Alexander Matrosov during the Second World War closed the enemy's bunker with his body, saving his comrades with his own life and giving his division the opportunity to capture the strategically important ...

28 August Russian military blogger Igor Jadan posted on his site igorrgroup.blogspot.com a 80 video of the last century, lasting almost 9 minutes, telling about the adoption on ...

The technology of the first half of the twentieth century did not allow the creation of a system in any way reminiscent of those "rays of death" or "heat rays" that science fiction writers wrote and scientists thought about. New weapons and ...

The real course of events became known - however, to a very limited circle of people - already in 1948, during the trial of one of the participants of that legendary battle, Ivan Dobrobin. Panfilov was tried for ...

The legendary general spent more than half of his life in battle. He participated in 70 battles and was the victor of all. The officers and soldiers who knew Skobelev in his business considered the general ...

The mobile universal anti-missile and anti-aircraft system S-300VM "Antey-2500" belongs to a new generation of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems (PRO-PSO). She...

One of the areas of military construction in the United States is the creation of a multi-component anti-missile defense system. The Republican administration of George W. Bush decided to deploy a third ...

Even after the Battle of Kursk and the loss of 1500 tanks, half a million people and 3000 artillery pieces, the German military machine was still a formidable force: on the front line, ...

The film is about the secrets of the Russian Missile Defense. The film uses footage from a secret newsreel of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The frames are really unique, including ...

In 1380, Prince Dmitry Donskoy, who returned from Kulikovo Field, was saluted by the first Russian guns. After 2, they entered the battle with the horde of Khan Tahtamysh that had besieged Moscow. It is from this date ...

In the past (or the year before?), With great fanfare, it was announced about successful trials in the United States of an anti-missile laser aircraft based on a Boeing 747. However, few people know that for a quarter of a century ...

The Cold War was waning. It seemed that the United States and the Soviet Union were ready to discuss their differences. Suddenly, Soviet fighters shot down a Korean civilian airliner. What was it...

A documentary about one of the most noble, bold and talented white generals, Vladimir Oskarovich Kaple. Kappel - lieutenant-general of the tsarist army, the hero of the White movement had ...

The report at the scientific and practical conference “Deadly War for Russia ...” held by 27-28 in October 2008 of the Historical Perspective Foundation in cooperation with the Library-Foundation “Russian ...

The officers of Denikin and Wrangel were lambs compared with the punishers of Admiral 16 November, 135 celebrated the birth of one of the leaders of the White movement, the Supreme Ruler of Russia ...

Universal fighter was developed by Lockheed Martin by order of the Ministry of Defense of the country. In addition to America, the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II STOVL model will also be taken on ...

This article was written in the autumn of 1999, after returning, a group of representatives of the Memorial Society from the military zone in Dagestan. During the two-week trip, among other things, we ...

Only by 1944, the Allies managed to reduce the losses inflicted on their fleet by German submariners. The German submarines of World War II were a real nightmare for British and American sailors. They...

1946 year. In a country of ruin and poverty, people begin to die of hunger. Crime is rising sharply. Armed gangs rob not only shops and warehouses. They take away from people the last - clothes, ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...