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Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle transport aircraft

The Albemarle was designed as a bomber, but was never used as such. It proved more useful as a transport aircraft and glider tugger for the British Special Forces.

French Project Potez 25-TOE

The bomb load consisted of twelve 12-kg bombs or four 50-kg bombs under the fuselage plus six 12-kg bombs under the wings.

A-20 Havoc aircraft

When designers Jack Northrop and Edward Heinemanp designed the Douglas DB-7 in 1938, the idea of a twin-engine strike bomber with three-wheeled landing gear seemed fantastic.

I-16 fighter

In 1933, Polikarpov developed a monoplane as an alternative to Tupolev's prototype fighter ATN-31.

Prerequisites for the development of the MiG-31

A question may arise: why in such a long period of time have not created machines with better indicators of height and speed than the MiG-25?

Russia has found a tank stronger than the Armata

According to the American publication The National Interest, a tank more powerful than the famous Armata was discovered on the territory of the Russian Federation. The combat vehicle is even superior to its NATO counterparts.

A Soviet MiG without a pilot crossed half of Europe - what happened in 1989?

In the history of recent decades one can count a huge number of aviation provocations involving the West against the Soviet Union. Take even the scandalous Matthias Rust landing event on Red Square.

MiG-31: start of development

The development of the MiG-31 began in 1968. Gleb Lozino-Lozinski was appointed chief designer of the theme. In 1976 he was replaced by Konstantin Vasilchenko.

Smart textiles will charge soldiers' electronics

Special clothing containing electrically conductive streams will soon make it easier for British soldiers to serve in the field. The company Intelligent Textiles has created outfits designed to charge computers