Work on improving the Il-2 attack aircraft in order to increase its bomb load, as well as defensive and offensive weapons began in 1940. Then, after successfully completing the tests of the attack aircraft, it was decided at the experimental design bureau of S.V. Ilyushin to begin developing a heavy attack aircraft to perform a wider range of tasks.

The national emblem of Russia is one of the main symbols of our country, along with the national anthem and the flag of the Russian Federation. It was approved in 1993 by decree of the first president of the country, Boris Yeltsin. However, the symbols that are depicted on the coat of arms of Russia have a much longer history, dating back to the period of the formation of the Moscow principality.

On January 21, 1954, a truly significant event took place: the world's first nuclear submarine "Nautilus" was lowered from the Groton shipyard in the USA. A new era of the development of the submarine fleet. Submarines received the power plant, which allowed them for months not to appear on the surface, to develop underwater unimaginable speed and dive to unreachable depths.

The anti-sabotage boat of the Rook series became part of the Primorye flotilla of the diverse forces of the Pacific Fleet of the Russian Federation. This is the seventh boat in the series. The first boats were launched in 2009 and replenished the Northern Fleet. Recall, project 21980 “Rook” is a new series of high-speed, maneuverable and multi-purpose boats.

На сегодняшний день в мире осталось не так много государств, в которых в полной мере сумела сохраниться автократическая форма правления. Формально практически все государственные образования на политической карте мира поделены на два типа - конституционная монархия и республика. В первом случае формальным главой государства является монарх.

Volgograd snipers received new weapons. The motorized rifle subunits of the brigade, stationed near Volgograd, received a batch of Kord-M sniper rifles. The news of this appeared on January 23. The servicemen began the development of modified weapons. A large-caliber army modernized sniper rifle (ASVK-M) is included in the set of the future “Warrior” ammunition system.

Tavor tar 21 - new Israeli automatic rifle, which has a 5.56 mm caliber. The assault rifle was created according to the "bullpup" scheme. Unlike many other samples that were created by IMI (Jericho, Galil), the tavor tar 21 is not a converted or upgraded version of another weapon.

The Russian army will replace the famous UR-77 Meteorit demining machine, known as Zmey Gorynych, with a more modern, durable and maneuverable one. The main feature of the new demining machine is an improved and extended charge. According to experts, the new elongated modular charge, which is designed for demining, will allow you to act from a safer distance, and thus help to save human lives.

On August 22, 1991, the tricolor Russian flag was raised over the White House in Moscow for the first time, and soon replaced the Soviet red flag with a sickle and hammer as the main state symbol. Two years later, in December 1993, the tricolor was officially approved. Thus, the three hundred year tradition of using one of the main state symbols of Russia, which dates back to the XVII century, since the reign of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich, was restored.

The controversy surrounding the possible closure of the project of the fifth-generation Russian fighter Su-57 did not have time to disappear, when the media reported about serious threats looming over another promising aircraft, the Il-112 light transport. In the WarGonzo Telegram channel, which refers to a source in the Russian General Staff of the Russian Defense Ministry, it was reported that the IL-112 project could be closed soon.

The M1 Garand is a legendary American self-loading rifle from World War II, created by talented Canadian weapons designer John Garand. She became the first semi-automatic rifle, which was officially adopted as the main weapon of an infantryman. The first semi-automatic rifle, adopted by the armed forces, was the Soviet ABC-36, but it was never the main weapon of the Soviet infantry.

In China, developed a new unmanned aerial vehicle technology "stealth" Sky Hawk. It will be used exclusively for military purposes. In addition, according to experts, unmanned fighter aircraft have been developing in China for a long time. Sky Hawk is a prototype of an unmanned reconnaissance aircraft with a wing span of more than 18 meters.