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Overview of the passenger plane Boeing 717
The Boeing 717 (or McDonnell Douglas MD-90) is a short-haul passenger aircraft, originally developed by McDonnell Douglas, and then produced by Boeing in 1998-2006. Overview of the layout of the best seats in the cabin The number of passenger seats in the cabin of the Boeing 717 ranges from 106 (with a two-class layout) to 124 (with a single-class layout of the passenger cabin).
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A company of Ukrainian soldiers refused to fight in the Donbas
Remember in the film "Bumbarash" was a company of soldiers and sang: "do not care, do not care, tired of fighting." Apparently, the fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine have seen enough of this film, which tells about the civil war, and in full force refused to go to combat positions. According to the "Lugansk Information Center", the commander of the second company of the third battalion of the 59th motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine told the command that the personnel of the unit did not want to fight, "waiting for the rotation and wants to return home alive."
Austrian pistol Glock and its modifications
The Glock is a family of pistols designed for the needs of the Austrian army. "Glock" was the first model of weapons developed by the same company (Glock). The gun was quite successful and convenient to use, so that it was adopted by the Austrian army under the designation P80.
China entered the struggle for dominance in aerospace
The largest East Asian state, the People’s Republic of China, has ambitious plans to go beyond the regional power and play a key role in the global political arena. After successful measures to build ground and naval forces, Beijing began to modernize the air force, realizing plans to create a strategic aerospace component of world-class national armed forces.
Shosh machine gun: the worst weapon of the First World War
The First World War can be called the “high point” of automatic small arms. Manual and easel machine guns were not only massively used in the armies of all the countries participating in this conflict, but also largely determined its course, leading it to a stalemate, which military historians would later call "positional deadlock."
Universal truck ZIL-164
After the end of the war, the Soviet Union began to return to the usual life. The leadership of the country was tasked with developing engineering, as the ruins that had appeared on the places of the cities needed to be eliminated and new buildings erected. For this, the Union urgently needed a truck: hence the great impetus to development.
Radar stations: history and basic principles of operation
Modern war is swift and fleeting. Often, the winner in a battle is the one who is the first to be able to detect a potential threat and react adequately to it. For more than seventy years, a radar method based on the emission of radio waves and the registration of their reflections from various objects has been used to search for an enemy on land, sea and air.
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Flag of Ukraine: history and meaning of symbolism
Back in 1918, two different flags emerged in the young Ukrainian state. The first was yellow-blue, and the second of its inverted version - blue-yellow. After the overthrow of the Central Rada, the Russian monarchist Skoropadsky legalized an inverted flag as a symbol of his own struggle.
TT-T - traumatic pristolet on the basis of combat TT
Wonderful springtime of 2011, for the first time, shoppers discovered new traumatic weapons on the shelves of gun shops, which turned out to be the name TT-T. This weapon was made on the basis of the popular combat TT, which is why people did not immediately decide to buy a new traumatic equipment at this base, as they were aware of the sad attempts from the past to adapt TT to traumatic charges.
Who are the Sunnis, Shiites and Alawites: what is the difference and what are the main differences between them
In recent years, the Middle East has not left the news headlines of world news agencies. The region is in a fever, the events taking place here largely determine the global geopolitical agenda. In this place the interests of the largest players in the world arena are intertwined: the USA, Europe, Russia and China.
Does the girl go tank
Tank! As soon as we hear this word, we immediately see a great brutal technique, somewhere on the battlefield, which alone inspires fear and respect. But very often on the Internet there are photos on which cute and fragile girls are standing next to a brutal tank, and the question immediately arises.
How Ukraine traded Russia for Boeing
Ukrainian aircraft manufacturers continue the policy of refusing to cooperate with Russian enterprises: they are now excluded from the list of suppliers for the An-178 aircraft. This was announced on his Facebook page by President Petro Poroshenko. The realities of the modern Ukrainian import substitution An-178 is a short-haul transport aircraft developed by the designers of the Antonov State Enterprise.
Two refused to post US defense ministers
US President Donald Trump had serious difficulties finding and appointing a new state defense minister. Two people have already abandoned this post after James Mattis left. According to Politico, the leader of the United States made a proposal to become the head of the Pentagon to former Senator John Kyle and retired general Jack Kean.
Shuttle taxi GAZ-3221: description and specifications
The minibus GAZ-3221 is a classic Russian-made minivan assembled since 1996 by the Gorky Automobile Plant. The basis of the transport lay GAZ-2705. Its base was improved and supplemented with modern technical nodes. The car has a great demand in the Russian market due to its versatility.
Pilots on the characteristics of the F-35: "... there is no power able to cope with this aircraft"
The F-35 can be called the most scandalous and controversial military project of recent years. The car turned out to be difficult and very problematic, and the program itself has already cost the astronomical amount to Western taxpayers. This fighter has long been turned into a favorite object for criticism (and even outright bullying) of domestic “sofa patriots”, and became proof that military budgets can “cut” not only in Russia.
Overview of wide-body passenger aircraft IL-86
The IL-86 is a wide-body, medium-haul passenger aircraft, developed by the Ilyushin development bureau. Currently practically not used. A brief overview of the aircraft and its technical characteristics Aerodynamically, the IL-86 aircraft is a low-profile, normal swept-wing scheme.
Armored personnel carrier BTR-80
Today, one of the most common types of military equipment in all armies of the world are armored personnel carriers. But this was not always the case. Their rapid development began after the end of the Second World War. The military realized how important it is to increase the mobility of infantry and increase its security. In the USSR in 1949 the BTR-40 was adopted, which was almost an exact replica of the American Scout Car M3A1 armored personnel carrier, supplied under lend-lease.
Binoculars: types and features
Binoculars is an optical device that consists of two monoculars. Good binoculars will provide an opportunity to consider almost any object located at a considerable distance. The main advantage of binoculars is the display of spatial images, that is the same as we see with our own eyes.
Assassin drones - the terrible weapon of the future
Drones everywhere entered our lives. And from an expensive toy they are already turning into a widely available, necessary and universal subject. However, first of all, their capabilities, as is often the case, were appreciated by the military. Any self-respecting state now possesses strike and reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles.
The Indian Ministry of Defense approved the need to purchase US NASAMS-II in the amount of S 1 billion US. This was reported by The Times of India newspaper as part of the article Like Washington and Moscow, Delhi too to get missile shield ", referring to the Defense Acquisitions Council (DAC). Read More
