The article deals with anti-aircraft missile system from the S-300P - S-300PMU-2 Favorit series. It describes test firings that took place at a shooting range in China during September and October 2008 in connection with a previously signed contract for the supply of PLRS S-300PMU2 to the Army of the People's Republic of China and is a translation from the Russian original published in issue 1 (44) / 2009 online magazine VKO.
The Airbus A310 MRTT Multi-Role Tanker Transport is a military air-to-air refuelling, or in-flight refuelling tanker transport aircraft, capable of operating multi-role missions. The A310 MRTT tanker aircraft is a subsequent development from the earlier Airbus A310 MRT Multi-Role Transport, which was a military transport aircraft for passengers, cargo, and medical evacuation. The A310 MRT and A310 MRTT are both specialist military conversions of existing airframes of the civilian Airbus A310-300C wide-bodied passenger jet airliner.
A war veteran who has been honored many times and has had a major impact on changing attitudes towards ordinary sailors. He sought to improve the lives of soldiers and also worked to address relationship issues related to racial and gender issues.
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named after Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite her large size. On 7 December 2015, Zumwalt began her sea trial preparatory to joining the Pacific Fleet. The ship was commissioned in Baltimore on 15 October 2016. Her home port is San Diego, California.
The article discusses the origins of the names of some Soviet and Russian ships, aircraft, weapons and weapons systems as seen by Dmitry Litovkin in an article from the Izvestia newspaper. The translation of the original text is supplemented with additional information, insights and pictures to make it understandable to the Czech reader who does not know military issues in great detail.
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