The story began in 1969 in the Sino-Soviet border conflict,Chinese captured a T-62,At that time, all their anti-tank weapons were unable to effectively destroy the T62.
So Armor troops think they need a new second-generation tank,call “122”(The Type 69 "121 that was being developed at the time...
I came across this project in a 1968 United States Atomic Energy Commission booklet, The ATOM and the OCEAN, by E. W. Seabrook Hull (can be found on Project Gutenberg here).
The National Science Foundation had proposed an Arctic Drift Barge for Arctic research, which would have a nuclear plant...
Although we are well provided for these days with books, magazines and above all the Internet, I still enjoy my collection of Salamander books from the 70s and 80s.
These big glossy full colour books were amazing at a time when most books on modern weapons were mainly illustrated in black and...
Hello guys, i dont mean to bother you, but i found the mentioning of the Short Skyvan being modified for COIN operations and also receiving a modification/variant of the Sea Cat missile called "hellcat" (that i couldn't even find a single picture), do any of you have info of this "Counter...
Does anyone have any information on the French design at least? The program was a precursor to the equally ill-fated (non-nuclear) Polar 8 icebreaker program of the 1980s. The only hard info I have on the French proposal at the moment is that the reactor was a CAS (Advanced Series Boiler)...
1970s
1980s
21st century
canada
cold war
france
search & rescue satellite aided tracking system
soviet union
space system for the search of distressed vessels
united states
Ladies and Gentlemen, HMS Speedy:
View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/lognu9/951_x_717_jetfoil_patrol_vessel_hms_speedy_p296/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(P296)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:HMS_Speedy_(P296)...
... instead of re-inventing the wheel in the 70's.
The idea is to blend together, Zumwalt "cheaper decks" (SCS / VSS / CVV) and the too few carrier designs from Europe. To bolster NATO fleets on one side, and the USN on the other - more flattops on both sides of the Atlantic.
That is...
1970s
alternate history
cold war
naval sea systems command
naval ship systems command
navsea
navships
north atlantic treaty organisation
royal navy
united states navy
western europe
As said in the title... all the robotic planetary missions launched in the 70's left a spare spacecraft on the ground (and later, at the NASM aerospace museum).
There were good reasons for that
- providing spares
- ground testing
- backup in case of failures (Mariner 8...)
Soooo
...by 1978...
The other day I was looking at some space proposals from the past and I stumbled upon this beautiful SSTO. I have only been able to find one source that gave some details about it and I'm very much hoping that you guys can help get more details/drawings on this proposal.
"The ”Windjammer”...
1960s
1970s
2020
cold war
experimental military uhf communications satellite
lincoln laboratory
massachusetts institute of technology
tactical satellite communications
tri-service program 591
united states
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Bedrock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainier_Mesa
EDIT: Forgot to mention that the above video comes from the Nuclear Vault channel over on YouTube.
Rover developed gas turbines for automotive applications, development continued after the marque's absorption by Leyland in 1967. In addition to automotive applications Rover also produced gas turbines for APU applications, as described here. They also went as far as testing them in aircraft...
During the development of Leopard 2, about seventeen different hulls (PT series) and turrets (T series) were built. At least two of the hulls (numbered PT11 and PT17) were fitted with hydropneumatic suspension and only six roadwheels. I managed to find only one small picture of such hull...
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