Right britain
16 July 1940, Hitler ordered the preparation of an operation to invade England, called the Sea Lion. According to the approved plan, 25 divisions were to launch an offensive on ...
Animals in war
In the entire history of wars, animals have always fought with people. Here are just some of them ...
Trip to 45-th regiment of the Airborne Forces
More recently, the airborne day has died down in the cities of the former Soviet Union, and many were able to observe the former paratroopers at water procedures. And now it's time to look at the paratroopers for a more efficient ...
Future plasma weapons
At the end of 1980-s, Mikhail Gorbachev suggested that Ronald Reagan, the President of the United States of America, as a sign of goodwill, reconciliation and mutual trust, conduct a joint experiment - testing plasma weapons ....
The genius of Russian judo. Sport and intelligence
The film is based on exclusive stories about how closely big politics and intrigues of special services are sometimes connected with the most unexpected sites. In the midst of the Cold War, all means were ...
Draft combat armored "Thermoplane"
Aviastar and MAI (that is, an aviation plant and an aviation institute) unexpectedly found a competitor, and one - in the person of specialists in the field of sea vessels who had nothing to do with ...
War in afghanistan
The war in Afghanistan. Amateur photos of American soldiers ...
Soldiers of the future
Overview of promising equipment kits for military personnel One of the most ambitious recent military projects is the American program Future Combat System, in which ...
The path to Triumph
Long-range anti-aircraft missile system capable of fighting with modern means of air attack at a range of about 400 km. The need to create an air defense system with a range ...
Underground boats
One of the many myths about the secret supertechnique of the Third Reich states that there existed the development of combat underground weapons under the code names "Subterrine" (the project of H. von Verne and R ...
Lipetsk Center
Its history began during the First World War. The first workshops for the collection of French aircraft originated here in 1916 year. In 1918, the creation of a squadron of heavy began in Lipetsk ...
Soviet photo chronicle of the Great Patriotic War
Soviet photo chronicle of the Great Patriotic War ...
BMD-3 "Bakhcha"
BMD-3 "Bakhcha" (airborne assault vehicle-3) - Soviet combat tracked amphibious vehicle, airborne parachute, parachute-jet or landing method. BMD-3 is designed to ...
Farnborough International Airshow 2010
The exhibition area in the suburbs of the British capital is considered one of the most prestigious in the aviation world. Despite any crises, the current salon has become almost a record in number ...
Military exercises
In total, 8 ships and submarines, as well as 20 airplanes, will take part in the exercises in which about 200 of thousands of military are involved. Initially, the current exercises were to be held in ...
The last moment in the life of the aircraft carrier "New Orleans"
The aircraft carrier New Orleans was in service with the US Navy from 1968 to 1997. And on July 10, 2010, he took the last battle during a joint exercise off the coast of Australia. Since his ...
500 shots for half an hour and this is not the limit!
The gun is manufactured in Turkey by the company "Target Technologies". Unfortunately, the main material produced by this gun is not steel, but an alloy called TsAM - zinc, aluminum, magnesium. Why this ...
Fighter crash
Captain Brian Buze was able to eject in time and survive the fall of the CF-18 fighter in Canada. It was a training flight before the airshow ....
Mobile intercontinental missile "Topol"
23 July 2010 turned 25 years from the day the Topol mobile intercontinental missiles were put on combat duty. RT-2PM "Topol" (index of the Main ...
Strategic rain
In the fall of 1989, TASS reported on the mass emergence of unidentified flying objects in the Central Black Earth region. Numerous eyewitnesses claimed that they saw multicolored ...
Laser equalizer
For the first time, we will talk about how the USSR was able to get samples of the latest American missiles, what conclusions were made by our specialists, how the best Soviet rockets of this class, the system, were created ...
Jet hit
The Smerch multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) has no analogues in the world: it is the only one capable of using high-explosive and incendiary cluster warheads, delivering ...
Rocket web
Russia is the leader in the development of mobile missile systems. The operational-tactical complex "Iskander-M", created in the Volgograd Central Design Bureau "Titan", thanks to ...
Anti-aircraft missile-gun complex "Pantsir-С1"
The high effectiveness and combat stability of the air defense system is largely dependent on the use of modern universal anti-aircraft complexes of short-range action in it, united by a single control system ...