Realism and attitude to war — the most terrible phenomenon in the mankind history — in the works of Polenov and Velazquez.

In recent discussions of future wars character and methods of future warfare Russian authors in their works often use such terms as “network-centric”, “network” war, “network-centric warfare”, “network-centric operations”, “network-centric counteraction”, “network-centricity”,”universal network-centric tools” and etc. up to “defensive network-centricity “. At the same time authors sometimes attribute quite different meanings and significance to these concepts. Just the meaning of the term “network-centric war”, the possibility and feasibility of applying “network-centric” war concept to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are referred to in the article.

Bombardment of Qatar is a good idea, but there, no matter where you shoot, you will hit Americans. But nobody wants to start a war with America, even Iran and China.

Today we are witnessing the sunset of the American empire — the Americans will not be able to get out of the pit into which they have fallen. And in Russia the USA is still considered as the center of the world.

People do not have time to listen to each other, look closely at each other. They have lost the ability to wonder and be surprised.

Formal privatization of ownership has not led in Russia to privatizing economic responsibility.

We shouldn’t admit World War III, because it can be carried out with the use of nuclear weapons.

In the conditions of significant reduction of life sustenance resource society is always looking for “scapegoats”.

It should be acknowledged that by Lend-Lease we also received rather low-quality, non-standard products from the allies. But we paid for the supply in gold, and in considerable quantities.

Mineral and raw materials potential of Russia is enormous, and it is not only the claim to fame for the Russians, but also an object of envy for the world’s capital.