Only empire of goodness (USA) will obtain resources in the Arctic without threat to ecology. :lol:
By the way, Obama has recently allowed the extraction of oil on the continental shelf off the coast of Alaska. Of course this decision was made not for profit, but only in order to save polar...
Since FGFA will be designed for two pilots, its shape will be somewhat different from that of PAK FA.
Here is one of the most recent versions of the prototype FGFA.
The streamlined hull shape and small size of the wings, allow FGFA to enter the atmosphere on a ballistic...
Amphibious ekranoplan "Caspian Monster"
Altitude: 1-5m
Range: 2000 km
Speed: 500 km/h
Cargo: 380 t
Designed for landing on the coast in a storm up to 7 points.
Old allies, new friendship (11.03.2010 HindustanTimes)
Vladimir Putin deserves our esteem. On assuming power in 2000 he reversed the Yeltsin era drift in India-Russia relations and established a strategic partnership with India. His current visit is his fifth to India in 10 years, testifying...
Two autoloader for shooting two different types of ammunition at one point.
The gun provides automatic selection of appropriate types of ammo (HE-explosive, rocket-driven, smoke, etc.) and modular charges. Perhaps the use of different variable charge. Modular variable charge considerably...
These 4-th generation tanks of their parameters are shoulder to shoulder, differing mainly in the weight category. Interestingly, what the designers of T-95 tank is meant by the fifth generation? There was whether the environment expert consensus on the requirements to be met by the tanks of the...
Some quotes from the Russian press
New opportunities for cooperation in the field of shipbuilding should appear in the next three years after the launching of a new stealth destroyer, whose development began in last month.
Russia ready to cooperate with Brazil, not only within the tender for the purchase of a large consignment of multifunctional combat aircraft, but also on the program the fifth generation fighter, said Deputy Director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Alexander Fomin...
Russian new twin-barrel howitzer "Coalition-SV" 152mm
Now located in the testing stage of the prototype.
Weight: <55 t
Ammo: 70 + 300
Rounds per minute: 16
Range of fire: 40 km
Mode «hail of fire» (MRSI)
Crew: 2
Caliber: 2x152mm
Loading: auto
Barrel length: <52
RKK Energia demonstrated the first scale model of the PTK NP (PPTS) spacecraft at Moscow Air and Space Show in August 2009. The model revealed the use of reusable thermal protective tiles on the spacecraft, instead of traditional ablative system, which would burn away in layers during the...
The comparison of two possible versions of the PPTS spacecraft and the Soyuz capsule.
Artist rendering of the Rus-M launch with the PTK NP spacecraft, as it was envisioned by developers during 2009.
An Earth-orbiting configuration of the PTK NP (PPTS) spacecraft as of summer 2008...
RKK Energia, Russia's chief manufacturer of the manned spacecraft, reiterated on January 26, 2010, that the first unmanned launch of the new-generation spacecraft intended to replace Soyuz would take place in 2015.
Speaking at the 34th Korolev Readings in prestigious Bauman Technical...
The Rus-M family of rockets, employing the RD-180 engine on the first stage and the RD-0146 engine on the second stage as of April 2009. Variant 1 would use three inseparable boosters on the first stage. Variant 2 would use five boosters, with four strap-on boosters separating earlier in flight...
Manned spaceship "RUS"
Start development: 06.04.2009
Finalization of the draft design: 2010 year
Booster: "Rus-M"
Crew: 6 people
Mass of the cargo delivered to orbit - 100 kg
Mass of the cargo returned to Earth - 500 kg
Mass unearned - 4,5 tons (including systems for soft landing - 8...