1980s

  1. World B4

    Oscar III SSGN & other Soviet SSGNs

    With the cancellation of the Merkuriy ssgn program in 1989, the successor to the Oscar II was to be the Oscar III, of which the first units were to be built right after the last of the Oscar IIs. I can't find any illustrations, or descriptions of the planned changes and improvements. Can anyone...
    • World B4
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    • 1980s cold war early 1990s nuclear powered vessels red fleet soviet navy soviet union ssgn ussr
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  2. L

    Leopard 2 prototypes

    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...
    • LVisingr
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    • 1970s 1980s bundeswehr cold war deutsches heer federal republic of germany west germany
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  3. T

    M551 Sheridan-derived IFVS?

    I read in Osprey's excellent New Vanguard 153 - M551 Sheridan that, at Fort Bragg, they had a short-lived program to develop a "paratroop fighting vehicle" in the 80s - similar to the Russian/Soviet BMD series- based on a turretless Sheridan. Several prototypes were allegedly constructed, making...
    • Trav
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    • 1980s airborne forces cold war united states united states army
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  4. AN/AWW-14(V)

    FOG-M, EFOGM and LongFOG

    FOG-M vs QUH-1 :cool: lucky shooter Jane's Land-Based Air Defence 1992-93
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    • 1980s 1990s anti-helicopter anti-tank missile boeing cold war hughes aircraft company surface-to-air missile surface-to-surface missile u.s. army united states united states army
    • Replies: 23
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  5. G

    Unknown Giant Soviet Transport Aircraft

    Hi! Just found this soviet beast. It was meant to have both wheeled and air cushion landing gear. The weight was around 700 tons. Does anybody know more about this giant?
  6. S

    Dornier Seawings - Seastar and Orca hydroplanes

    Dornier Seastar all-composite amphibian evolved from 1984, more then 3 decades. For certain years, Dornier teamed Chinese company, Wuxi for further developement. Official site. Seastar initially offered as aircraft, that could be used in many application - from passenger and VIP-transportation...
    • Silencer1
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    • 1980s 2010s 2020s canada civil aviation claudius dornier seastar gmbh cold war cold war ii dornier dornier seawings federal republic of germany hydroplane maritime patrol aircraft people's republic of china post-cold war seaplane west germany
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. CJGibson

    Impact on the Iran-Iraq War if Iran had bought A-10s

    If Iran had bought the A-10 in sufficient numbers, they had been delivered and entered service, what, if any, impact would they have had on the course of the Iran-Iraq war? Chris
    • CJGibson
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    • 1970s 1980s anti-tank close air support cold war imperial iranian air force imperial state of iran islamic republic of iran islamic republic of iran air force ministry of war (imperial state of iran)
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  8. AeroFranz

    Bell UH-1 with retractable skids, large belly radar antenna

    I was looking at the SDASM flickr pictures dump and found a Huey modified with retractable skids, ostensibly to afford a 360 degrees field of view to the large rectangular antenna mounted on the bottom of the cabin. I was not aware of such installation. It reminds me of the FOPEN radar...
    • AeroFranz
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    • 1980s air cavalry battle surveillance radar battlefield surveillance cold war late 1970s radar u.s. army united states united states army
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  9. Grey Havoc

    Chieftain Sabre SPAAG

    https://www.facebook.com/TheFriendsofTheTankMuseum/posts/chieftain-sabre-the-sabre-spaag-system-was-a-project-between-ro-and-thompson-csf/1859698144250194/ (Image below is from tanks-encyclopedia.com, original credit jedsite [now JED])
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1980s air defence battlefield air defence cold war forward area air defense great britain royal ordnance spaag spad thomson-csf united kingdom
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. A

    Rods from God / "Project Thor"

    Hi. For some whatever reason, a timely article was pu(bli)shed by Sputnik, a Russian media, dealing with an "old" concept of non-nuclear space-based, orbiting kinetic space-to-ground weapon, sometimes described as "Rods from God"...
    • antigravite
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    • 1950s 1980s cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war space race strategic defense initiative united states united states air force
    • Replies: 274
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  11. Andrei_bt

    Object 490 "Poplar" FMBT

    Future Soviet tank project “Object 490 Poplar” was under development by Eugenie Morozov's team from the end of 70-th up to the end of 80-s. The main features of the “Object 490” were: - crew consisting of two people - commander-gunner and driver. Reduce the crew to two people and place them in...
  12. Orionblamblam

    JPL Interstellar Precursor

    The first of the "Thousand Astronomical Unit" space probes designed from the late 70's into the 80's. Nuclear electric propulsion would send the craft on a fifty-year mission into interplanetary space to test technologies for a future true interstellar mission, for deep-space science and to map...
    • Orionblamblam
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    • 1970s 1980s deep space probes interstellar space jet propulsion laboratory nasa nuclear power nuclear rockets nuclear-electric propulsion solar system stellar cartography thousand astronomical unit
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  13. Flyaway

    Black Ops And The Shuttle

    http://thespacereview.com/article/3390/1 Black ops and the shuttle (part 3-1): Recovering spent HEXAGON reconnaissance satellites with the space shuttle by Dwayne A. Day Monday, December 11, 2017
    • Flyaway
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    • 1980s cold war national reconnaissance office space age space race space shuttle space transportation system space weapons spy sat strategic defense initiative strategic reconnaissance united states air force
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  14. flateric

    US & German Harassment Drone / LOCUST / DAR Designs

    https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/usaf-northrop-harassment-weapons-1817855401
    • flateric
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    • 1970s 1980s anti-radar boeing bundeswehr cold war dornier drone e-syatems germany mbb north atlantic treaty organisation northrop rpv teledyne brown engineering teledyne ryan united states united states air force vfw-fokker west germany
    • Replies: 49
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. R

    AST.404 Contenders

    Looking for any information/thoughts on the RAF AST.404 Wessex and Puma replacement contest. Was it a lost opportunity ?Thoughts please?
  16. Dynoman

    Secret Flight Test History - An Alternate History of the X-24C

    This is just a little thought exercise in a 'what-if' scenario for a hypersonic flight research program. The US efforts to develop a hypersonic aircraft design in the 1950's (Aerospaceplace, X-15), 1960's (X-20, Lifting Bodies), and 1970's (X-24C, HYFAC) culminated, for a time, in the USAF and...
  17. Triton

    Lockheed "The Defender" SDI poster

    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:
    • Triton
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    • 1980s astronomical art cold war department of defense lockheed space art space race strategic defense initiative united states united states air force
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  18. Triton

    Vought JTACMS/ATACMS (MGM-140)

    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
    • Triton
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    • 1980s cold war united states united states air force united states army
    • Replies: 333
    • Forum: Military
  19. Flyaway

    Black ZEUS: The top secret shuttle mission that never flew

    Rest on the link. http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3160/1
    • Flyaway
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    • 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
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  20. hesham

    First Western publications on Energiya-Buran

    Hi, here is the Russian old shuttle heavy lift launch vehicle. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1986/1986%20-%200900.html
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