The most powerful weapon - the arms race continues

To Paraphrase an American architect, we can say that war will always be in fashion. Or disappear of the war, or – people. Therefore, the extent of development of the state, companies and individuals strive to create the most powerful weapon in a category, using new technologies. For example, such ancient weapons as the crossbow today is a mechanism that is able to kill an elephant (U.S. model Stryker), because a bolt fired from it flies with an initial velocity of 123 m / s and has a kinetic energy of 210 joules (enough for an elephant to 125 joules).

The Most powerful weapon in category guns are presented in different models. The first of these – “thunder 50 BMG" firing a cartridge 99х12,7 mm. the Second – “Pfeiffer Zelinski”, which weighs 6 kg, has a trunk 20 (40.6 cm). The drum of the gun holds 5 cartridges weighing 33 grams and cost $ 40 each (gun is worth more than 17,000 dollars). The weapon fires at a speed of 2.1 thousand kmchas and has a muzzle energy of more than 4.3 thousand joules. The return is more than 40 j, which suggests that it is “toy” not only for the rich, but for very strong people. The above models are produced in batches. But the most powerful handgun in the world at the moment made in Poland in the same instance. The creation of Richard Tobis has the caliber of the bullet is 28 mm and weighs 45 kilograms.

The Most powerful weapon in armor at the moment provided by Russian tank T-90. This giant weighs over 46 tons, equipped with 125-mm gun with ammunition on 43 shots, coaxial machine gun (ammunition for two thousand rounds), anti-aircraft gun. A distinctive feature of Russian military products is the fact that the tank shoots in 2-2,5 times more than its foreign analogues, which allows to hit targets, not falling under the return tank fire.

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However, far from the tanks missiles. In this group Russia again has the most powerful weapon. It – ballistic complex “Satan” class “surface-to-air». It is a rocket with a length of 34 meters, diameter of about 3 meters and a weight of 211 tons. Within a distance of 16 thousand kilometers, and the power of the nuclear charge from 8 to 20 megatons. Equipment start-up may be ready to step in 1 minute.

We Can say that Russia is a country where more than 50 years ago, it was tested the most powerful weapon in the world. It happened at the little earth on a nuclear test site. There was blown up “gruel” - fusion "Tsar Bomba" of the power of 57 megatons (of TNT). Explosion was such force that the shock wave has bypassed the earth three times, which was recorded by special instruments.

But on a smaller scale, we lag behind other States, which are fine examples of civilian weapons. For example, America is the leader in the manufacture of hunting rifles, including the model “Quackenbush” representing the most powerful air guns. This gun produced a man, who himself is a hunter under rifle bullet of standard caliber (often 0,458). When is shot by a bullet 32 grams, then the rate of charge output is more than 200 meters per second with an energy of about 650 Joules.

We can Not discount the fact that the US, which are the main opposing party of the Russian Federation, has never cut its military budget. In this country developed a high-tech fifth generation aircraft, anti-aircraft systems (“Patriot”), new tanks, a missile-defense system. Therefore, it can be argued that today, the arms race continues.