By Leonid Nersisyan, military analyst. The media are increasingly reporting about the development of prospective weapons capable of changing the realities of war – the hypersonic weapons. In contrast to lasers and rail guns that usually steal the show, these weapons actually have a real chance to move from prototypes to actual combat systems…
Su-30. Russian Eagle Laying Golden Eggs
By Alexander Ermakov. This summer it will be 20 years since the maiden flight of Su-30MKI prototype, the most prominent representative of the most successful Russian family of fighters, took place. The foreign orders alone exceed already five hundred aircraft, and new contracts continue to be signed. The Su-30 program roots back to the…
Research-and-Production Experimental Center Armint
BUILDING TECHNICAL FACILITIES OF OBJECTIVE CONTROL AND RESULTS EVALUATION OF COMBAT EMPLOYMENT OF AIR DEFENSE AND AIR FORCE MILITARY EQUIPMENT IS the BASIS FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF troops training IN THE FIRING RANGES OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE OF RUSSIA Research-and-Production Experimental Center Armint is the only Russian development agency and manufacturer of the range…
Russian Airborne Guided Weapons. Current State and the Future
For the years that passed since the commencement of a large-scale military reform initiated in 2008, the Russian Aerospace Forces (RAF) have incredibly changed. They have received many new aircraft. Four wings of the Su-35S fighters, almost seven wings of the Su-30SM and Su-30M2 fighters, three wings of the MiG-29SMT fighters, a wing…
“REZONANS-NE” NEW GENERATION COGNITIVE INTEGRATED RADAR SYSTEM
IRS “Rezonans-NE” for the VHF band is intended for early detection of low-signature airborne targets and is a multi-function adaptive coherent radar with a phased antenna array, which includes a complexed secondary radar to determine state affiliation and receive information in the RBS and the MX-10, 12 modes in order to resolve air traffic control…
Mobile Systems
Midivisana LLC established in 1992 is now a diversified scientific and industrial organization. The company produces more than 150 various models and modifications of special (specialized) equipment and vans for the needs of the country. According to interests of ministries and departments of military organizations from a number of countries, the company produces a wide…
Russia & USA: Strategic Nuclear Forces. Naval Component
By Alexander Ermakov, independent military expert. Naval Component The naval component of a modern nuclear triad is represented with nuclear submarines, which are one of the most impressive engineering developments and, at the same time, the most invisible national defence components operating in the silence of the deep sea. Today In the USA, with…
Superiores… Facilius… Optimum!!!
By I.V. Kozhemyakin, Head of Defence R&D Agency of St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University By V.Yu. Zanin, commercial representative, OCEANOS JSC Background In 2013 the State Marine Technical University of St. Petersburg (SMTU) in cooperation with OCEANOS JSC worked on modernization of the diving breathing apparatus DA-21 as a proactive development. In late 2013 a…
New “Admirals” of the Black Sea Fleet
By Pavel Rumyantsev. On 9 July 2016, the ‘Admiral Grigorovich’, the newest frigate under Project 11356 completed her passage from the Baltic Sea to Sevastopol and took her place at the moorage wall. For the first time since the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the Black Sea Fleet of Russia received a new large battle…
Strategic Nuclear Forces of Russia and the USA. Today and Tomorrow
By Alexander Ermakov. Part III. Air Component The role and “philosophy” of the nuclear triad’s air component significantly differs from that of the land and naval components. Though this component is the oldest and the first one to be available for all the “old” nuclear powers, and many countries would now get rid…













