Welcome to the Siberian Scientific Research Aviation Institute named after S. A. Chaplygin located
in Novosibirsk which is the largest research center of aviation science in the east of Russia.
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The other day, a Composite Battalion of Special Forces of Moscow Police came back home from the
North Caucasus. It was replaced by a Special Purpose Police Unit (in Russian OMON).
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Let's visit the military air base in Khotilovo village
and look at pilots of the MiG-31 aircraft at work.
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The biggest mistake of the Germans was that they did not expect to meet with such a rebuff of the Russians: true heroism, self-sacrifice, and hard work. The USSR proved its ability to mobilize its human resources, industry, and agriculture even under the terrible conditions of the first months of the war, when almost half the industrial and agricultural capacities were lost. The main achievement of
the USSR was evacuation and implementation of industrial plants, construction of new factories and enterprises, and development of new lands. The conversion of the economy to the war regime played a great role as well. The industry of the country was aimed at defense technology production, such as weapons, artillery, ammunition, tanks, fighters, and attack planes.
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There are a lot of factories in Moscow which are connected to aircraft construction. There is nothing unusual in their appearance but they are very interesting on the
inside. During the Soviet time, unauthorized people were not admitted to the factory, but now it is much easier. So, let's take a look at Department #8623.
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A C-189 613 submarine is moored to the pontoon pier at the Lieutenant Schmidt Embarkment. The submarine was built in
1955 at a Baltic factory. It is the oldest submarine of the postwar construction which is still afloat.
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A ship comes regularly to the island of Kunashir to take old military equipment to the continent and bring new modern equipment instead. There is an
opinion that it would be better to transfer the large-tonnage machines into private hands than send them to recasting. And what do you think?
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Military maneuvers Center-2011 that took place in Kazakhstan consisted of two parts such as
confronting the attack of the amphibious assault landing and defending against the ground posture.
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Russians are working on a new project - "Special mission". This time the participants are working not in the rich sets adroitly imitating some extreme environment but in absolutely real conditions of a Russian military unit. All the participants are people who are
really far from the army. In some weeks under the command of real veteran officers they have to turn into tempered, disciplined soldiers ready to attain special combat tasks. In fact it's not just a TV show, it's more likely a real army experiment.
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A two-storey bunker is hidden in the forest not far from a big military aerodrome. It was built in 1970s. After the bomber aviation had been
de-escalated from Belarus, the bunker has been used as a communication center of air forces until 2003. Now it is completely abandoned.
