What ABOUT the in the army and geopolitics

War, in which the first enemy aircraft began to represent a serious danger is, of course, the First world war. At the same time appeared first anti-aircraft. With the development of missile technology the military had to have shield from missiles of the enemy. What ABOUT Russia today, how it originated and developed, what tasks solve?

The heaven

Before the First world war in the armed forces in some countries have used aircraft for reconnaissance. Aboard the balloon were examined enemy positions, as well as it was the adjustment of artillery fire. Gradually conquered the air and the heavier than air – airplanes. For example, in Russia in the weapons consisted of about 60 heavy combat airplanes (who would call them strategic bombers) "Ilya Murometz". The capacity of the machine, by the way, was around one ton. That's the number of bombs and rush you could bring aboard this giant on the heads of enemy soldiers.

Trouble the first combat aircraft were the extremely low efficiency of the bombing. In order to more or less accurately bombed, airplanes had to descend to an altitude of a few hundred meters. At this altitude they were easy targets for rifles or machine guns mounted for ease of firing at air targets on a rotating platform. So was born air defense − defense. Russia, like other countries, had to join in this race.

The First ever call to the jet propulsion

If you do not consider reactive systems of volley, the first who began to use rockets for bombardment of vast areas over long distances, was of course the Third Reich. With the first of their cruise missiles (unmanned bomb a plane with a jet engine), terrorizing London, V-1 successfully learned to fight British pilots.

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The first Steps in the history of missile defense resembled a typical air combat – the V-1 shot in the air or went off-course the touch of the wing of a fighter jet, and then jet from the propeller (the explosion of a ton of explosives near the plane was not promised, neither the car nor the pilot did good).

But then, after many failures, the Third Reich had at its disposal a ballistic missile V-2. These weapons worked differently. The word "ballistic" means that the machine is moving on a ballistic trajectory, like an ordinary shell fired from a cannon. Only there are no guns firing at a distance of several hundred kilometers.

Ballistic projectile flew to an altitude of about 200 kilometers, and from there almost vertically at enormous speed off the densely populated areas of England. Unfortunately, the interception of ballistic missiles were, then, not in forces of any aircraft.

ABOUT Origin

The lessons of the Second world war showed that the only means of combating missile can only be another rocket, and maneuverable and have great compared to purpose, speed. So began to emerge ABOUT (transcript – missile defense).

Almost simultaneously with the beginning of the era of atomic weapons in the late forties of the last century in the United States and the Soviet Union began the search for solutions to defend against enemy missiles.

However, armed with the first missiles began only in the 60s. Too much had to solve technical issues. After all, what is ABOUT? This mobility of the complexes, and the speed of missiles, and the perfection of guidance systems of missiles. To solve these problems went away for about 20 years.

Ballistic targets

To Deal with ballistic missiles is difficult primarily because of their great speed (up to several kilometers per second) and the height at which the flight. Missile defense, the USSR was able to solve this problem, in March 1961. World's first anti-missile missile intercepted and shot down a ballistic target in the stratosphere.

Then, after the Cuban missile crisis that almost caused the war between the superpowers, the warring parties agreed not to develop ABM system. The meaning of the agreement was that none of the parties will not start a nuclear war, inevitable crushing retaliatory strike.

The ABM Treaty, and by unilateral withdrawal from the U.S., no longer exists. But now, with modern technology, to shoot down an Intercontinental ballistic missile – a Herculean task. The more that the missiles are quite different, they are equipped with multiple warheads with individual guidance, able cleverly to maneuver, to throw false targets.

So the cherished goal-to shoot down enemy missiles in the initial parts of the trajectory, that's what this is ABOUT, really effective in the understanding of strategy. The rocket is far away from its territory, its running a jet engine is an excellent designator for the missiles. This is the goal of the famous US missile defense system, elements of which are now actively deployed in Europe.

Cruise “monsters”

No less a headache are the military and the modern system cruisemissiles. Only now “the heiress”, V-1, thanks to the latest technology, have become much more sophisticated. Possessing great speed miniature jet plane moves under the radar (sometimes only a few metres), skirting the hills, descending into the lowlands.

This rocket is made according to the technology of low radar signature, and the head part can be, both conventional and nuclear warhead. And among other things, the impact of such missiles is likely to be applied massively. Is there an antidote? And what ABOUT the modern army can oppose the pack of 100 or 200 flying into the goal, and besides, from different directions, cruise missiles?

As the experience of recent military conflicts, to use against swarms of cruise missiles expensive advanced systems such as the Russian s-300 and s-400 is inefficient. First, – it is like shooting from a gun on sparrows, and secondly, as soon as the defense system starts working, it is radar unmasking, and she herself becomes the target. Effective against cruise missiles were mobile systems, including cannon, and the usual MANPADS.

Knock, knocking

An Effective component of air defense of Russia has recently become electronic warfare. It is no secret that using only the inertial guidance system will not provide the declared precision cruise missiles. Hit the target the size of a car or a small building at a distance of several hundred kilometers is only possible with the correct route of the projectile from space.

No wonder that the American military is so jealous of the tests in China and Russia samples of anti-satellite weapons. But you can do without “star wars”. Signal, which the missile receives from the GPS network, to be twisted to pass in a modified form, to drown out the noise. Not coincidentally EW system installed today on all types of military aircraft, warships and even tanks.