The MiG-15 (according to the NATO classification Fagot, the MiG-XNUMHUTI version - Midget) is the first mass Soviet fighter that was designed by the Mikoyan and Gurevich design bureau at the end of the 15 of the last century. Is an...
The special forces of China is one of the main components of China’s rapid reaction forces that must wage war in conditions of limited regional conflict and the use of the latest military ...
The name of Sergei Larenkov - quite an ordinary resident of St. Petersburg - has recently become widely known after his unique photo-design project “The Invisible Leningrad”. He imagines...
378-I aviation base is a relatively young formation, created a year and a half ago by the merger of two military units. I present to you the historical background of one of the parts that have become ...
Light aircraft carrier "Vikramaditya" (Sk.) Is intended to replace the aircraft carrier "Vikrant" that has exhausted its service life. This ship after completion should be the flagship of the Indian Navy. The...
Here it is - the main caliber of the Land of the Soviets. We knew about him only from the stories of grandfathers and fathers, as well as from panic reports of the German OKH. And finally, everyone can be sure - this is not a legend. It and ...
Every two years in June-July, the world's largest international exercise, RIMPAC, is held near Hawaii. The ships of the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Japan, South Korea, Chile, ...
The origin of aviation in Russia was made possible by the initiative of sailors. It was the sailors who first saw in the aircraft an important means of increasing the power of the navy and put ...
In February 2012, on the territory of the plant and the company salon of the Promtechnologii Group of Companies, which creates products under the ORSIS - High-Precision Weapon Systems trademark ...
15 July 1240, the Battle of the Neva took place, which was of great strategic importance. The defeat for a long time discouraged the Swedes from the desire to seize the north-western lands of Russia. Russian land has always been ...
During the first month of summer, 39 Coalition troops died in Afghanistan. During the entire campaign, killed 3071 - approximately one death every 30 hours since the start of the invasion in October 2001. Dead in ...
Pyshma is a suburb of Yekaterinburg, little known in world history. The town is quite nice and clean, but no more. But it is in Pyshma that, without exaggeration, one of the best in ...
At the beginning of the war, the defense of Sevastopol consisted of two armored 12-inch batteries, dozens of gun positions, many well-built defenses. Back in 1912, under ...
48 is the Farnborough Airshow International Aerospace Salon inaugurated on July 9 and, as always, takes place at the exhibition complex of Farnborough Airport in Hampshire - a suburb of the British ...
The Latvian Legion Waffen SS, which became famous during the years of the 2 World War II for its particular cruelty and cynicism in the destruction of the Jewish and Slavic peoples, in today's Latvia is truly ...
LJ-user kukuksumushu writes: At the airshow in Norwegian Budo, NATO military transport workers were constantly in my camera's field of view. This time I will show two bright representatives of this ...
9 July 1791, in the area of the modern Romanian city of Machin (Machin), on the right bank of the Danube, was a battle of large forces of the Russian and Turkish armies, the last major battle ...
7 June 1942, the last assault on Sevastopol began. By June 17, after fierce fighting, the German troops were able to turn the tide in their favor. In the southern sector, the Germans captured the so-called. "Eagle ...
In May, 2012 was 133, with the birth of Simon Petlura. Hardly in history there is a more controversial personality. Who was he? A paid agent of the Western powers or a fiery patriot ...
In the 2000 year, or rather 2 in March, another tragedy occurred in Chechnya: an OMON convoy from Sergiyev Posad was attacked at the entrance to Grozny, which killed 22 ...
In modern Russia, almost every security agency will have its own “special forces” - a group of specially selected and trained employees who deal with issues that require ...
The theme of the participation of the Cossacks in the Great Patriotic War continues to be the basis for many speculations and speculations based on outright lies. Falsifiers of history, like parasites, in ...
Russian Federation 1990-2000's looks a lot like Soviet Russia 1920's. Even the foreign policy situation is similar - the collapse of the socialist bloc (the defeat of the USSR and its allies in ...