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the first space rover, Lunokhod 1 (eight-wheeled vehicle bottom-right) the first space station, Salyut 1 (left) the first modular space station, Mir (upper left) This timeline of Russian innovation encompasses key events in the history of technology in Russia . The entries in this timeline fall into the following categories: indigenous ...
The Avangard ( Russian: Авангард, "Vanguard"; previously known as Objekt 4202, Yu-71 and Yu-74) is a Russian hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) that can be carried as an MIRV payload by the UR-100UTTKh, [9] [10] R-36M2 and RS-28 Sarmat heavy ICBMs. It can deliver both nuclear and conventional payloads. [11] [12] [13] The Avangard is ...
The "Armata" Universal Combat Platform (Russian: Армата) is a Russian advanced next generation modular heavy military tracked vehicle platform. The Armata platform is the basis of the T-14 (a main battle tank), the T-15 (a heavy infantry fighting vehicle), a combat engineering vehicle, an armoured recovery vehicle, a heavy armoured personnel carrier, a tank support combat vehicle, and ...
1945 - Operation Paperclip takes 1,600 German rocket scientists and technicians to the United States. 1945 - Operation Osoaviakhim takes 2,000 German rocket scientists and technicians to the Soviet Union. 1946 - First flight of the Nike missile, later the first operational surface-to-air guided missile. 1947 - The first animals sent into space ...
The Sukhoi Su-35 (Russian: Сухой Су -35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E/M) is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable air superiority fighters, designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and built by Sukhoi . The type was originally developed by the ...
List of Russian aerospace engineers; List of currently active Russian military aircraft; External links (in English) – Liu.se: online Russian Aviation Museum website + search-engine Archived 2006-05-24 at the Wayback Machine – images + descriptions for over 1,300 Soviet−Russian aircraft (Swedish database).
The arms industry of Russia, also known as the defense industry of Russia is a strategically important sector and a large employer in the Russian Federation. [1] It employs approximately 3.5 million people nationwide and accounts for 20% of all manufacturing jobs in Russia. [2] [3]
The Strategic Rocket Forces was created on 17 December 1959 as part of the Soviet Armed Forces as the main force for operating all Soviet nuclear ground-based intercontinental, intermediate-range ballistic missile, and medium-range ballistic missile with ranges over 1,000 kilometers.