; some of them were disbanded, the second part was reduced. However, it soon became ...

In March, 2010, the head of Israeli military intelligence, Major General Amos Yadlin, stated that the Jewish state is the world leader in cyber war. This was taken as a warning to enemies ...

As in most other European countries, in Switzerland, special forces are grouped under a single command. This was done primarily to improve coordination between ...

Many do not even know what this military unit really is. In fact, these are the eyes and ears of the Airborne Forces, reconnaissance and sabotage units, which ...

The governments of many countries have long been confronted with the threat of terrorism and have come to the conclusion that special security forces should be engaged in the fight against this world evil. Political leadership ...

My rank is included in the conditional category “middle-level officers”. There are state and other awards, but I do not treat awards as something significant. I know many guys who are worthy ...

On the night of January 12 on 13, French special forces tried to free a hostage in Somalia. The operation failed, a seriously wounded soldier was thrown on the battlefield, another one was killed. Perhaps he died and ...

Special units in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (formerly the OGPU, NKVD) existed practically from the moment of the creation of the Soviet power. For example, special forces units successfully fought kulak revolts ...

In the face they know only colleagues. If they sometimes get into the lenses of cameras or video cameras of ubiquitous journalists, their faces still remain unrecognizable for black masks. They are ...

The lesson is conducted by the GRU special forces instructor Sergei Badyuk. The conscripts with the mark: "Good for the Airborne Forces" get into the special forces. These are physical conditions slightly above average (height does not matter) and (preferably) ...

Representatives of this unique military specialty in the hierarchy of any security agency always stand apart. Scuba divers, underwater saboteurs, "frog people", "live torpedoes", "sea ...

It is known from history that all military-political strategic decisions are preceded by intensive intelligence work, which obtains the information necessary to assess the current situation and ...

Paying great attention to the development of special operations forces, the US command came to the conclusion that it was necessary to form a command of special operations of the US Marine Corps. It...

Over the past few decades, Seoul has created some of the most powerful special forces in the world that have been tested in numerous exercises and covert combat operations. South Korean commandos ...

35 years ago, 29 December 1977, a training company was formed on the basis of the third battalion of the Second Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Dzerzhinsky Separate Motorized Rifle Special Purpose Division named after Dzerzhinsky ...

The beginning of 1990's is not the most peaceful time for Russia. The seizure of buses and planes with hostages, incessant ethnic conflicts, difficult crime situation ... All these factors ...

The Soviet secret services became interested in the supernatural and, in particular, extrasensory capabilities of a person almost immediately after the end of the civil war. But only at the end of 1980's ...

The US military is known not only to create highly sophisticated weapons. They also pay great attention to the training of soldiers, because they are sure that, despite all ...