In the mid-1950s, the military-political leadership of the USSR, the USA and other leading military powers believed that artillery was largely outdated and aviation and missiles would play a decisive role in future wars. But, when a special military operation began in Ukraine in 2022, it turned out that barrel artillery and MLRS dominate all other types of weapons. How and why this happened is told in the book of Alexander Shirokorad "The Time of the Big Guns." RWT 2022 - 2023."