Artwork ended by seeable aggregation specialists (aka expeditionary illustrators) from the US Defense Intelligence Agency during the New 1980s in the Cold War epoch when the land Union was ease a expeditionary nation to be reckoned with.
The 50+ prowess pieces designate the air, belongings and employment expeditionary capabilities of the ex-Soviet Union, some cosmos brachiate for thermonuclear or chemical warfare.
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The Brobdingnagian 203mm 2S7 “Pion” self-propelled armament which could blast thermonuclear or customary rounds to at diminutive 30 km. (up to 47.5 km according to wwww.enemyforces.com)
I conceptualise the 2S7 is also digit of the units for the USSR dress in the RTS mettlesome World in Conflict (See ikon at www.regnum-irae.net . politico screenshots here)
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AS-16 thermonuclear missiles cosmos loaded onto a Tupolev Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bomber.
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The characteristic Mil Mi-24 ‘Hind’ gunship, shown here brachiate for chemical warfare.
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280mm Multiple Rocket Launcher, a modern-day Katyusha.
The above thumbnails are from Series I of the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Military Art Collection which crapper viewed in much higher resolutions at www.fas.org or at www.dia.mil.
Series II and The Smithsonian Air & Space Museum Exhibits (9 images) are inbuilt to the authorised Defense Intelligence Agency place @ www.dia.mil. Below are digit of my favourites.
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Delta IV Submarine actuation a SS-N-23 thermonuclear missile.
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Soviet SS-20s in move positions.
24 another artworks with captions are also acquirable on the Defense Intelligence Agency place here and here.
Many of those entireness featuring land-based systems assets the danger from the land customary artillery, herb and guided arm systems - the land seem to locate a heavier certainty on their armament assets than their Western counterparts (and so do the past Slavic brachiate forces - analyse discover this recording of Slavic element at Darth Grievous’ Dark Domain).
For add more photos of the large missile/rocket launchers, avow a countenance at Dark Roasted Blend’s articles on Russian ballistic arm carriers and extreme ex-Soviet Union expeditionary vehicles.
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