Soviet mission "Mars-3": an important event for world astronautics
How a seemingly failed mission became a major milestone for world astronautics...
Alternative version: could the German battleship Bismarck survive in May 1941
Could the German battleship Bismarck have escaped British attacks in 1941...
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress: American long-lived record holder among strategic bombers
A bomber that is capable of leaving behind more than two square kilometers of scorched earth...
British submarine canoe: secret weapon of World War II
During World War II, the British used motorized underwater canoes to carry out secret operations...
BREN light machine gun: history, features and characteristics
These light machine guns have long been considered one of the best in the world...
ODAB and tactical nuclear weapons: comparison of lethal capabilities
There is a common myth that high-volume destructive munitions are comparable to tactical nuclear weapons...
Comparative characteristics of the fragmentation effect of F-1 and RGD-5 hand grenades
Some types of ammunition have been in service with the armies of the world for many decades...
BN-800 reactor: Russia has given humanity an almost endless source of energy
What is the revolutionary feature of the Russian fast neutron reactor...
History of Russian TOS: from “Buratino” to “Tosochka”
About how Russian heavy flamethrower systems were created...
Complex bombs: problems of American JDAM-ER in Ukraine
JDAM-ER has not become a panacea for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, like many other Western weapons...
Mikhail Leontyev: Freezing the war is the worst guarantee of security
More and more publications are appearing in the Western press on behalf of certain unnamed, certainly informed Russian sources and Russia’s readiness either for an endless war, or now for one...
“Izdeliye-305” or LMUR: a high-precision Russian drone missile used in the Northeast Military District zone
The history of the creation and parameters of the LMUR missile, which is actively used by the Russian Armed Forces in the Northern Military District zone...
FAB range: at what distance from the explosion is it impossible to escape
The radius of destruction by the blast wave during the explosion of a FAB...
Anatoly Sobchak in an interview in 1992: now we see what kind of “independence” Ukraine needs
In an interview in 1992, Anatoly Sobchak foresaw what Ukraine would turn into after gaining independence...
An American historian said he had identified Trotsky's sources of funding.
An American historian has established that Trotsky’s movements and residence abroad were financed by a Russian emigrant of German origin, Ernst Bark...
In the 1940s, flamethrowers were called "weapons of mercy" by the US Army.
About the origins of the American myth, which says that the flamethrower is a merciful weapon...
A-4 Skyhawk: why the relatively primitive carrier-based attack aircraft has become so in demand
An extremely simple American jet attack aircraft, which has been in operation for about 70 years...
The expert explained why the current decrease in gas imports is a negative effect for the EU
Another anti-record for gas imports has been set in Europe...
Shock wave of various ammunition: radius of guaranteed destruction
About the high-explosive impact of explosions for different ammunition...
Khazin on the abolition of personal income tax for the poor: there should be no exceptions regarding the payment of taxes
Mikhail Khazin believes that the abolition of personal income tax for the low-income group of citizens will lead to an increase in tax fraud...
Georgy Zhukov's first big victory: facts about Khalkhin Gol
The fighting at Khalkhin Gol is a conflict that was dubbed the “Second Russo-Japanese War”...
Powerful weapons of the Russian Armed Forces: training of TOS operators
On the specifics of training TOS operators participating in SVO...
Weapons of prestige: Italian battleships in the First World War
About the fate of the Italian battleship fleet during and after the First World War...
Anti-aircraft tank Kugelblitz - “Ball Lightning” of the Wehrmacht
Developed by Rheinmetall and Daimler-Benz, the ZSU was produced only in an experimental batch and in 1945 participated in the Battle of Berlin...