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AA system S-300PMU2 Favorit : excercise in Podněbesnoj

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.

🕔︎ 30.04.2009 👁︎ 37.587

AA system S-300PMU2 Favorit : new possibilities

The article deals with the last type of PLRS from the S-300P series - S-300PMU2 Favorit. It describes the basic TTD and the possibilities of this system, the possibilities of modernization of the older type S-300PMU1 to this version and is a translation from the Russian original, which was published in issue 2 (45) / 2009 of the online magazine VKO.
🕔︎ 11.04.2009 👁︎ 49.832

Airbus A310 MRTT

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.

🕔︎ 20.08.2022 👁︎ 2.718

Cosmonaut No. 3 - Grigory Grigorievich Nelyubov

The article deals with cosmonaut Grigory Grigorievich Nelyubov, who, although he was probably the best of the entire first division of cosmonauts of the USSR, never flew into space.
He was a member of the famous First Division of Soviet cosmonauts and even the so-called Gagarin group, in which there were 6 cosmonauts who were candidates for the first human flight into space.
🕔︎ 20.04.2010 👁︎ 36.611

Crash of the nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk - part 1.

The article summarizes all the findings published so far and presents the causes and consequences of the tragic catastrophe of a Soviet submarine with guided missiles and nuclear propulsion class Project 949A Antej (NATO code Oscar-II) K-141 Kursk, which occurred almost ten years ago on 12 August 2000 in Barentsov. the sea.
It is dedicated to the memory of 118 sailors who died in this tragedy.
Due to the scope, it is processed in several parts and will be published gradually as a series.
🕔︎ 05.08.2010 👁︎ 71.202

Elmo Russell Jr. Zumwalt

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.

🕔︎ 23.10.2020 👁︎ 4.707

Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr.

The Admiral, the commander of the US Navy in Vietnam, the head of a group of US military advisers in Vietnam ... this is just a brief list of the ranks and functions of this distinguished commander.
🕔︎ 09.10.2009 👁︎ 12.339

Russian in the sand and piramids country

The article records the memories of two participants in the Israeli-Egyptian conflict, Soviet officers who commanded the S-125 Neva, and discusses the activities of Soviet specialists and newly created air defense units with Soviet personnel on the territory of Egypt and their action against Israeli aircraft in early August 1970.
🕔︎ 02.01.2013 👁︎ 29.143

Space food from Russia on the ISS and other missions

This is a translation of an article describing how cooking is done in Russia for astronauts in orbit.
Even though the article is more than 8 years old, not much is written about the cosmic diet, so I present it here.
The original title of the article Americans eat in orbit food of Russian astronauts need to be taken with a grain of salt, journalists simply praise Russian space cuisine, there is a bit of patriotism but also humorous exaggeration.
🕔︎ 15.06.2010 👁︎ 28.435

USS Zumwalt

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.

🕔︎ 19.08.2023 👁︎ 1.868

Where did the names of Russian and Soviet weapons come from

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.

🕔︎ 09.06.2009 👁︎ 138.070

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