Photos of Syria in the best of times

Photos of Syria in the best of times

From the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to the southern deserts and fertile plains near the border with Iraq, Syria pleases with a variety of species. Today, in the headlines, only an intensifying division flashes and ...
Tragedy of which no one knew

Tragedy of which no one knew

Radioactive elements of natural origin are common in nature, they surround us, are in our organisms. Most of them were formed millions of years ago. What they...
As it was...

As it was...

Photos from the archive of the veteran of the Afghan war, Sergei Salnikov ....
Samara Region: NPO AeroVolga

Samara Region: NPO AeroVolga

I never cease to be amazed at how many interesting industrial enterprises and facilities we have in the Samara region. One of them is NPO AeroVolga LLC, which produces amphibious aircraft. It...
China Air Show-2012, static, exposure, flying

China Air Show-2012, static, exposure, flying

The Chinese plane, as they say - the fifth generation, took off this fall. But the Chinese carefully hide this fact, although there have already been publications in journals ....
Not the feminine face of war

Not the feminine face of war

Female memory covers the continent of human feelings in war, which usually eludes male attention. Svetlana Alexievich, “The war has no female face” ...
Samara Region: OJSC Kuznetsov

Samara Region: OJSC Kuznetsov

100 years is a decent age for any enterprise, and that is how much the open joint-stock company "Kuznetsov", which is located in Samara, celebrated this fall. The enterprise has come a long way ...
Unformatted museum

Unformatted museum

We have somehow got used to, looking at the next negative from Monino or from Khodynka, to mutter in comments, "we do not store, we do not protect, we do not appreciate", while forgetting that any technical museum, but ...
Qingdao destroyer

Qingdao destroyer

In the summer I arrived in Sevastopol. It has long sought to visit this city of military glory. It so happened that I was in Crimea before, but I could not come to Sevastopol. It is clear that from each ...
1970's floating tanks

1970's floating tanks

The story about the tank PT-76 would be incomplete without mentioning two floating combat vehicles, although not formally related to it constructively, but, nevertheless, continued this trend in the domestic ...
Multipurpose aerospace system (MAKS)

Multipurpose aerospace system (MAKS)

The multipurpose aviation and space system (MAKS) is a two-stage complex consisting of an aircraft carrier (An-225 "Mriya" - more precisely, based on the An-225, the development of a new ...
How was NASA built?

How was NASA built?

NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) - US National Aeronautics and Space Administration - an agency owned by the US federal government, ...
Indo-Defense-2012 exhibition in Jakarta. Air defense

Indo-Defense-2012 exhibition in Jakarta. Air defense

At the exhibition Indo-Defense - 2012 air defense systems were presented quite widely. The main emphasis was placed on the means of short and ultra-short range. Russia represented air defense systems from two sides at once ....
British Army Women in Afghanistan

British Army Women in Afghanistan

In May, the British Royal Legion 2012 sponsored a photojournalist Alison Baskerville to the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan to study the changing role of a woman in ...
In Monino for rarities

In Monino for rarities

I constantly monitor the development of affairs in the museum, I know what kind of work volunteers are doing there to protect the museum heritage, but most of all I wanted to look at the Monino collection ...
Interpolitech-2012 - Boats, UAVs, optics and weapons

Interpolitech-2012 - Boats, UAVs, optics and weapons

International Exhibition of State Security Means "Interpolitex-2012" - Boats, UAVs, Optics and Weapons The final part of the report from the Interpolitex-2012 exhibition. Various...
China Air Show-2012, day one. Flying

China Air Show-2012, day one. Flying

It flew at the opening in various ways in small quantities, but in pleasant qualities. New Z-10, J-10 aerobatics, funny stools and, of course, "Russian Knights" in the amount of five ...
Indo-Defense-2012 Show in Jakarta

Indo-Defense-2012 Show in Jakarta

An international exhibition of military equipment and weapons, Indo-Defense-2012, opened in Jakarta. A few photos for a start ....