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The Avion Newspaper publishes material called The Secret Weapons of the 2nd Cold War. The material is devoted to modern military-technical developments of four states of the world: Russia, the USA, China and India.

In this case, it is mainly about Russia.

From the material: Russia stated that it had fully developed the system, which will be deployed in 2019. This system is called Vanguard, and it will launch SS-19 reusable accelerators on board. Russia also stated that these weapons have been successfully tested in preparation for mass production. Although the exact details and technical characteristics of the Avangard system are scarce and one can always be skeptical of Russian statements, shots of another missile system have also appeared. In mid-March, during the tests, the high-tech KH-72M Dagger hypersonic missile system was launched from the upgraded MiG-31 high-altitude interceptor. Russia reiterates its new missile, but in the video it simply turns into a modified Iskander ballistic missile, which already existed in the Russian arsenal. Russia also claimed that in 2017 they tested a hypersonic missile at sea, but these claims are also dubious.

From the article: The missile system, which Russian President Putin showed on the screen during his annual message, is a cruise missile with a nuclear power plant and with an almost unlimited range, called the "Petrel". This would be a completely new strategic strike weapon compared to a conventional ballistic missile or even hypersonic weapon systems. At almost 20,000 km range, this missile could hit any targets in the war zone. This missile is specially designed as a missile defense suppression weapon. All the nuances about this weapon are published in the Russian media, but the reality of this weapon, which actually exists in a usable condition, remains dubious.

As a result, the author concludes that modern weapons put the world on the brink of a great war, in which every mistake or provocation can be too expensive. According to him, the means of delivery of nuclear warheads are being improved, which means that the flight time is reduced.

Nobody argues, war is a terrible evil. They take thousands and millions of human lives and bring enormous grief to the survivors. On the other hand, wars give impetus to the development of industry. The most obvious example is the United States, which, thanks to the Second World War, very quickly and quite painlessly overcame the effects of the Great Depression and became the first power on the planet.

Wars also give a powerful impetus to the development of everything in one way or another connected with military affairs. Scientists during the war years are intensively developing new drugs, communications, transportation, etc. etc.

Naturally, the military-industrial complex receives the most powerful impetus, which not only increases the output of all types of weapons, ammunition and equipment, but also frantically develops new types and equipment.

Often come across among developments and inventions and quite strange. The following is far from a complete, of course, list of the most unusual weapons invented during the Second World War.

1. A gun firing rockets from ships

With the advent of aviation, it was enemy aircraft that became the main enemy of the navy. To protect against enemy aircraft in the UK, rocket launchers were invented that were installed on the decks of ships. They fired special missiles. Rising to a height of 300 meters, the rockets exploded. The mines inside the parachutes scattered in different directions.

The idea was to create a kind of air minefield over the ship. Parachutes were mounted on cables up to 120 meters long, which further complicated the work of enemy pilots.

The idea looked quite logical, but the novelty was ineffective. Mines, parachutes and cables were visible from afar. Therefore, pilots without any problems bypassed air minefields from below or from above. In addition, the mines were completely in the grip of the wind, which could carry them back to the ships.

Anti-aircraft missile launchers never shot down a single German aircraft. On British ships they fired quite a few and claimed the lives of several dozen people.

2. Demoman dogs

In the USSR, dog demolition dogs began to be prepared back in 1924, however, four-legged miners carrying explosives were widely used during the Second World War.

Dogs were used mainly against tanks. They were taught to pull the detonator with their teeth when they were under the tank. This "live" weapon proved to be more effective than ship missile launchers. Dogs blew up at least 300 German tanks, but they were too distracted during the assignment, and they often returned to those who prepared them.

3. Bats - bombers

This original type of weapon was invented in the United States for operations against Japan. The idea to use bats as bombers armed with incendiary bombs came to mind ... to dentist Little S. Adams.

The bats seemed like the perfect weapon. Firstly, there are a lot of them. Secondly, they are able to carry a load much more than their weight. Thirdly, being in hibernation, bats do not require nutrition and care. And finally, in the fourth, they fly at night, and sleep during the day.

Mice were supposed to be dumped in Japanese cities in containers. They consisted of 26 shelves, on each of which there were mini-containers with 40 mice. Flying rodents were armed with 17- and 28-gram napalm bombs. The containers were to be dropped at dawn by parachutes from a height of 1,500 m. At an altitude of 300 m above the ground, they opened, and bats flew in all directions. They lodged for the night in attics and roofs, after which timers worked and bombs lit up.

The tests were successful, but in the summer of 1944, when it became clear that it would be possible to use combat bats no earlier than the summer of 45, the command closed the project. Preference was given to the atomic bomb, work on which was much faster.

4. The biggest tool

Before the invasion of France, Adolf Hitler demanded that the German military and engineers create a new super-weapon. It should have easily broken through the most powerful fortifications of the Maginot defense line, the only serious barrier separating Germany from Western Europe.

As a result, the steelworks of Friedrich Krupp A.G. a super-gun was created, even given a name - the Gustav gun. The height of Gustav was a four-story building. It was 50 meters long, and the length of the gun itself was almost 27 meters. Superweapon weighed 1350 tons and fired shells weighing 4.5 tons!

The giant size of the guns, the main source of its power, turned out to be the main minus. Due to its size, it was possible to transport it only by rail. Due to its size, Gustav was also an easy target for the Allied aviation. In less than a year, the super-gun project was closed.

5. The V-3 gun

The multi-chamber artillery was also known under the names "millipede", "hardworking Lizhen" and "English gun". The gun was developed in the summer of 1944 and was intended to be fired every hour by volleys of 300 shells in the form of darts 2.7 meters long. The “muzzle” of the gun was 125 meters long and theoretically, at least, it could get London from the French village of Mimeyoux, located 8 kilometers from the English Channel. However, the first tests showed that the projectile speed reached only 1 km / s, i.e. was half the speed needed to cover the 160 km that separated Mimoyek from London.

Hitler ordered 50 Fau-3s to be made, but the Allies managed to bomb the prototype guns that were hidden in haystacks before the Fau-3s went into production.

As a result, only two smaller (45 meters long) versions of the V-3 were made. Of these, only a few volleys were fired. Since no information about the shooting results has been preserved, it can be argued that they were not the most successful.

6. Mini tanks

Devices similar to small tanks were controlled using a remote control and were used to undermine enemy tanks. Despite the name - Goliath, they were not similar in size to the biblical giant in the first place. With the operator, the minitank was first connected by a cable with a length of 650 meters. "Goliath" was able to tolerate approx. 50 kg of explosives. Minitanks climbed under the Allied tanks and blew them up. When it turned out that the most vulnerable spot was a cable that could be cut, minitanks were created that were controlled by a radio signal.

Judging by the number of Goliath minitanks issued - 7.5 thousand pieces, the German command was enough with their actions.

7. The army of ghosts

World famous fashion designer Bill Blass fought during the Second World War in the “Ghost Army”. Together with colleagues, such as representatives of creative professions, he made camouflage and led enemies by the nose with the help of inflatable tanks and guns, fake airplanes, fake command posts, thunder sound effects and much more.

The “Ghosts” for several days gave a “performance” on the battlefield or next to it, after which they collected all the equipment and details and moved to another place. In less than a year, they carried out 17 such operations, making 17 inflatable tanks, trucks and artillery, which at a distance was almost impossible to distinguish from real equipment. They were made on the basis of a frame of pipes through which a simple compressor supplied air. To give them a greater resemblance, the soldiers covered the frames with a rubberized tarpaulin. ”

The Second World War is a huge tragedy that led to irreparable human and material losses for all countries against which the Hitlerite clique directed its hordes. But World War II was the catalyst for a huge leap forward in the development of new technologies. This was especially true in the development of new weapons. Many projects of those times were never realized, but they can be seen in the form of sketches and drawings.

Before the war, Germany was considered a developed scientific and technological power. In 1939, the Germans were far ahead of the leading countries in the development of military technology. But, despite this, during the war, the Nazis still lost their primacy in this area.

Confident of a quick and victorious war with Great Britain, the Germans built special submarines that surpassed the technical characteristics of the submarines that the participants in the anti-Hitler coalition had. For example, the new German submarines had the opportunity to be in a submerged position for a considerable time. The latest sonars were installed on them, which made it possible, without raising the periscope, to detect the enemy. Submarines had powerful electric torpedoes that did not leave a foamy trail, which kept the real location of the submarine secret. The Germans also managed to develop a unique special coating for submarines, which made them less visible when they surfaced. Submarine equipment allowed them to communicate, if necessary, with airplanes using infrared spotlights.

Japan also developed a secret submarine project - the largest submarine of World War II. Of the 18 planned, only three submarines were built. The submarine was armed with 20 torpedoes, three 25-mm machine guns and a 140-mm deck gun, anti-aircraft gun, and three aircraft. To accommodate the aircraft, the designers were forced to place the fuel tanks of the submarine outside the submarine. The length of the submarine was 122 meters, displacement - 3530 tons. The team consisted of 144 people. Two submarines of this project were used in Operation Hikari, where the Japanese military planned to destroy American aircraft carriers. However, by the beginning of the operation, Japan had surrendered, and the submarines surrendered to American troops.

German scientists also invented synthetic fuels obtained by coal processing, which significantly reduced the cost of oil, which Germany was forced to buy in other countries.

German bombers were equipped with radio transmitters with receivers, receiving, using these devices, the coordinates of the targets. This system can rightly be called the forerunner of GPS. The allies of the anti-Hitler coalition did not even have an approximate analogue of such a system.

Hitler's fatal mistake at the beginning of the war was that he was already celebrating his quick victory and did not pay attention to the further development of weapons technology. And only when the Soviet troops launched a front and went west, freeing their lands from the fascist plague, Germany again turned to the development of high-tech weapons, trying to use it to turn the tide of the battle in their favor.

Let us dwell on some samples developed by German and Japanese gunsmiths during 1940-1945.

The Sturmgewehr 44 Storm Rifle, Vampire Vision, was an analogue of the modern M16 and AK-47. The sight of the rifle was infrared, which allowed the use of the rifle at night. Vampir weighed five pounds (2.27 kg.) And came with a satchel to carry thirty-pound (14 kg) batteries.

A Der Gebone Lauf assault rifle (Curved Barrel) was also developed, allowing for firing from around the corner.

Special pride of German military designers - heavy tanks, such as Panzerkampfwagen VIII Maus. This tank weighed about 180 tons - this ultimately killed the tank. At that time there was no engine capable of giving this tank a speed of at least 20 km / h. The maximum speed that he was able to achieve was 13 km / h and only on a flat surface. Of particular difficulty for a heavy tank was crossing the bridges. But he also had advantages. This tank was able not only to force small rivers, but also to go along the bottom in deeper water bodies. However, being in an underwater position, this tank had to be fed through an electric cable from another tank. During deep immersion (not more than 13 meters), air was fed into the tank through a long pipe.

In the secret laboratories of Krup, a tank design was developed called the Bear. The 1,500-ton monster was armed to the eyeballs: a 305mm mortar, 800 mm and two 150 mm guns. It was planned to install four powerful diesel engines on this tank.

In 1944, in the Krupa factories, they built a super heavy tractor, which was planned to be used for mine clearance. In a 130-ton transport, the diameter of the wheels was 2.7 m. The tractor consisted of two halves, and the wheels were mounted so as to cover a wider part of the road. This single instance in excess of the tractor was captured by American troops at the end of the war.

The Germans placed great hope for victory in the war on the Fieseler Fi 103 cruise missile they created. The missile was equipped with jet engines and could carry a 1,875-pound warhead at a distance of 125 miles. For the first time, the Germans released it in the direction of England in June 1944. The missile was mainly launched from the ground, but could also start from a bomber. And although the Germans tried to mask the missile launch complexes in woodlands, they were easily found by the Allied aircraft and bombed.

All in all, about 9,250 cruise missiles were fired in England, and only 2,500 of them reached their targets. Most often they were shot down by fighters or they were destroyed by barrage balloons. Missile fire was carried out until the allies of the anti-Hitler coalition captured all the launchers of the Nazis.

German designers created a radio-controlled self-propelled tracked vehicle designed to destroy enemy tanks. It had small dimensions - 150x85x56 cm. It housed up to 100 kg of explosives. For all the time the Germans were able to produce about eight thousand of these machines. But this project cannot be called successful - the production was too expensive, the low speed of the car (no more than 9.5 km / h), thin armor and poor cross-country ability.

It is also necessary to recall that in the factories of the Krupa concern as early as the 30s, heavy 800mm superheavy guns were produced - Dora and Gustav. The technical documents said that they were able to penetrate concrete 7 m thick, hard soil about 30 meters, and armor 1 meter thick. The range of the guns was 45 km. The length of the shell reached 4 meters. The guns were delivered to the army along with a hundred shells. Dora participated in the hostilities only twice, but Gustav was never used. According to experts, these tools were "a waste of labor and materials."

The German radio-controlled bomb "Fritz-X", created in the 40s, was intended to destroy naval armored targets. To improve its aerodynamics, she was equipped with a tail unit and four small wings. It was with this bomb that the Germans sank the British cruiser Spartan and the Italian battleship Roma. The big drawback of the Fritz-X was that it could not change direction: bombers had to drop bombs over the target itself, which made the aircraft vulnerable to air defense systems. Another German radio-controlled bomb, the Henschel Hs 293, was much better than the first. After the bomb was dropped, its jet engine turned on, which accelerated the deadly warhead. A beacon was installed on the tail of the bomb, with which the gunner watched and corrected its flight. At the very first use of this bomb, the Germans managed to sink the British ship "Erget". Only at the end of the war did the Allies learn to distort the signal of the radio-controlled bombs, which knocked them off the direction of flight.

But not only in Germany developed a superweapon. In the 30s, the Soviet Union began to develop an aircraft carrier capable of deploying up to 5 fighter jets over long distances. As aircraft carriers used, developed by Tupolev, aircraft TB-1 and TB-3. As portable fighters - aircraft of Polikarpov Design Bureau I-16, I-4 and I-3. When using aircraft carriers, the fighter range increased by eighty percent, and the bomb load increased five times! Fighters could launch from an aircraft carrier independently of each other. The first battle with the use of aircraft carriers occurred in July 1941. The task was to bomb the bridge in Constanta (Romania). Forty kilometers from the target, the fighters disconnected from the aircraft carrier, successfully hit the target and returned to Odessa airfield.

It must be recognized that the military designers of the warring countries created such weapons that, even after 70 years, they never cease to amaze and amaze modern connoisseurs of weapons.

The most incredible developments of the Second World War and the thoughts of their inventors.

Ice Carriers
  The Second World War. November 1942 The British Admiralty is in a panic: for just one month, Hitler's submarines torpedoed as many as 120 cargo ships. The blame for the shortage of the British anti-submarine vessels, especially aircraft carriers. What to do? Someone Jeffrey Pike proposed a solution: we need to make aircraft carriers from ... icebergs!
  "The ice does not sink, and the ship stays afloat, even if it is torpedoed," Geoffrey explained. "Moreover, ice is available in huge quantities and costs absolutely nothing."
  According to the scientist, one could create aircraft carriers 1200 meters long and 180 wide from ice floes!
Pike's arguments were so eloquent and convincing that the Prime Minister of Great Britain Winston Churchill himself listened to them. He gave the idea a green light. But soon the first serious obstacle appeared on the way of the project implementation: in the latitudes of Europe, where the waters are warmer than in the Arctic, ice floes crack.
  To strengthen the "aircraft carrier", Pike and his colleagues invented a special mixture - "Paykrit".
The mixture was made of salt water and wood pulp and, freezing, acquired the strength of concrete. For testing, a hefty piece was cut from the ice cover of a Canadian lake. It remains to send him on a voyage ...
It was then that all the doubtfulness of the venture became clear. In order for the ice ship to maintain its strength and shape, it had to be entangled with thousands of meters of steel pipes, through which numerous pumps drove cold air.
  The experiment absorbed millions of pounds, and soon the project budget was inflated to an incredible size. And all this in order to build a ship six times slower than a regular warship? Absolute stupidity! This story turned out to be so funny that the British military did not remove the "secret" stamp from it for thirty years.

Pigeon-guided missiles
  During the Second World War, the Americans had already designed military missiles. One trouble — the target guidance system was too primitive. In other words, the new weapon was ineffective.
In 1944, the American psychologist Barrus Skinner proposed guiding the rocket using ... pigeons. Tests were immediately carried out.
  Pigeons were covered in a special mini-cockpit and trained to strike with their beak at the place on the window where the target was visible. Electronics read the coordinates of the next strike and transmitted corrective information to the guidance system.
  It turned out that the pigeons do an excellent job with the mission assigned to them. However, the suicide birds did not succeed in participating in the battles. While testing was underway, American designers managed to create an effective and electronic guidance system.

Fortress tank

Invulnerability combined with incredible firepower - such an ideal tank should have possessed from the point of view of the German Ministry of Arms. And in June 1942, the Ministry submitted to Hitler a tank project weighing ... 10OO tons! The Führer gave the go-ahead, and already in the fall the Krupp company created a prototype of the caterpillar R 10OO.
  The 35-meter-long monster was equipped with guns similar to those installed on warships.
In December, Krupp introduced yet another monster - this time weighing 1,500 tons! Both projects were eventually rejected after General Heinz Guderian, a recognized authority in the field of tank battles, noted that not a single road or bridge could bear the weight of these giants.

Inflatable bombs
During the war, American bombers rained many tons of incendiary bombs on Japan. Angry Japanese in 1944 conceived a cunning revenge. The main hope in the planned retaliation was placed on icy winds blowing at high altitudes directly in the direction of the American coast. Why not deliver bombs to enemy territory with their help in order to create an atmosphere of fear among the local population?
  Between November 1944 and April 1945, the Japanese military launched 9,000 helium-filled balloons into the air, each of which carried a 1,5 kg bomb. The fastest of these balloons reached the shores of America after three days, flying over the ocean 8000 kilometers. Japanese "gifts" were quickly discovered, although several explosions over American soil did occur. However, serious damage was out of the question.
  However, experts sent to the west bank to investigate the fallen balls were quite worried. They were afraid that the Japanese might use such balloons to scatter deadly germs over the United States. To avoid panic, the press was instructed to avoid reporting new enemy weapons.
  Special radars were installed to detect balloons approaching the shore. Groups of volunteers who were on duty by the ocean were also formed. As soon as the balloon was detected, fighters rose into the air and shot flying bombs.
  Meanwhile, U.S. aircraft bombed, destroying Japanese helium plants. By April 1945, the military from
  The countries of the Rising Sun stopped the operation, and did not achieve the desired results. As a result, out of 9,000 balloons, no more than 1,000 flew to the American coast.
  Alas, there were some casualties among the civilian population. Five children and an elementary school teacher were killed by one of the bombs.

Wind gun
  How to deal with the armada of British and American bombers, ironing the territory of the Third Reich?
  The Austrian scientist, Dr. Zippermayer, proposed shooting down enemy planes with a gun creating an air vortex. Absurd? Not really. Zippermayer's research showed that a strong whirlwind can destroy the aircraft fuselage or make the car completely uncontrollable, which will inevitably lead to crash.
  The Austrian even designed a special device. An explosion occurred in the combustion chamber, and the resulting air wave was directed through the barrel to the target.
With the help of a "wind" gun, Zippermayer managed to smash a 10 cm thick board from a distance of 200 meters. To combat the bombers, such a result was clearly not enough. The project was stopped.

Flying Wing for New York
  In response to the Allied air raids of German cities, an enraged Hitler conceived revenge. Let the bombs fall on the largest American cities! For example, to New York.
  Since the beginning of 1944, the Ministry of Aviation ordered Arado to develop a bomber capable of flying out of Germany, flying to New York, dropping bombs on the city and returning.
  At the end of the year, Arado engineers presented a project of an aircraft equipped with six engines and made according to the “flying wing” scheme. Arado Ar E 555 - such a code name was given to the bomber - could carry 4 tons of bombs and fly 6400 kilometers without refueling. On paper, the car looked just revolutionary! But building a real aircraft was not so easy: there were no necessary materials.
  In addition, the bomber required lengthy flight tests. And the Germans did not have time at all - the Allied forces had already entered the territory of the Third Reich. So the "flying wing" and has sunk into history.

Bomber mice
  How do you like the idea of \u200b\u200bblowing up Japanese military targets with bats carrying explosives?
Does this look like a low-budget Hollywood action movie scenario? And no! Such a project was developed by the US military for a whole year! The idea belonged to a certain dental surgeon. He reasoned like this: if bats like to climb into dark places during the day, then why not teach them to hide in Japanese buildings, which animals will explode at the same time?
  In 1942, the doctor proposed his project to the government. Military officials became enthusiastic and handed over to the dentist a special laboratory for testing. Thousands of bats were caught and attached to their breasts with a miniature bomb weighing 15 grams.
  Amazing scenery were built that reproduced the streets and buildings of the Japanese city. It was on them that bombs equipped with explosives were dropped from an airplane. Failure! The animals refused to fly into homes, but some of them found refuge in the car of an American general. The car burned down!
After several dozen experiments that cost the lives of thousands of animals, by December 1943 they finally managed to set fire to several buildings. But although $ 2 million has already been spent on the project, real results were promised only by 1945.
  As a result, the US Navy, under the auspices of which tests were organized, was forced to cover the bench.

The development of various weapons today for many countries is one of the priority tasks for which significant funds are allocated. Moreover, it is worth noting that armaments are understood not only as classic types of weapons, whether they are machine guns or pistols, but also airplanes - fighters and all kinds of missile systems. It is not difficult to guess that the "palm" of the championship in such developments is occupied by two powers that possess the most impressive military forces and the most advanced military technologies - Russia and the USA. Often, the development of the latest devices is carried out in a secret mode. After the creation of ready-made working samples, it is almost certain that field trials are first carried out, and then field trials, since armed conflicts nowadays occur quite often. In this article, we will examine in more detail the most secret military developments and try to give a small description of them based on known facts.

Information about this development appeared in the US print media in 2013. The RQ-180 is a “drone” created by Northrop Grumman. According to information, the first flight was made in 2013 in the area of \u200b\u200bZone-51. For those who are not in the know, Zone 51 is a classified military airfield in Nevada. Also, according to the information, the maximum flight altitude of the RQ-180 is 18,000 m. The length of the RQ-180 is 15 m. The main task of the module is to conduct reconnaissance operations using the most modern technologies and with the developed enemy air defense system. The device uses modern stealth systems for radars. Most likely these same “drones” have already taken part in the hostilities, but of course information about this is carefully hidden and is secret.

Boeing X-37 - is a space shuttle that can be used for various purposes. The development is in the public domain, but the goal of building such a device is still not clear. According to Nasa, the X-37 will be used to deliver goods into orbit, but is it true? This shuttle is also not suitable as a intelligence collector. It is possible that the real purpose of the Boeing X-37 is a space interceptor that can disable enemy ships that are in orbit. The length of the shuttle is 8.9 meters, and the take-off mass is up to 5 tons. According to Boeing X-37, it launched into space 4 times. By the way, the available flight altitude of the device is from 200 to 750 km.

As they say in the modern world, governments and special services have such tremendous opportunities that you can track almost all the movements of a person and find out everything about him that you need. The mobile tracking system called Argus-Is is no longer a novelty, but it is still classified. Development and support is led by Bae Systems. The system can cover an area with a radius of 7.2 km. The Argus-Is consists of 4 lenses and about 370 photosensors of 5 megapixels each. All in all, this gives 1.8 gigapixels of output. As a result of using such a frantic resolution, Argus-Is allows viewing 15 cm objects from a height of 6000 m. The system is installed, usually on unmanned modules.

Little is known about this development. By the way, information about this project flashed by accident in a news report from an event of the Ministry of Defense with the participation of the President.

According to some reports, “Status-6” is a project to create unmanned (guided) underwater torpedoes or vehicles. Inside such an apparatus, a warhead of an approximate power of 100 megatons is naturally located. Who exactly is developing this project is also unknown. It is only known that the approximate idea of \u200b\u200bcreating such devices back in the days of the USSR was put forward by academician Andrei Sakharov. However, according to preliminary information, the implementation period of this project is until 2025. So, in any case, there is still time for thorough testing and refinement.

Design Bureau "Tupolev" is developing a new generation bomber. It is worth noting that the aircraft is a missile carrier and is designed to perform various combat missions. Unfortunately, this bomber will not be able to reach supersonic speed due to the design features and the large wingspan, however, it will be completely invisible to radars. The development is partially classified, but it can be said that the first flights are still quite far away.

The development of such weapons is of course top-secret and virtually no information is leaked to the media and the Internet. However, it is worthwhile to clarify that the development of such weapons was carried out during the Soviet era, however, the collapse of the Union prevented their successful completion. As a result, due to insufficient funding, the projects were frozen and only after 2000 did the development resume. Climate weapons should be understood as installations that can significantly change the climate of a particular territory. Of course, no one will ever admit to testing such devices, but the curious thing is that in recent years the climate has changed dramatically in various parts of the globe. And maybe it's not just the notorious global warming.

Research and study of plasma originates in the 60s of the 20th century. It was the USSR that was the first in the world to begin studying the possibility of creating and further using plasma and its plasmoid elements in missile defense systems.

Of course, these developments were strictly classified and only today some information appears. But for almost the entire time since the 60s, scientists from the USA and the USSR / Russia have been competing among themselves to create the perfect weapon, which is based on plasma molecules. As stated above, plasma guns and charges can theoretically be used in a missile defense system to destroy and intercept enemy missiles. Also, domestic scientists want to use plasma for space exploration and improve the characteristics of fighters. It has been speculated that in a few decades, plasma weapons will completely replace today's firearms. Will this really happen, as they say, wait and see.

In the late 1990s, the USSR began active development of a hypersonic glider, then, for well-known reasons, the research was “frozen”, and just last year, the American media reported successful trials of the glider, codenamed Yu-71. The meaning of this weapon is that it moves at hypersonic speed, manages to maneuver, that is, remains inaccessible to modern air defense systems. In addition, on board it can carry either a ballistic missile or a thermonuclear one. The truth here is to clarify that American scientists probably also develop such weapons, and accordingly there is a need to create modern systems of protection against such gliders.

For quite some time, even during the Second World War, the Nazis and their allies began the development of psychotronic weapons, that is, weapons that affect the human brain. Using a special device, pulses are sent at different distances, which are comparable to the pulses of the human brain. Thus, one can make an obedient "doll" out of a person who will carry out all the commands indicated. Agree that this sounds scary enough and the saddest thing is that the consciousness and the human brain itself can not oppose anything to such an effect. Probably, this type of weapon is the most classified of those presented in our article, but there is already evidence of intelligence officials that this type of exposure has already occurred in our history.

Our country is also developing combat robots and exo-skeletons in which the role of the operator is assigned to humans. That is, by and large, the robot will be autonomous and all control will fall on the person.

Summing up, we can conclude that modern military systems around the world are becoming more perfect every year. The truth in this case, you can not talk about perfection, since anyway, one type of weapon will be replaced by a newer one, which will somewhat surpass the previous one. Countries are trying to develop as many types of weapons as possible in order to take advantage of the surprise effect in case of an attack. By the way, these types of weapons are the most classified.

Standard weapons like planes or machine guns can often be seen at international arms exhibitions, where weapons developers come to establish new contacts and search for distribution channels. Unfortunately, in most cases, a third-world country or a country in which military conflicts erupt become a testing ground for high-quality testing of new weapons. Unfortunately, recently, more and more such people come from the former USSR. I would like to hope that the global military conflict will not happen, and the local ones will soon go out by themselves.

Respectfully,
Team Technocontrol