The U.S. and the Soviet Union faced each other during the Cold War, and in the endless arms race, both sides pushed the design and manufacture of military equipment to a white-hot pitch, with a large number of strange and bizarre weapons and equipment being created.
The former Soviet Union, in particular, was known for the ruggedness and exuberance of their military products, their ergonomics and their poor, unfriendly operation, and their appearance of being stupidly big and black. But underneath the rough exterior lies a series of black technologies created by Soviet engineers. Black technology? wonders, they earth-like combination, creating a multitude of imaginative weapons.
The 100-million-ton equivalent Big Ivan hydrogen bomb, also known as the Tsar Bomb
In the United States and the Soviet Union to engage in a nuclear race in the era, the Soviet Union advocated the aesthetics of violence? lived up to its name? to come up with a truly terrifying opponent of nuclear weapons - the big Ivan, which is the most powerful bomb ever made by mankind regardless of volume, weight, power, the original design equivalent to 100 million tons of TNT, but the Soviet authorities are concerned about the serious impact on the environment after the test explosion of the nuclear fallout, the decision to halve the bomb to 50 million tons of equivalent, but its power is still the World War II? Little Boy? atomic bomb 3,846 times more powerful.
In the Tsar Bomb experiment, the explosion caused seismic waves around the earth three times can still be perceived by the instrument, the entire Eurasian continent even moved 8 millimeters in this explosion, the entire size of the explosion in the world's second in the size of all the known explosions, after the extinction of the dinosaurs in the crater event.
After that, the Soviet Union halted development of larger hydrogen bombs, and in the words of Soviet scientists, ? We could make bigger ones, but don't want to blow ourselves up?
Ultra Frequency-6 Warfighter Nuclear Suitcase
The Soviet Union's Cold War-time nuclear weapons not only moved toward larger sizes, but also further and further down the path of miniaturization. The Soviet Union's UF-6 was a representative of miniaturization. The UF-6 was a man-portable nuclear suitcase that was specially developed for use by the Soviet Union's Special Forces and the KGB, and was lightweight and powerful, making it the world's smallest nuclear bomb.
It is said that the Soviet Union in the desert of Kazakhstan when the test, 1 1,000 tons of equivalent UF-6 explosion power can make a radius of 800 meters of the desert directly change the appearance of the resulting shock waves and nuclear radiation is even greater range of amazing.
Set up like what kind of panic would be brought to the United States if the RF-6 was smuggled into the country by KGB agents.
VVA-14 water dual-purpose anti-submarine aircraft
Soviet Believ Aircraft Design Bureau in 1973 developed water anti-submarine aircraft VVA-14, the designer Baldini led a design team developed for water anti-submarine VVA-14 medium-sized vertical take-off and landing dual-purpose aircraft, the VVA-14 fuselage, like a car, short and narrow, leaving a short space to accommodate the crew. The airplane can be used on land, on water and snow, and even in the sea, and he can take off and land in any weather conditions from the sea combat waters.
The aircraft first flew in 1972, but due to the lack of support from the Soviet Navy, it was later aborted, and today the wreckage of the VVA-14, of which there is only one left, remains in the Central Air Force Museum of the Russian Federation.
The prehistoric beast? 2A3? spotter? Atomic CannonThe 2A3 Spotlight Atomic Cannon, with a caliber of 406mm, weight of 64 tons, and a maximum range of 25.6km
The 2A3 Spotlight Atomic Cannon was a self-propelled atomic howitzer produced by the Soviet Union in response to the U.S. M65 Atomic Mega-Cannon.
The 2A3 Spotlight Atomic Cannon was capable of launching only rocket-propelled, high-explosive grenades or tactical nuclear bombs, and was designed to fire only rocket-propelled high-explosive grenades or tactical nuclear bombs. The gun carriage does not carry its own shells, which are supplied by a dedicated ammunition truck and loaded by a small crane at the rear of the vehicle, with a rate of fire of one round every 2-5 minutes.
The 2A3 Spotter Atomic Gun was only seen once in the 1957 Red Square parade, and due to the successful development of tactical rockets and missiles in the Soviet Union, the 2A3 Spotter Atomic Gun was withdrawn from active service in 1960 and became a museum exhibit.
Ground effect vehicle
The first flight of the ground effect vehicle was successful in 1966, which was nicknamed the ?Caspian Monster? because the vehicle was very large and sailed in the Caspian Sea. Caspian Monster? , with six tubes of P-280 anti-ship missiles on the back of the fuselage for anti-ship purposes.
By 1982, the Soviet Union*** had built two Caspian Monsters for amphibious landing operations, with speeds of up to 300 knots and the ability to transport 800 heavily armed soldiers.
Mi 12 helicopter
Mi 12 Carrier Pigeon heavy transport helicopter, is the largest twin-rotor helicopter built by the Soviet Union in the 1960s to date, with a propeller on each wing, each of which reaches a diameter of 35m, and when they rotate, the propellers can touch the death zone of up to 67m, which is a width greater than that of a Boeing 747.
Mi The 12 has a parallel biplane layout with two 5-rotor blades with 4 engines, each with 4125kW of power, reverse trapezoidal wings and front 3-point landing gear.
The Mi12 program was later dropped to make way for the Mi26 helicopter, due to major advances in turboshaft engines, which made it possible for the super-large helicopter to adopt a conventional layout.
Soviet Space Weapons-? Polar?
In 1983, the United States revealed that it wanted to establish an anti-missile strategic defense program, which planned to intercept enemy missiles before they entered the atmosphere, which made the Soviet Union, which had a strong desire to win, feel greatly insulted, and the Soviet Union then began to study countermeasures, and thus the Polar space-based weapon surfaced.
Polar, length 37 meters, maximum diameter of 4.1 meters, mass 80 tons, launch vehicle for energy-t, scheduled orbit 280 kilometers LEO, inclination angle of 64 degrees, targeting system: radar + optical targeting system, defense system: cloud barium power generation system + black frosted spray paint, weaponry: 1 megawatt of carbon dioxide laser cannon, recoilless launch system for the deployment of nuclear space mines.
SVL high-speed jet experimental locomotive
Soviet Union built SVL high-speed jet experimental locomotive in 1970 in Kalinin locomotive factory, SVL's jet engine from the AN-25 turbofan engine of the Yak-40 technology, during the operation test, SVL's maximum speed reached 300KM, but due to the limited railroad conditions at that time, it simply can't withstand the However, due to the limited railroad conditions at the time, it was unable to withstand the super high speed of 300KM/H, and the SVL was sealed after the symbolic experiment.