|
THE ATOMIC PROJECT
Military-industrial courier. May 9-15, 2007. By Ilya Kedrov
The Publishing House "Arms and Technologies" has published the next, 14th volume
of the Encyclopedia "Russia's Arms and Technologies". The Volume is called "Nuclear
Weapons Complex", and the title speaks of itself. Unlike other volumes, the
structure is different due to the veil of secrecy, which always surrounds the
design, manufacture and tests of nuclear weapons. The book is divided into sections
by activities of the nuclear weapons complex ("Development of nuclear munitions",
"Production and dismantling of nuclear munitions", "Tests of nuclear munitions
and test sites", etc.), and the sections are divided into chapters by designers,
manufacturers and operators of nuclear weapons. In total, there are more than
40 leading enterprises covered in the volume, and descriptions of these enterprises
were grouped into 10 chapters by main directions of activities. A special attention
was paid to nuclear and radiation safety, ecology and safe storage of nuclear
materials. The section "Tests of nuclear munitions and test sites" is of special
interest. It contains information about all nuclear tests in the USSR, their
chronology and objectives. The history of test sites in Semipalatinsk and Novaya
Zemlya is described in detail, from their creation to current activities.
The 14th volume of the Encyclopedia provides a glimpse of high technologies
and complicated fundamental research performed by enterprises and organizations
of the nuclear weapons complex. Due to the fact that these institutions also
worked on problems of peaceful usage of atomic energy since their establishment,
the book covers dual-purpose technologies and civil designs as well.
As an introduction to basic materials, the 14th volume contains the article
"The USSR' Atomic Project and the contemporaneity" by Lev Ryabov who was the
Atomic Power and Industry Minister of the USSR (1986—1989), and the First Deputy
Atomic Energy Minister of the Russian Federation (1993—2002). The article briefly
describes the history of nuclear weapons creation in our country and defines
promising directions for works in this industrial branch. At the present time,
as Lev Ryabov notes, Russia has lost its dominance over the USA in the sphere
of conventional weapons, and the international status of the Russian Federation
depends at great extent on nuclear weapons. And the main task for the nuclear
weapons complex during nearest years will be supporting the nuclear arsenal
and perfecting it on the basis of new scientific and technical facilities for
nuclear munitions development when nuclear tests are prohibited. In addition,
it will be necessary to pay attention to prolonging the life cycle of existing
munitions, and to increasing their reliability and safety.
Эвакуировать Ваш авто можно используя с платформой. Подробнее на портале о эвакуаторах.
перевозка машин . Уголь для кальяна. - лучшие кальяны в интернете.
|