state union plant of photographic equipment.s under this name that it was originally designed. what kind of military equipment was created here? even meticulous journalists could not get to the bottom of this; all developments are classified as secret. there was a separate workshop that produced cameras for airplanes, it was a whole direction. the development of aviation without the development of intelligence would be very difficult, because. the cold war began, the americans built a lot of aircraft carriers that patrolled near our borders, they needed to be tracked, and of course, optics played a big role, for example, they installed af-4220 cameras for planning and perspective photography, which could take photographs during the day and classify any ship at sea, also any target on earth. interaction with the military is the closest, any products for defense industry was discussed primarily with those for whom it was intended. about the minsk plant, i can say that our specialists, engineers, constantly maintained contact with