Collision in orbit
In late February last year, many media reported a collision in orbit of the American and Russian satellites. The Americans were not lucky, because their satellite was active, but ours was not. On ORT ...
Little known facts of well known events.
The second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first century are characterized by a large number of local wars and armed conflicts, in which air defense weapons were widely used. And the contribution ...
The crisis in the Persian Gulf: in the balance from disaster
Israel is shrouded in myths, most of which in practice turn out to be absurd misunderstandings. One of the myths depicts the Israeli military as wise and fearless heroes, followed by the people ...
History of Chechnya from a former resident of Grozny
I'll tell you briefly. Believe it or not, as a former resident of Grozny, I know the history of my land quite well. Damn, at least do the FAQ. Zadolbalo to tell the same thing. By the way, I warn you in advance ...
Cannon - in Paris?
But, according to the doctor of technical sciences, professor V. G. Malikov, there are at least two errors in such a judgment. First, it was not “Big Bert” who fired at the French capital, but “Colossal”; in...
The Polish-German Union is formed against Russia ('Chicago Tribune', USA)
The article was published 24.02.1938, the Alliance of Germany and Poland against Russia began to take on certain forms today, when Field Marshal-General Hermann Wilhelm Goering dined in the castle ...
In the shadow of the pyramids
After World War II, our army participated in wars in more than 20 countries of the world, having lost 18 thousands of people. The names of the heroes are still a mystery. More than 30 thousands have passed through the Middle East alone ...
The greatest battle in the world ... that everyone has forgotten
In the spring of 1399, small Kiev, exhausted by the Horde raids, in just a few weeks turned into a huge, thousands-strong and multilingual camp. Inspired by the victory of the Russians at Kulikovo ...
Gagarin could fly into space back in December 1960.
On October 26, 1960, in the central newspapers of the USSR, a message appeared about the death in a plane crash of the Commander-in-Chief of the Missile Forces, Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin ...
Living dead
And Prince Igor said to his soldiers: “My team and brothers! It is better to sweat the life than to be full of food! ”“ Word about the regiment of Igor ”From time immemorial, people are at war with each other. The result of this is often captive. Wounds, ...
Why did Stalin destroy the "Stalin Line"?
Fortifications (SD) in the construction plans of the Red Army was assigned a very important role. According to the plans, they were supposed to cover the most important operational areas and areas from which ...
Psychological war or anatomy of deception
“Propaganda has nothing to do with the truth.” Goebbels “With the help of skillful and prolonged use of propaganda, people can see heaven as hell and, conversely, the poorest life is like paradise.” Hitler ...
Not serious about serious: "Murphy's Laws about War"
Armed forces are one of the key elements of any state. At the same time, it is a very important social institution of society, which in one way or another covers almost everyone ...
Archipelago Province of Russia
26 — 27 On June 1770, the Russian squadron under the command of Count Alexei Orlov burned down the Turkish fleet in Chesmenskaya Bay. Killed 14 ships, 6 frigates and up to 50 small ships. Russian trophies have become ...
Battle of trafalgar
21.10.1805, at Cape Trafalgar (Trafalgar), near the city of Cadiz (Spain), during the French war against the 3 th anti-French coalition. The English fleet of Admiral G. Nelson defeated the Franco-Spanish fleet ...
Found a chest with details from the legendary Enigma
A chest was raised from the bottom of the Baltic Sea, in which the rotors of the Enigma, the legendary encryption machine of the Third Reich, had been lying for almost 70 years. These cogwheels with the alphabet printed on them ...
Operation "Cheese"
In the fall of 1979, the Rhodesians paid close attention to Zambia - more precisely, its economy. Rhodesia did not have access to the sea - but also Zambia did not have it, and therefore part of its exports ...
Palomares. Hydrogen bombs on the beach
The plane crash over Palomares (Spain) occurred on January 17 1966, when the American strategic bomber B-52 with thermonuclear weapons on board collided with the KC-135 tanker ...
Stalingrad
The farther from Moscow, the less foulness in the guise of Russian cities. Perhaps this is not for long, the liberal scum will soon reach the regions, but so far people remember the exploits of their ancestors and respect them ...
Zeravshan campaign 1868 g (From the history of the conquest of Turkestan)
After the unsuccessful Crimean War 1853-1856. The Russian government was forced to temporarily change the vector of its foreign policy from Western (Europe) and South-Western (Balkans) to Eastern and ...
Mr Serdyukov - who is he?
The current Minister of Defense is of course an ambiguous figure, one can even say that during his leadership A.E. Serdyukov became an odious figure for his department and the country as a whole. For what ...
Another forgotten feat
There was a kind of symbolic act, which drew a line under the First World War, - the Federal Republic of Germany transferred the last tranche to 70 million dollars in repayment of reparations, set by Versailles ...
Torpedo for "I.Stalina"
The tragic fate of the “Joseph Stalin” turbo electric boat that had been blown up and abandoned in a minefield had been silent for forty-eight years. A few publications usually ended with the message: ships ...
Mayan army
Many researchers often wonder: why in Latin America is such a large role of the army, if in recent decades there have not been major military conflicts? In order to sort out ...