5 development of Russia's "defense" being talked about in the West

Heavy fire system TOS-1A "sun" (Photo: Gleb Shchelkunov / Kommersant)

Submarine "Doomsday"

Military expert Bill Gertz of the newspaper "Washington Post" published an article that became a hit in September 2015. It is about an unmanned submarine, which is designed in Russia. Her task is to nuclear destruction of key military bases and ports of America, such as the King's Bay and Puget Sound. The Pentagon has called the project "Drone" Canyon "and journalists -" submarine Doomsday "for America.

A source from the administration of Barack Obama said that the US government is closely monitoring the modernization of the Russian defense industry, therefore seriously concerned about the appearance of this top-secret project carefully. The available data allow us to estimate the key parameters of the new weapon of Putin, which, at least until the end of the 21st century will be a real military-technical nightmare for the United States. "The Russian is the prototype of which is already being tested - a source told the White House Bill Gertz. - "Drone" Canyon "will have the speed and course of the huge distance. Its armament consists of one nuclear warhead a few megatons of power. " For comparison, one megaton bomb has destructive power is ten times stronger than the "Little Boy" and "Fat Man", which destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

"Alexander Obukhov" - a threat to NATO sea

The report "NATO in the face of new challenges" an entire chapter devoted to sea mines and mine-sweepers. It is important to highlight the most fundamental military threats, says one of the report's authors, Peter Boßdorf, speaking of high performance marine minefields. To deal with them at the moment can only use composite minesweepers. "... This is an extremely efficient ships at the same time is very expensive, as should be equipped with high-definition sonar and remotely operated underwater drones for inspection and destruction of mines. In Russia, such a ship was designed by the Central Marine Design Bureau "Almaz" and built by JSC "Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard". This "Obukhov" Project 12 700 to 2050 should be put into operation about 30 non-metallic mine sweepers. All this creates a certain advantage of Russia to NATO at sea. For reference, "Alexander Obukhov," has a monolithic body (length 61 meters, width 10 meters), manufactured by vacuum infusion. Its displacement is 890 tons, and speed - 16.5 knots.

The trawler "Obukhov" (Photo: Ruslan Shamukov)

Infernal Weapon "sun"

Tom Batchelor of the British newspaper «Express» published an article "Putin sends deadly" sun "in Syria for attacks on LIH *". This means that the battle with the Islamists, writes the correspondent, took a more violent. It is a heavy flamethrower system TOS-1, which is capable in a single volley from 30 thermobaric missiles to destroy eight city blocks. Tom Batchelor referring to a journalist who witnessed the strikes TOC-1 in Iraq, says: "Not only the withering land and burned all the oxygen around, causing a powerful vacuum, like a vacuum. As a result, injured lungs and eardrums of those who turned out to be far from the affected area. " I wonder how readers «Express» reacted to the news of sending "sun" in Syria. A significant number of comments responded to positive responses.

Coventy David: «plunge them into hell, Vladimir. Unfortunately, our governments do not have the courage to protect us. "

Pablo Sanchez Navarino Juan: «Bravo, Russia, Respect."

AnonymousAnonymous52: «The perfect weapon for killing militants fortified."

Incidentally, the mobile unit TOS-1 is dedicated to a special report by the CIA. In it, in particular, it focuses on high efficiency of such attacks in the mountains and bunkers.

Microwave gun against drones

Kelsey D. Atherton of tabloid «Popular Science» writes that the United States took seriously the news that Russia is working, or has created a microwave gun against drones. Judging by the available information from the Americans, this device is able to turn off the electronics that controls the drone. It is about the development of the Moscow Radio Engineering Institute. At the same time, according to US experts, a distance of 10 km to the developers Russian microwave emitter, probably not true. Experts from the Pentagon announced six kilometers as the real distance off the drone.

"Despite the ominous name" Predator "and" Reaper ", we know that in fact they fly slowly and are excellent targets for fighter aircraft, as well as easily vulnerable to anti-aircraft missile. Small UAVs can be destroyed by machine-gun fire, "- writes D. Kelsey Atherton. That is why the Americans have focused on the contact defeat drones using large-caliber rifles homing. He admits that the Russian analogue microwave gun to today, no. In this context, he recalls that Russia in September 2001 at the International Exhibition in Malaysia showed a project that caused a stir in military circles. The register of exhibits it has been included as a Ranets-E. In fact, it was a complete prototype of a microwave gun that can "stun or incapacitate" enemy electronics at a distance of 10 km.

The second after the "Admiral Kuznetsov"

In the spring of this year, almost all US military publications and the EU reported that the National Research Center. Krylov (Saint Petersburg) presented the project 23000E «Storm" new multipurpose heavy aircraft carrier. This warship is known that its length is 330 meters and width of 40 m. It will be the basis for carrier-based aircraft MiG-29K fighters and T-50, as well as for the Ka-27. The American edition of «Veterans Today» in this regard published an article "Russia built over 5 billion. Dollars carrier, which has no analogues." Jim W. Dean, editor of the tabloid reported that the technology is very difficult to build such giants. "... Even the American contractors often have huge problems with the aircraft carriers Nimitz-type - he wrote. - Russian engineers are known all over the world. For them it will be a great experience that will be useful in the civilian sphere. " At the same time Jim W. Dean recalled loser F-35 became "fighter financial disaster." Such complex projects are often doomed to failure, but 5 billion. Dollars is not so much money for the installation of control over the Arctic, he said. Recall that Sergei Vlasov, general director of the Nevsky PKB, the price designated by the carrier 1.8 billion. To $ 5.63 billion.