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64 records found on category [Cold War]
Cold War naval mines and countermeasures by Sakhal
[fl][i]Mines are weapons which the Soviet Union favored due to their low price, simplicity and possibility of massive production. The Soviet Union probably possessed the largest amount of mines in the world. The transfer of technology from which that coun...
[ Date: 2026-03-07 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]Mines are weapons which the Soviet Union favored due to their low price, simplicity and possibility of massive production. The Soviet Union probably possessed the largest amount of mines in the world. The transfer of technology from which that coun...
[ Date: 2026-03-07 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: Never ]
Cold War naval armament by Sakhal
[fl][i]The main difficulty when assessing the quality of the Soviet armament was the small part of it which could be seen in action in the sea. Among the Soviet naval missiles only the SS-N-2 "Styx" had been exported - and used - in significant quanti...
[ Date: 2026-02-21 | Length: 35 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]The main difficulty when assessing the quality of the Soviet armament was the small part of it which could be seen in action in the sea. Among the Soviet naval missiles only the SS-N-2 "Styx" had been exported - and used - in significant quanti...
[ Date: 2026-02-21 | Length: 35 Kb | Update: Never ]
Cold War amphibious forces by Sakhal
[fl][i]In every aspect of naval warfare the Soviet Union found itself in a situation of great disadvantage due to its geographical position. The only way of having substantially altered this situation would have been that the Soviet Union had changed ...
[ Date: 2025-11-29 | Length: 25 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]In every aspect of naval warfare the Soviet Union found itself in a situation of great disadvantage due to its geographical position. The only way of having substantially altered this situation would have been that the Soviet Union had changed ...
[ Date: 2025-11-29 | Length: 25 Kb | Update: Never ]
Submarines of the Cold War era (II) by Sakhal
[fl][i]Besides the Soviet Union, France and United Kingdom were the only European countries which possessed nuclear armament and, parallely, the only ones which had submarines of nuclear propulsion in service. France became notorious as a medium-sized...
[ Date: 2025-11-07 | Length: 80 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]Besides the Soviet Union, France and United Kingdom were the only European countries which possessed nuclear armament and, parallely, the only ones which had submarines of nuclear propulsion in service. France became notorious as a medium-sized...
[ Date: 2025-11-07 | Length: 80 Kb | Update: Never ]
Submarines of the Cold War era (I) by Sakhal
[fl][i]Despite the hesitations of the United States Congress regarding the construction of aircraft carriers of nuclear propulsion, due to the doubts regarding the usefulness of this kind of units as well as to the extraordinary cost of this propulsion sy...
[ Date: 2025-07-13 | Length: 76 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]Despite the hesitations of the United States Congress regarding the construction of aircraft carriers of nuclear propulsion, due to the doubts regarding the usefulness of this kind of units as well as to the extraordinary cost of this propulsion sy...
[ Date: 2025-07-13 | Length: 76 Kb | Update: Never ]
Cold War NATO navies - Aircraft carriers by Sakhal
[fl][i]The naval attack capability of the NATO was centered in the twelve American large aircraft carriers. After the ending of the American military operations in South-East Asia in the early 1970s a system was established, in virtue of which two aircraf...
[ Date: 2025-02-11 | Length: 25 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]The naval attack capability of the NATO was centered in the twelve American large aircraft carriers. After the ending of the American military operations in South-East Asia in the early 1970s a system was established, in virtue of which two aircraf...
[ Date: 2025-02-11 | Length: 25 Kb | Update: Never ]
Cold War NATO navies - Surface ships by Sakhal
[fl][i]In the late 1950s, after completing the construction of the large aircraft carriers of the Forrestal class, the United States Navy began the production of a series of anti-aircraft escort units to protect them. Albeit they were initially classified...
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[fl][i]In the late 1950s, after completing the construction of the large aircraft carriers of the Forrestal class, the United States Navy began the production of a series of anti-aircraft escort units to protect them. Albeit they were initially classified...
[ Date: 2025-02-11 | Length: 39 Kb | Update: Never ]
Cold War NATO navies - Submarines by Sakhal
[fl][b]SSN submarines[/b][/fl][p] [fl][i]In the early 1980s, the only navies of the NATO which had nuclear-propelled attack submarines in service were the United States Navy and the Royal Navy, albeit the French Navy was already building a small type of ...
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[fl][b]SSN submarines[/b][/fl][p] [fl][i]In the early 1980s, the only navies of the NATO which had nuclear-propelled attack submarines in service were the United States Navy and the Royal Navy, albeit the French Navy was already building a small type of ...
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Cold War NATO navies - SLBM by Sakhal
[fl][b]Ballistic missiles launched from submarines (SLBM)[/b][/fl][p] [fl][i]In the early 1980s the oldest SSBN in service with the United States Navy were the five submarines of the Ethan Allen class, armed with sixteen A-3 Polaris ballistic missiles. T...
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[fl][b]Ballistic missiles launched from submarines (SLBM)[/b][/fl][p] [fl][i]In the early 1980s the oldest SSBN in service with the United States Navy were the five submarines of the Ethan Allen class, armed with sixteen A-3 Polaris ballistic missiles. T...
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Balance of naval forces during the Cold War by Sakhal
[fl][i]The most outstanding and divulged aspect regarding the increase of the military power of the Warsaw Pact was that referring to the Soviet Navy. This one had become a well balanced force capable of projecting the Soviet military power on the most di...
[ Date: 2025-01-17 | Length: 36 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]The most outstanding and divulged aspect regarding the increase of the military power of the Warsaw Pact was that referring to the Soviet Navy. This one had become a well balanced force capable of projecting the Soviet military power on the most di...
[ Date: 2025-01-17 | Length: 36 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Soviet Navy - Aircraft carriers by Sakhal
[fl][i]In the 1980s, the whole strike capability of the Soviet naval aviation was represented by the land-based bombers of the Naval Air Force. The standard model of naval bomber was the Tu-16 "Badger", of which about 250 units remained in service. The la...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]In the 1980s, the whole strike capability of the Soviet naval aviation was represented by the land-based bombers of the Naval Air Force. The standard model of naval bomber was the Tu-16 "Badger", of which about 250 units remained in service. The la...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Soviet Navy - Surface ships by Sakhal
[fl][i]It was habitual in the classification made on books to place the Soviet warships of the size of cruisers in the same row than the American CG (guided-missile cruiser). However, none of those Soviet ships had been designed for providing an area of d...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 29 Kb | Update: Never ]
[fl][i]It was habitual in the classification made on books to place the Soviet warships of the size of cruisers in the same row than the American CG (guided-missile cruiser). However, none of those Soviet ships had been designed for providing an area of d...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 29 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Soviet Navy - Submarines by Sakhal
[fl][b]SSGN and SSN submarines[/b][/fl][p] [fl][i]The SSGN denomination corresponds to those submarines moved by nuclear energy and armed with non-nuclear guided missiles, in contrast with the SSBN, submarines which launch ballistic missiles. The SSN den...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 25 Kb | Update: 2025-02-11 ]
[fl][b]SSGN and SSN submarines[/b][/fl][p] [fl][i]The SSGN denomination corresponds to those submarines moved by nuclear energy and armed with non-nuclear guided missiles, in contrast with the SSBN, submarines which launch ballistic missiles. The SSN den...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 25 Kb | Update: 2025-02-11 ]
The Soviet Navy - SLBM by Sakhal
[fl][b]Ballistic missiles launched from submarines (SLBM)[/b][/fl][p] [fl][i]The submarines which carry intercontinental ballistic missiles constitute the main threat against those strategic targets deemed as unprotected, namely, cities and industrial ar...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: 2025-02-11 ]
[fl][b]Ballistic missiles launched from submarines (SLBM)[/b][/fl][p] [fl][i]The submarines which carry intercontinental ballistic missiles constitute the main threat against those strategic targets deemed as unprotected, namely, cities and industrial ar...
[ Date: 2020-10-04 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: 2025-02-11 ]
M1 Abrams main battle tank by Sakhal
For knowing more details about the initial development and characteristics of the M1 Abrams main battle tank, you can visit the article [a]articles/sakhal/chrysler_m-1_main_battle_tank.php[*a]Chrysler M-1 main battle tank[/a].[p] [fl][b]Background[/b][/f...
[ Date: 2019-02-27 | Length: 20 Kb | Update: Never ]
For knowing more details about the initial development and characteristics of the M1 Abrams main battle tank, you can visit the article [a]articles/sakhal/chrysler_m-1_main_battle_tank.php[*a]Chrysler M-1 main battle tank[/a].[p] [fl][b]Background[/b][/f...
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Chrysler M-1 main battle tank by Sakhal
The 1st August 1963 the North American and German governments signed an agreement for the joint development of a tank called MBT-70. Each country formed its own work team and quickly they began to work on the new tank, being completed the first prototypes...
[ Date: 2019-02-26 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: Never ]
The 1st August 1963 the North American and German governments signed an agreement for the joint development of a tank called MBT-70. Each country formed its own work team and quickly they began to work on the new tank, being completed the first prototypes...
[ Date: 2019-02-26 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: Never ]
FV 4030 Challenger I main battle tank by Sakhal
In 1974 Iran ordered 125 Shir 1 and 1225 Shir 2 to the Royal Ordnance Factory of Leeds. The Shir 1 was actually a latest model of the Chieftain, already in service in large numbers in Iran, fitted with a new propulsion plant constituted by a Rolls-Royce 1...
[ Date: 2018-03-07 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: 2018-12-29 ]
In 1974 Iran ordered 125 Shir 1 and 1225 Shir 2 to the Royal Ordnance Factory of Leeds. The Shir 1 was actually a latest model of the Chieftain, already in service in large numbers in Iran, fitted with a new propulsion plant constituted by a Rolls-Royce 1...
[ Date: 2018-03-07 | Length: 11 Kb | Update: 2018-12-29 ]
Kalashnikov assault rifles by Sakhal
In 1944 the Germans introduced a rifle calibrated for a new cartridge of lesser power, capable of being fired in full automatic mode. This "assault rifle" very soon proved to be superior to any previous design and after the war the British and the Soviet ...
[ Date: 2017-12-20 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
In 1944 the Germans introduced a rifle calibrated for a new cartridge of lesser power, capable of being fired in full automatic mode. This "assault rifle" very soon proved to be superior to any previous design and after the war the British and the Soviet ...
[ Date: 2017-12-20 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
M16 assault rifle by Sakhal
The M16 was initially produced as a private initiative of the company Armalite. Lightweight, manageable and practically without any recoil, it was effective at real combat distances. Since then it has been the ordnance rifle of the United States Army ...
[ Date: 2016-10-15 | Length: 16 Kb | Update: Never ]
The M16 was initially produced as a private initiative of the company Armalite. Lightweight, manageable and practically without any recoil, it was effective at real combat distances. Since then it has been the ordnance rifle of the United States Army ...
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Japanese tanks of the Cold War by Sakhal
After the parentheses of the immediate postwar, Japan reorganized its Army as part of the Self-Defense Forces. Despite the constitutional and political limitations, the Japanese industry of armored means produced during the Cold War vehicles comparabl...
[ Date: 2016-09-27 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: Never ]
After the parentheses of the immediate postwar, Japan reorganized its Army as part of the Self-Defense Forces. Despite the constitutional and political limitations, the Japanese industry of armored means produced during the Cold War vehicles comparabl...
[ Date: 2016-09-27 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: Never ]
The modern escort warship by Sakhal
The Task Forces of the United States Navy have their antimissile, antiaircraft and antisubmarine defense entrusted to the Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-47 onwards) and the Arleigh Burke- class destroyers (DDG-51 onwards), polyvalent ships provided wit...
[ Date: 2016-05-26 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: Never ]
The Task Forces of the United States Navy have their antimissile, antiaircraft and antisubmarine defense entrusted to the Ticonderoga-class cruisers (CG-47 onwards) and the Arleigh Burke- class destroyers (DDG-51 onwards), polyvalent ships provided wit...
[ Date: 2016-05-26 | Length: 18 Kb | Update: Never ]
Soviet rocket artillery - From BM-13 to BM-27 by Sakhal
During several decades the Soviet Union deployed the most powerful multiple-rocket artillery systems, a tendency that led to the huge BM-30 Smerch which as 2018 goes by is currently in service, along with the BM-27 Uragan, with the Russian Army. The diffe...
[ Date: 2015-06-18 | Length: 10 Kb | Update: 2018-02-07 ]
During several decades the Soviet Union deployed the most powerful multiple-rocket artillery systems, a tendency that led to the huge BM-30 Smerch which as 2018 goes by is currently in service, along with the BM-27 Uragan, with the Russian Army. The diffe...
[ Date: 2015-06-18 | Length: 10 Kb | Update: 2018-02-07 ]
T-72 main battle tank by Sakhal
The Soviet main battle tank T-72 was presented in public for the first time in the commemorative parade of the 60th Aniversary of the Revolution on November 1977. It was the tank of which more units were produced in the Soviet Union and it was exporte...
[ Date: 2015-06-06 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: 2015-07-10 ]
The Soviet main battle tank T-72 was presented in public for the first time in the commemorative parade of the 60th Aniversary of the Revolution on November 1977. It was the tank of which more units were produced in the Soviet Union and it was exporte...
[ Date: 2015-06-06 | Length: 14 Kb | Update: 2015-07-10 ]
T-64 - The evolution of the Soviet tank by Sakhal
In the second half of the 1960s, the Soviets started to project a replacement for the T-62, whose characteristics of maneuverability and effectiveness were poor in comparison with western main battle tanks, even if the initial impressions had been mor...
[ Date: 2015-06-05 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
In the second half of the 1960s, the Soviets started to project a replacement for the T-62, whose characteristics of maneuverability and effectiveness were poor in comparison with western main battle tanks, even if the initial impressions had been mor...
[ Date: 2015-06-05 | Length: 19 Kb | Update: Never ]
T-62 main battle tank by Sakhal
The bad prestations of the Egyptian and Syrian tanks T-54 during the Six Day War constituted an unpleasant surprise, equally in Moscow, Cairo and Damascus. If the Soviet Union wanted to continue supporting the Arab regimes, they would need a better ma...
[ Date: 2015-06-04 | Length: 9 Kb | Update: 2015-06-06 ]
The bad prestations of the Egyptian and Syrian tanks T-54 during the Six Day War constituted an unpleasant surprise, equally in Moscow, Cairo and Damascus. If the Soviet Union wanted to continue supporting the Arab regimes, they would need a better ma...
[ Date: 2015-06-04 | Length: 9 Kb | Update: 2015-06-06 ]