Lockheed "The Defender" SDI poster found on eBay.
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Star-Wars-Lockheed-Poster-Killer-Satellites-Louis-De-Latorre-Original-/282065438198?hash=item41ac6905f6:g:W5IAAOSwzJ5XUv0a
Seller's description:
Vought JTACMS (Joint Tactical Missile System) with F-16 model found on eBay.
Source:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LARGE-F-16-JTACMS-Topping-Precise-Experimental-Version-Factory-Desk-Model-/182058153075?hash=item2a6382f473:g:E-UAAOSwx-9Wvs4h
1980s
cold war
late 1970s
nasa
national reconnaissance office
space age
space race
space shuttle
space transportation system
spy sat
strategic reconnaissance
united states air force
Hi,
a Teal Ruby sat construction portfolio is offered fr sale on the bay as item 111971984788 here:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-TEAL-RUBY-P80-1-Satellite-Construction-PHOTOGRAPHS-ALBUM-McDonnell-Douglas-/111971984788
with the following description (extract):
"Rare TEAL RUBY P80-1 Satellite...
Hello gents,
Just found this on the net, needless to say i was jawdropped. Like other such romanian projects, not much information is available. The IAR-318 (if that is the real name!) is an 1980s project, it uses the IAR-330 Puma's engines and drive train but it has a new fuselage. It is not...
1983, rather than 1982 is a key date for decisions for the RN and UK defence as a whole, in the light of the Falklands and it's effect not just on defence thinking but on the UK populace's attitude to their country. As surely as it was to the political establishment.
But in terms of changes a...
1980s
1990s
aew
alternate history
anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
anti-surface warfare
area air defence
cold war
cruiser
fleet air arm
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear powered vessels
royal navy
ssk
supersonic
v/stol aircraft
vstol carriers
vtol
I found both of these in the VAHF archives.
There are no markings on the photos, nor supporting documentation.
Any ideas on the who or what would be appreciated.
ERINT-1
ERINT (Extended Range Interceptor) was a part of the Strategic Defense Initiative’s Theater Missile Defense Program. The US Army contracted for a prototype missile and launch control system to defend against cruise missiles, aircraft, ballistic and tactical missiles. The capability was...
Published on Sep 27, 2012
High Frontier was a private company that promoted space-based strategic defense against nuclear ICBMs. It was founded by Daniel O. Graham, a retired lieutenant general in the U.S. Army who is often called the "father of SDI". This film promotes Graham's initiative: a...
The primary contractors on this late 1980s program were MBB, AEG and Siemens. Unfortunately it fell prey to the post-Cold War peace dividend, being cancelled in favour of what originally had been a stopgap program as far as Germany was concerned, the US led Advanced Tactical PATRIOT, later to...
1980s
air defence
battlefield air defence
bundeswehr
cold war
federal republic of germany
forward area air defense
heer
surface-to-air missile
west germany
From http://www.swoknews.com/misc-columns/lightening-army-d%C3%A9j%C3%A0-vu-all-over-again:
"In the late 1980s, Army experiments with high-tech but lightly armored "motorized" forces proved uniformly unsuccessful."
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was around the in laws the other say and on the History channel, there was documentary about ufo and space weapons - one topic was supposedly Solar Warden project which was classified TS and above, under Reagans SDI proposal.....large orbital cylindrical spacecraft with high energy...
List all weapons of SDI ?
- Braduskill
- X-Ray Laser
- NPB Neutral Particle Beam
- SBL Space Based Laser
- HVG HyperVelocity rail Gun
- GBL Ground Based Laser
- SBKKV Space Based Kinetic Kill Vehicle
- BP Brilliant Pebbles
From Air International 8/1982,
here is the Kawasaki KV-107-X helicopter project,consider a super Chinook,developed
from KV-107-II with many new features,does anyone hear about that beast before or
has anyone a more info about it ?.
1980s
air rescue wing (jasdf)
all-weather search and rescue aircraft
cold war
japan
japan air self-defense force
kawasaki
kawasaki heavy industries
maritime safety agency (japan)
special rescue team
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19790018955.pdf
1979 Northrop / GE study for conversion of a YF-17 into a demonstrator for GE's ADEN vectoring and thrust reversing nozzle.
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