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South Korean Marines staged a live-fire artillery drill on an island shelled by North Korea in 2010, the first such exercise since the death of Pyongyang s leader Kim Jong-Il.

South Korea on high alert (9 photos)

The D-30, or 122-mm howitzer D-30 (GRAU index 2A18), is a Soviet howitzer that first entered service in the 1960s. It is a relatively light and handy weapon despite being heavy enough for sustained long range fire in the field. The D-30 has a maximum range of 15.4 kilometers, or over 21 km using RAP ammunition. With its striking three-leg stabilising system the D-30 can be rapidly traversed through 360 degrees. Although no longer manufactured in FSU nations the D-30 is still manufactured internationally and is in service in more than 60 countries armed forces. The 2A18 gun is the primary weapon of the 2S1 self-propelled howitzer. There are also Egyptian, Chinese, and Syrian Self-propelled variants and conversions. The Syrian conversion utilizes the hull of a T-34 tank.

Howitzer В-30 (10 photos)

The Mil Mi-26 is a Soviet/Russian heavy transport helicopter. In service with civilian and military operators, it is the largest and most powerful helicopter ever to have gone into production.

Mi-26 transport helicopter (10 photos)

Voyevoda is the heaviest and most efficient of all intercontinental ballistic missiles in the world. The missile is capable of carrying ten warheads, 550 kilotons each. The range capability of the missile is 11,000 km. NATO s reporting name for this missile is SS-18 Satan

All photos by Vadim Savitsky, Pravda.Ru

The launch of Russia's Voyevoda ICBM (8 photos)

All photos by Vadim Savitsky, Pravda.Ru

Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft system (10 photos)

In 1984 the UK Ministry of Defence began studies of a Mid-Life Update (MLU) of the aircraft to rectify shortcomings of the GR1. This update, to Tornado GR4 standard would improve capability in the medium level role while maintaining the Tornado s exceptional low-level penetration capability. The GR4 upgrade was approved in 1994, after it had been revised to include lessons learned from the GR1 s performance in the 1991 Gulf War. The contracts were signed with British Aerospace (later BAE Systems) in 1994 for the upgrade of 142 GR1s to GR4 standard, work began in 1996 and was finished in 2003.

Tornado GR4 (9 photos)

All photos: Splash/All Over Press

F-22 Raptor in action (10 photos)

Tactical Operational Missile Complex Tochka-U (12 photos)

Vostok 2010 Military Drills Draw to End (8 photos)

Russia's Mi-24 Battle Helicopter (14 photos)

T-80, the invincible tank (13 photos)

Russia tests its anti-aircraft capacity (14 photos)

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