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...
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
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?
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...
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
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
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)
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...
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])
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"...
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...
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...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
1980s
cold war
darpa
defense advanced research projects agency
late 1970s
mcdonnell douglas
satellite
space-based early warning
united states
united states air force
Good morning,
Just want to share this book here. I don't know when it is going to be released.
ISBN/Box 0942612..., Series Air Force Legend Nr 220, Publisher Ginter, Author Paul Metz, Format a4, No. Pages 50, Version sb, Language English
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