The world's most powerful rocket. Ballistic missile "Satan"
Development Soviet Union The MiG-25 jet fighter - the fastest in the world to this day - frightened NATO and the United States, since, in their opinion, this machine, despite its similarity to a “cargo van,” had super maneuverability and a high operational ceiling, writes We Are The Mighty. However, as the portal notes, in reality the MiG turned out to be not a table...
112: B-52 over the Black Sea worked out interaction with US allies
The American B-52 strategic bomber conducted joint training with aircraft from the Romanian, Georgian and Ukrainian Air Forces over the Black Sea. According to 112 Ukraine, these maneuvers were aimed at the integration and interaction of the United States with European allies and partners. The American strategic bomber B-52H conducted joint training...
Daily Sabah (Turkey): Trump praised the agreement between Moscow and Ankara: “a great success” on the Turkish-Syrian border
Great progress has been made on the Turkish-Syrian border, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after Turkey and Russia agreed to create a security zone in the area. “The safety zone has been created! The ceasefire has been observed, combat missions completed. The Kurds are safe and have worked very well with us. Captured ISIS fighters (banned...
Chinese expert: efforts to provoke disagreements in Sino-Russian relations are in vain (People's Daily, China)
The other day, the Voice of America radio company announced that Russia is actually hostile to China. The Chinese expert gives his own assessment of the relations between the two countries, emphasizing that in reality Russians are increasingly sympathetic to China, while the West fades into the background for them. 10.23.2019Ding XiaoxingChinese-Russian relations represent...
Phoenix (China): no one should be allowed into your sphere of influence! NATO decided to create a military base near the Russian borders, Putin is very unhappy
Russia is concerned about NATO's expansion to the East and is ready to respond to this - “both politically and militarily,” Dmitry Medvedev said. After all, as soon as neighboring countries join the alliance and allow military bases to be placed on their territory, the Russian capital will be under the gun, writes Phoenix. Russia and the West consider each other the strongest...
BuzzFeed (USA): the Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker trailer has been released. Sunrise" and it's perfect
And I keep stressing that this trailer is simply a miracle. “Coping with fear... is the destiny of every Jedi.” Let's get straight to it: after what seemed like the longest wait in this life or any other, the final trailer for the film star Wars: Skywalker. Sunrise" ( Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker), and... this...
Russian Germany (Germany): neither friend nor enemy, but so
Putin carefully, technically and mercilessly deceived Erdogan on the Syrian issue. Now they meet a Turkish friend without unnecessary pomp: the Muslim East understands strength and cunning more easily when it is seasoned with a little humiliation, the author writes. 10.23.2019Arseniy KamatozovWhen Erdogan attacks the Kurds, trying to seize part of Syrian territory, he directly benefits...
The New York Times (USA): from Russia - with admiration and despair
When Andrei Kozyrev was the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, America was for him a beacon of moral truth. And now, living in the United States and publishing in newspapers opposing Trump, he is horrified by Trump. First of all, because Trump’s presence in the White House gives the Kremlin the opportunity to point out the ugly side of American politics, he writes in the pages of the New York Times. ...
Bloomberg (USA): Putin has captured the Middle East. The US can return it
Russian mercenaries are now occupying positions in Syria that were held by American troops just a few days ago. Russia can gradually weaken the American-led order in the region, but only the United States can completely destroy this order. And now Washington is doing it quite well, the author believes. 10.23.2019Hal BrandsCa...
Project Syndicate (USA): disconnecting China from the dollar system
The recently announced “phase one” agreement between the United States and China is being touted as the end of a trade war that has raged for more than a year. But if you think Donald Trump is ready to abandon his policy of antagonism with China, you have jumped to conclusions. In fact, the Trump administration is about to start a new “war” with China. 10/23/2019Paola Subak...
The Hill (USA): a new stage of the Russian-Chinese alliance
While the media is busy with the Syrian crisis and the investigation to impeach Trump, no less significant events are taking place that deserve America's urgent attention, says a journalist from an American publication. For example, Putin announced the next stage of the Russian-Chinese defense alliance. 10/23/2019Stephen BlankWhile the media is busy...
Aftonbladet (Sweden): “Russia is already at war with Europe - you just don’t know about it”
A journalist from the Swedish Aftonbladet interviewed a “Russian independent military analyst in a white shirt and a goatee,” who immediately accused Russia of waging a secret war and Europe of schizophrenia. In addition, the analyst offers an original explanation for Russia’s actions in Syria. 10.23.2019Hans Wolfgang Michael Hanss...
The Washington Post (USA): Ukraine and Zelensky need help, but the US authorities are inactive
Zelensky is left at the mercy of Putin, the editors are sure. The Ukrainian leadership desperately needs US help, but there are no high-ranking American officials in Kyiv. American diplomacy in Ukraine was undermined by President Trump and his lawyer Rudolph Giuliani. 10.23.2019Editorial articleAfter five months in power, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zele...
Der Spiegel (Germany): Syria's fate is decided
Putin and Erdogan decided everything between themselves, writes Der Spiegel. In addition to them, among the winners in Syria is Bashar al-Assad, although, unlike Putin, he won only partially, like the Turkish president. But the USA doesn't play anymore important role in the region. Russia will now be responsible for order. 10/23/2019Christina Hebel, Maximilian Popp...
Al Jazeera (Qatar): full text of the Russian-Turkish agreement on Syria
The agreements between Russia and Turkey on Syria, reached on Tuesday, will ensure an end to the bloodshed and Ankara’s military operation in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, reading full text memorandum signed by Presidents Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Memorandum of Understanding between Russian Federation and Turkish...
Chinese major general: Russia's rapprochement with the United States does not mean confrontation with China (Guancha, China)
Chinese readers are vigorously discussing the statements of Major General Xu Hui regarding the political triangle “China-US-Russia”. Some believe that the United States will not rest until it “tears Russia to pieces,” while others believe that America’s decline is only a matter of time. On October 21, Major General Xu Hui, Dean of the International School of Defense...
The most combative air defense system: S-75 air defense system
Country: USSR
Entered service: 1957
Rocket type: 13D
Maximum target engagement range: 29–34 km
Speed of targets hit: 1500 km/h
John McCain, who lost the last US presidential election to Barack Obama, is known as an active critic of Russian foreign and domestic policy. It is likely that one of the explanations for such an irreconcilable position of the senator lies in the achievements of Soviet designers half a century ago. On October 23, 1967, during the bombing of Hanoi, the plane of a young pilot, who came from the family of hereditary admirals John McCain, was shot down. His Phantom was hit by anti-aircraft guns guided missile complex S-75. By that time, the Soviet anti-aircraft sword had already caused a lot of trouble for the Americans and their allies. The first “test of the pen” took place in China in 1959, when local air defense with the help of “Soviet comrades” interrupted the flight of a Taiwanese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, created on the basis of the British Canberra bomber. The hopes that the red air defense would be too tough for the more advanced aerial reconnaissance aircraft - the Lockheed U-2 - were also not destined to come true. One of them was shot down by an S-75 over the Urals in 1961, and the other a year later over Cuba. On account of the legendary anti-aircraft missile, created in the Fakel IKB, many other targets were hit in various conflicts from the Far and Middle East to the Caribbean Sea, and the S-75 complex itself was destined for a long life in various modifications. We can safely say that this air defense system has gained fame as the most widespread of all air defense systems of this type in the world.
The most high-tech missile defense system: the Aegis system ("Aegis")
SM-3 rocket
Country: USA
first launch: 2001
Length: 6.55 m
Steps: 3
Range: 500 km
Damage zone altitude: 250 km
The main element of this ship's multifunctional combat information and control system is the AN/SPY radar with four flat phased arrays with a power of 4 MW. The Aegis is armed with SM-2 and SM-3 missiles (the latter with the ability to intercept ballistic missiles) with a kinetic or fragmentation warhead. The SM-3 is constantly being modified, and the Block IIA model has already been announced, which will be capable of intercepting ICBMs. On February 21, 2008, an SM-3 missile was fired from the cruiser Lake Erie in Pacific Ocean and hit the emergency reconnaissance satellite USA-193, located at an altitude of 247 kilometers, moving at a speed of 27,300 km/h.
The newest Russian air defense missile system: the Pantsir S-1 air defense missile system
Country Russia
adopted: 2008
Radar: 1RS1-1E and 1RS2 based on phased array
Range: 18 km
Ammunition: 12 57E6-E missiles
Artillery weapons: 30 mm twin anti-aircraft gun
The complex is designed for short-range cover of civilian and military targets (including long-range air defense systems) from all modern and promising air attack weapons. It can also protect the defended object from ground and surface threats. Airborne targets include all targets with a minimal reflective surface at speeds up to 1000 m/s, maximum range 20000m and altitude up to 15000m, including helicopters, unmanned aircrafts, cruise missiles and precision bombs.
The most nuclear missile defense: Transatmospheric interceptor 51T6 "Azov"
Country: USSR-Russia
First launch: 1979
Length: 19.8 m
Steps: 2
Launch weight: 45 t
Firing range: 350–500 km
Warhead power: 0.55 Mt
Part of the second generation missile defense system around Moscow (A-135), the 51T6 (Azov) anti-missile missile was developed at the Fakel IKB in 1971–1990. Its tasks included the trans-atmospheric interception of enemy warheads using an oncoming nuclear explosion. Serial production and deployment of the Azov were carried out already in the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR. The missile has now been withdrawn from service.
The most effective portable air defense system: Igla-S MANPADS
Country Russia
developed: 2002
MANPADS "Igla-S"
Damage range: 6000 m
Damage altitude: 3500 m
Speed of targets hit: 400 m/s
Weight in firing position: 19 kg
According to many experts, Russian anti-aircraft complex, designed to destroy low-flying air targets various types under conditions of natural (background) and artificial thermal interference, it surpasses all analogues existing in the world.
Closest to our borders: Patriot PAC-3 air defense system
Country: USA
first launch: 1994
Rocket length: 4.826 m
Rocket weight: 316 kg
Warhead weight: 24 kg
Target engagement height: up to 20 km
A modification of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system created in the 1990s is designed to combat missiles with a range of up to 1000 km. During the test on March 15, 1999, a target missile, which was the 2nd and 3rd stages of the Minuteman-2 ICBM, was destroyed by a direct hit. After abandoning the idea of the Third Position Area of the American strategic missile defense system in Europe, Patriot PAC-3 batteries are being deployed in Eastern Europe.
The most common anti-aircraft gun: 20 mm Oerlicon anti-aircraft gun
Country: Germany – Switzerland
Designed: 1914
Caliber: 20 mm
Rate of fire: 300–450 rounds/min
Range: 3–4 km
The automatic 20-mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun, also known as the Becker gun, is the story of one extremely successful design that has spread throughout the world and is still in use today, despite the fact that the first example of this was created by the German designer Reinhold Becker back during the First World War. The high rate of fire was achieved due to the original mechanism, in which the impact ignition of the primer was carried out even before the cartridge was chambered. Thanks to the fact that the rights to German invention passed to the SEMAG company from neutral Switzerland; during World War II, both the Axis countries and the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition produced their versions of the Oerlikons.
The best anti-aircraft gun of World War II: Anti-aircraft gun 8.8 cm Flugabwehrkanone (FlAK)
Country: Germany
Year: 1918/1936/1937
Caliber: 88 mm
Rate of fire:
15–20 rounds/min
Barrel length: 4.98 m
Maximum effective ceiling: 8000 m
Projectile weight: 9.24 kg
One of the best in history anti-aircraft guns, better known as the "eight-eight", was in service from 1933 to 1945. It turned out to be so successful that it became the basis for a whole family of artillery systems, including anti-tank and field ones. In addition, the anti-aircraft gun served as a prototype for the guns of the Tiger tank.
The most promising air defense and missile defense system: S-400 Triumph air defense system
Country Russia
Developed: 1999
Target detection range: 600 km
Number of simultaneously tracked target tracks: up to 300 km
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets – 5–60 km
Ballistic targets – 3–240 km
Damage height: 10 m – 27 km
Designed to destroy jamming aircraft, radar detection and control aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, strategic and tactical aviation aircraft, tactical, operational-tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets and other modern and promising air attack weapons.
The most universal air defense and missile defense system: S-300VM "Antey-2500"
Country: USSR
Developed: 1988
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets – 200 km
Ballistic targets – up to 40 km
Damage height: 25m – 30 km
The mobile universal anti-missile and anti-aircraft system S-300VM "Antey-2500" belongs to the new generation of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems (BMD-PSO). “Antey-2500” is the world’s only universal missile defense and air defense system, capable of effectively combating both ballistic missiles with launch ranges of up to 2,500 km, and all types of aerodynamic and aeroballistic targets. The Antey-2500 system is capable of simultaneously firing at 24 aerodynamic targets, including low-visibility objects, or 16 ballistic missiles flying at speeds of up to 4500 m/s.
The Igla-super portable air defense system is a further development of the line of portable air defense systems launched by the Igla complex, which was put into service in 1983.
The most common and combat air defense system: S-75 air defense system
Country: USSR
Entered service: 1957
Rocket type: 13D
Maximum target engagement range: 29–34 km
Speed of targets hit: 1500 km/h
John McCain, who lost the last US presidential election to Barack Obama, is known as an active critic of Russian foreign and domestic policies. It is likely that one of the explanations for such an irreconcilable position of the senator lies in the achievements of Soviet designers half a century ago. On October 23, 1967, during the bombing of Hanoi, the plane of a young pilot, who came from the family of hereditary admirals John McCain, was shot down. His Phantom was hit by an S-75 anti-aircraft guided missile.
By that time, the Soviet anti-aircraft sword had already caused a lot of trouble for the Americans and their allies. The first “test of the pen” took place in China in 1959, when local air defense with the help of “Soviet comrades” interrupted the flight of a Taiwanese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, created on the basis of the British Canberra bomber. The hopes that the red air defense would be too tough for the more advanced aerial reconnaissance aircraft - the Lockheed U-2 - were also not destined to come true. One of them was shot down by an S-75 over the Urals in 1961, and the other a year later over Cuba.
The legendary anti-aircraft missile, created at the Fakel design bureau, has hit many other targets in various conflicts from the Far and Middle East to the Caribbean Sea, and the S-75 complex itself was destined for a long life in various modifications. We can safely say that this air defense system has gained fame as the most widespread of all air defense systems of this type in the world.
The most high-tech missile defense system: the Aegis system ("Aegis")
SM-3 rocket
Country: USA
first launch: 2001
Length: 6.55 m
Steps: 3
Range: 500 km
Damage zone altitude: 250 km
The main element of this ship's multifunctional combat information and control system is the AN/SPY radar with four flat phased arrays with a power of 4 MW. The Aegis is armed with SM-2 and SM-3 missiles (the latter with the ability to intercept ballistic missiles) with a kinetic or fragmentation warhead.
The SM-3 is constantly being modified, and the Block IIA model has already been announced, which will be capable of intercepting ICBMs. On February 21, 2008, an SM-3 missile was fired from the cruiser Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean and hit the emergency reconnaissance satellite USA-193, located at an altitude of 247 kilometers, moving at a speed of 27,300 km/h.
The newest Russian air defense missile system: the Pantsir S-1 air defense missile system
Country Russia
adopted: 2008
Radar: 1RS1-1E and 1RS2 based on phased array
Range: 18 km
Ammunition: 12 57E6-E missiles
Artillery weapons: 30 mm twin anti-aircraft gun
The "" complex is designed for short-range cover of civilian and military targets (including long-range air defense systems) from all modern and promising air attack weapons. It can also protect the defended object from ground and surface threats.
Aerial targets include all targets with a minimum reflective surface with speeds up to 1000 m/s, a maximum range of 20,000 m and altitudes up to 15,000 m, including helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles and precision bombs.
The most nuclear missile defense: the 51T6 Azov transatmospheric interceptor
Country: USSR-Russia
First launch: 1979
Length: 19.8 m
Steps: 2
Launch weight: 45 t
Firing range: 350–500 km
Warhead power: 0.55 Mt
Part of the second generation missile defense system around Moscow (A-135), the 51T6 (Azov) anti-missile missile was developed at the Fakel IKB in 1971–1990. Its tasks included transatmospheric interception of enemy warheads using an oncoming nuclear explosion. Serial production and deployment of "Azov" was carried out already in the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR. The missile has now been withdrawn from service.
The most effective portable air defense system: Igla-S MANPADS
Country Russia
developed: 2002
Damage range: 6000 m
Damage altitude: 3500 m
Speed of targets hit: 400 m/s
Weight in firing position: 19 kg
According to many experts, the Russian anti-aircraft system, designed to destroy low-flying air targets of various types in conditions of natural (background) and artificial thermal interference, is superior to all analogues existing in the world.
Closest to our borders: Patriot PAC-3 air defense system
Country: USA
first launch: 1994
Rocket length: 4.826 m
Rocket weight: 316 kg
Warhead weight: 24 kg
Target engagement height: up to 20 km
A modification of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system created in the 1990s is designed to combat missiles with a range of up to 1000 km. During the test on March 15, 1999, a target missile, which was the 2nd and 3rd stages of the Minuteman-2 ICBM, was destroyed by a direct hit. After abandoning the idea of the Third Position Area of the American strategic missile defense system in Europe, Patriot PAC-3 batteries are being deployed in Eastern Europe.
The most common anti-aircraft gun: 20-mm Oerlicon anti-aircraft gun ("Oerlikon")
Country: Germany – Switzerland
Designed: 1914
Caliber: 20 mm
Rate of fire: 300–450 rounds/min
Range: 3–4 km
The history of the automatic 20-mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun, also known as the Becker gun, is the story of one extremely successful design that has spread throughout the world and is still in use today, despite the fact that the first example of this weapon was created by the German designer Reinhold Becker during the First World War.
The high rate of fire was achieved due to the original mechanism, in which the percussion ignition of the primer was carried out even before the cartridge was chambered. Thanks to the fact that the rights to the German invention were transferred to the SEMAG company from neutral Switzerland, both the Axis countries and the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition produced their own versions of the Oerlikons during World War II.
The best anti-aircraft gun of World War II: the 88-mm anti-aircraft gun Flugabwehrkanone
Country: Germany
Year: 1918/1936/1937
Caliber: 88 mm
Rate of fire: 15–20 rds/min
Barrel length: 4.98 m
Maximum effective ceiling: 8000 m
Projectile weight: 9.24 kg
One of the best anti-aircraft guns in history, better known as the “eight-eight”, was in service from 1933 to 1945. It turned out to be so successful that it became the basis for a whole family of artillery systems, including anti-tank and field ones. In addition, the anti-aircraft gun served as a prototype for the guns of the Tiger tank.
The most promising air defense and missile defense system: S-400 Triumph air defense system
Country Russia
Developed: 1999
Target detection range: 600 km
Damage range:
– aerodynamic targets – 5–60 km
– ballistic targets – 3–240 km
Damage height: 10 m – 27 km
The air defense system is designed to destroy jamming aircraft, radar detection and control aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, strategic and tactical aviation aircraft, tactical, operational-tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets and other modern and promising air attack weapons. Each air defense system provides simultaneous firing of up to 36 targets with up to 72 missiles aimed at them.
The most universal air defense and missile defense system: S-300VM "Antey-2500"
Country: USSR
Developed: 1988
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets – 200 km
Ballistic targets – up to 40 km
Damage height: 25m – 30 km
The mobile universal anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense "Antey-2500" belongs to the new generation of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems (BMD-PSO). “Antey-2500” is the world’s only universal missile defense and air defense system, capable of effectively combating both ballistic missiles with launch ranges of up to 2,500 km, and all types of aerodynamic and aeroballistic targets.
The Antey-2500 system is capable of simultaneously firing at 24 aerodynamic targets, including low-visibility objects, or 16 ballistic missiles flying at speeds of up to 4500 m/s.
/Based on materials popmech.ru And topwar.ru /
Today, August 29, on air force base In California, USA, the latest secret American technology was launched - the Delta IV spy satellite. The object is the most powerful rocket in the entire history of mankind. Its height is 71 meters, engine performance is 17 million Horse power, and one launch of the monster cost the United States one million dollars.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
America has always had a special attitude towards world organizations and their large-scale events. Therefore, the owners themselves powerful rocket in the world they decided to launch it on August 29 - the International Day of Action against Nuclear Tests. The funny thing is that the States have never admitted what the purpose of the development, construction and launch of Delta IV was.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
The men's online magazine MPORT remembers that not only the States have more powerful weapon. There are many more countries in the world that can also boast intercontinental ballistic missiles. Find out what you, a peaceful inhabitant of planet Earth, should be most afraid of?
The most mobile - Topol-M
Source: waronline.com
Manufacturer - Russia, first launch was carried out in 1994. Launch weight - 46 and a half tons. It is considered the basis of Russian nuclear weapons.
The most protected - Yars RS-24
Source: waronline.com
Manufacturer - Russia, first launch - in 2007. Flight range - 11 thousand kilometers. Unlike Topol-M, it has multiple warheads. In addition to combat units, Yars also carries a set of breakthrough weapons missile defense, which makes it much more difficult for the enemy to detect and intercept it. This innovation makes the RS-24 the most successful combat missile in the context of global deployment American system PRO. And you can even place it on a railway carriage.
The heaviest - R-36M Satan
Source: waronline.com
First launch - 1970, weight - 211 tons, flight range - 11,200 - 16,000 kilometers. Missile systems, placed in mines, cannot be too light by definition. Satan simply broke the record of all heavyweights.
The most accurate - Trident II D5
Source: waronline.com
Manufacturer - USA, first launched in 1987. Weight - 58 tons, flight range - 11,300 kilometers. Trident is submarine-based and capable of hitting hardened ICBM silos and hardened command posts with extreme precision.
The fastest - Minuteman LGM-30G
Source: waronline.com
Manufacturer - USA, first launch - 1966. The mass of the rocket is 35 and a half tons. Range - 13,000 kilometers. This missile is believed to be one of the fastest ICBMs in the world and can accelerate to more than 24 thousand kilometers per hour during the terminal phase of flight.
The most sophisticated - MX (LGM-118A) Peacekeeper
Source: waronline.com
Manufacturer - USA, first launched in 1983. Weight - 88.44 tons, flight range - 9600 kilometers. The heavy intercontinental ballistic missile Peacemaker is simply the embodiment latest technologies. For example, the use of composite materials. It also has a higher hit accuracy, and - which is especially characteristic - increased “survivability” of the missile under nuclear conditions.
The very first - R-7
The Igla-super MANPADS is a further development of the line of portable air defense systems started by the Igla complex, which was put into service in 1983.
The most combative air defense system: S-75 air defense system
Country: USSR
Entered service: 1957
Rocket type: 13D
Maximum target engagement range: 29-34 km
Speed of targets hit: 1500 km/h
John McCain, who lost the last US presidential election to Barack Obama, is known as an active critic of Russian foreign and domestic policies. It is likely that one of the explanations for such an irreconcilable position of the senator lies in the achievements of Soviet designers half a century ago. On October 23, 1967, during the bombing of Hanoi, the plane of a young pilot, who came from the family of hereditary admirals John McCain, was shot down. His Phantom was hit by an S-75 anti-aircraft guided missile. By that time, the Soviet anti-aircraft sword had already caused a lot of trouble for the Americans and their allies. The first “test of the pen” took place in China in 1959, when local air defense with the help of “Soviet comrades” interrupted the flight of a Taiwanese high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, created on the basis of the British Canberra bomber. The hopes that the red air defense would be too tough for the more advanced aerial reconnaissance aircraft - the Lockheed U-2 - were also not destined to come true. One of them was shot down by an S-75 over the Urals in 1961, and the other a year later over Cuba. The legendary anti-aircraft missile, created at the Fakel design bureau, has hit many other targets in various conflicts from the Far and Middle East to the Caribbean Sea, and the S-75 complex itself was destined for a long life in various modifications. We can safely say that this air defense system has gained fame as the most widespread of all air defense systems of this type in the world.
The most high-tech missile defense system: the Aegis system ("Aegis")
SM-3 rocket 
Country: USA
first launch: 2001
Length: 6.55 m
Steps: 3
Range: 500 km
Damage zone altitude: 250 km
The main element of this ship's multifunctional combat information and control system is the AN/SPY radar with four flat phased arrays with a power of 4 MW. The Aegis is armed with SM-2 and SM-3 missiles (the latter with the ability to intercept ballistic missiles) with a kinetic or fragmentation warhead. The SM-3 is constantly being modified, and the Block IIA model has already been announced, which will be capable of intercepting ICBMs. On February 21, 2008, an SM-3 missile was fired from the cruiser Lake Erie in the Pacific Ocean and hit the emergency reconnaissance satellite USA-193, located at an altitude of 247 kilometers, moving at a speed of 27,300 km/h.
The newest Russian air defense missile system: the Pantsir S-1 air defense missile system
Country Russia 
adopted: 2008
Radar: 1RS1-1E and 1RS2 based on phased array
Range: 18 km
Ammunition: 12 57E6-E missiles
Artillery weapons: 30 mm twin anti-aircraft gun
The complex is designed for short-range cover of civilian and military targets (including long-range air defense systems) from all modern and promising air attack weapons. It can also protect the defended object from ground and surface threats. Aerial targets include all targets with a minimum reflective surface with speeds up to 1000 m/s, a maximum range of 20000 m and altitudes up to 15000 m, including helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, cruise missiles and precision bombs.
The most nuclear missile defense: Transatmospheric interceptor 51T6 "Azov"
Country: USSR-Russia 
First launch: 1979
Length: 19.8 m
Steps: 2
Launch weight: 45 t
Firing range: 350-500 km
Warhead power: 0.55 Mt
The 51T6 (Azov) anti-missile missile, which was part of the second-generation missile defense system around Moscow (A-135), was developed by the Fakel Design Bureau in 1971-1990. Its tasks included transatmospheric interception of enemy warheads using an oncoming nuclear explosion. Serial production and deployment of the Azov were carried out already in the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR. The missile has now been withdrawn from service.
The most effective portable air defense system: Igla-S MANPADS
Country Russia 
developed: 2002
MANPADS "Igla-S"
Damage range: 6000 m
Damage altitude: 3500 m
Speed of targets hit: 400 m/s
Weight in firing position: 19 kg
According to many experts, the Russian anti-aircraft complex, designed to destroy low-flying air targets of various types in conditions of natural (background) and artificial thermal interference, is superior to all analogues existing in the world.
Closest to our borders: Patriot PAC-3 air defense system
Country: USA 
first launch: 1994
Rocket length: 4.826 m
Rocket weight: 316 kg
Warhead weight: 24 kg
Target engagement height: up to 20 km
A modification of the Patriot PAC-3 air defense system created in the 1990s is designed to combat missiles with a range of up to 1000 km. During the test on March 15, 1999, a target missile, which was the 2nd and 3rd stages of the Minuteman-2 ICBM, was destroyed by a direct hit. After the abandonment of the idea of the Third Position Area of the American strategic missile defense system in Europe, Patriot PAC-3 batteries are being deployed in Eastern Europe.
The most common anti-aircraft gun: 20 mm Oerlicon anti-aircraft gun
Country: Germany - Switzerland 
designed: 1914
Caliber: 20 mm
Rate of fire: 300-450 rds/min
Range: 3-4 km
The history of the automatic 20-mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft gun, also known as the “Becker gun,” is the story of one extremely successful design that has spread throughout the world and is still in use today, despite the fact that the first example of this weapon was created German designer Reinhold Becker during the First World War. The high rate of fire was achieved due to the original mechanism, in which impact ignition of the primer was carried out even before the cartridge was chambered. Thanks to the fact that the rights to the German invention were transferred to the SEMAG company from neutral Switzerland, both the Axis countries and the allies in the anti-Hitler coalition produced their own versions of the Oerlikons during World War II.
The best anti-aircraft gun of World War II: Anti-aircraft gun 8.8 cm Flugabwehrkanone (FlAK)
Country: Germany 
Year: 1918/1936/1937
Caliber: 88 mm
Rate of fire:
15-20 rounds/min
Barrel length: 4.98 m
Maximum effective ceiling: 8000 m
Projectile weight: 9.24 kg
One of the best anti-aircraft guns in history, better known as the “eight-eight”, was in service from 1933 to 1945. It turned out to be so successful that it became the basis for a whole family of artillery systems, including anti-tank and field ones. In addition, the anti-aircraft gun served as a prototype for the guns of the Tiger tank.
The most promising air defense and missile defense system: S-400 Triumph air defense system
Country Russia 
developed: 1999
Target detection range: 600 km
Number of simultaneously tracked target tracks: up to 300 km
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets - 5-60 km
Ballistic targets - 3-240 km
Damage height: 10 m - 27 km
Designed to destroy jamming aircraft, radar detection and control aircraft, reconnaissance aircraft, strategic and tactical aviation aircraft, tactical, operational-tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets and other modern and promising air attack weapons.
The most universal air defense and missile defense system: S-300VM "Antey-2500"
Country: USSR 
developed: 1988
Damage range:
Aerodynamic targets - 200 km
Ballistic targets - up to 40 km
Damage height: 25m - 30 km
The mobile universal anti-missile and anti-aircraft system S-300VM "Antey-2500" belongs to the new generation of anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems (BMD-PSO). “Antey-2500” is the world’s only universal missile defense and air defense system, capable of effectively combating both ballistic missiles with launch ranges of up to 2,500 km, and all types of aerodynamic and aeroballistic targets. The Antey-2500 system is capable of simultaneously firing at 24 aerodynamic targets, including low-visibility objects, or 16 ballistic missiles flying at speeds of up to 4500 m/s.
