Sukhoi Shkval Sukhoi Shkval The Sukhoi Shkval (Russian Сухой Шквал, English Squall) was a Soviet project for an interceptor in the Tail-sitter design. In 1960, the young designer Rolan G. Martirossow (who later became chief designer) began his own initiative with a team of 10 people, designing an aircraft of a completely new class - a single-seater, highly capable Tail-sitter for intercepting hunting. Soon the team got permission to work on the project in his spare time and the project got the name Shkval-1 ([Squall-1). At the same time Yakovlev worked at the Yak-36 and Hawker Siddeley at the Harrier. Both designs
Sukhoi Log mine Sukhoi Log mine The Sukhoi Log is one of the largest gold reserves in Russia and in the world The reserve is located in Irkutsk Oblast and has estimated reserves of 64 million oz of gold, but has a low grade. During the 1990s a proposal was made to mine Sukhoi Log by the semi-private Russian company Lenzoloto with the British Virgin Islands company Star Technology Systems (previously known as Green Applied Systems Limited). Funds toward the venture were raised from the Australian Stock Exchange company Star Mining (previously known as Central Mining Corporation, now Argonaut Resources). Various legal, bureaucratic