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Vympel. Directorate "V" of the FSB Special Purpose Center, often referred to as Spetsgruppa "V" Vympel ( pennant in Russian, originated from German Wimpel, and having the same meaning [1] ), but also known as KGB Directorate "V", Vega Group, is one of the two tier one spetsnaz units of the FSB under the command of the FSB . Vympel is the sister ...
Vympel started out after World War II as OKB-134, with Ivan I. Toropov [] leading the team. The first product they designed was the K-7 missile. Their first missile built in serial production was the K-13 (R-13) in 1958.
R-27 T. The Vympel R-27 (NATO reporting name AA-10 Alamo) is a family of air-to-air missiles developed by the Soviet Union during the late Cold War-era.It remains in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces, air forces of the Commonwealth of Independent States and air forces of many other countries as the standard medium-range air-to-air missile despite the development of the more advanced R-77.
The R-33 ( Russian: Вымпел Р-33, NATO reporting name: AA-9 Amos) is a long-range air-to-air missile developed by Vympel. It is the primary armament of the MiG-31 interceptor, intended to attack large high-speed targets such as the SR-71 Blackbird, the B-1 Lancer bomber, and the B-52 Stratofortress . It uses a combination of semi-active ...
The Vympel R-37 (NATO reporting name: AA-13 "Axehead") [1] is a Russian hypersonic air-to-air missile with very long range. The missile and its variants also had the names K-37, izdeliye 610 and RVV-BD (Ракета Воздух-Воздух Большой Дальности (Raketa Vozduh-Vozduh Bolshoy Dalnosti), "Long range air-to-air rocket"), and the NATO codenames "Axehead" and "Andi". [2]
Trump Media & Technology Group’s share price surged more than 30% Monday morning, putting it on track for what would be the biggest single-day gain since the company debuted in late March.
The Tajbeg Palace assault, known by the military codename Operation Storm-333 ( Russian: Шторм-333, Štorm-333 ), was a military raid executed by the Soviet Union in Afghanistan on 27 December 1979. Special forces and airborne troops stormed the heavily fortified Tajbeg Palace in Kabul and assassinated Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, a ...
Mexico's ruling party is considering changes to a proposed judicial reform in a bid to calm market concerns, including making the election of judges a staggered process over many years to reduce ...