The author of this book, Hero of the Soviet Union, Honored Military Pilot of the USSR Vasily Vasilyevich Reshetnikov, during the Great Patriotic War, made 307 combat sorties, bombed Konigsberg, was shot down twice - by anti-aircraft fire and enemy fighters (and the second time, having jumped from a burning plane with a parachute, landed on a minefield and miraculously remained alive), but...

In this book, he examines the training of the Red Army in the prewar period to the 'future battles with the imperialists.' What were the people who led the armed forces of the USSR, what weapons they ordered the designers looked like the Soviet military doctrine, what methods to prepare for war officer corps, rank and file soldiers and reservists, how it turned out in the fields v1941-1942 years.

After the release of the Russian movie 'Svolochi', many veteran-chekisty were upset with the way history of these units had been portrayed. This book attempts to set the record straight, about the role these Young Pioneers and Komsomol members played behind and on the front lines.

The author of the book, who for a long time headed the headquarters of the Border Troops of the Soviet Union, vividly and with deep knowledge describes the Afghan events that followed the April 1978 revolution and undoubtedly influenced the history of our country. The weak security of the borders of Afghanistan contributed to the strengthening and equipment of the rebel formations that used the...

Space technology is also military technology. Developments in ballistics served not only to further the goal of space exploration, but also allowed the development of ICBMs. The author in this volume, examines some of the military/security implications of rocket design.