1980s

Back in the '90s, wasn't there supposed to be a Soviet flying wing stealth bomber from Tupolev, the Tu-202 or Tu-404 or something?

Does anyone have any data/pix/drawings of the 21cm, 24cm guns developed in conjunction with Dr Bull or any of his other developments that reached the hardware stage ???

Art for the through-deck Spruance class. GIF images from Shipbucket: http://www.shipbucket.com

During the Strategic Defense Initiative days of the mid 1980s, one of the weapons technologies that was discussed was a Hyper Velocity Gun (HVG) placed in orbit to fire at inbound ICBMs and MIRVs. Artist's conception (top) of USAF space-based hypervelocity launcher aka railgun, among kinetic...

OK. Gents. I finally found my old pictures from the heady days of the early 90's when DENEL had a project for everything. Anyone have any more information about this NOTAR style testbed that was show (static display only) at one of the 1'st SA Arms expo's? I only have what's in the photos

I cross-posted this at the Warships Projects Board.... The 16th edition Norman Polmars' Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet (pp89-90) mentions a number of unusual carrier proposals being looked at at by the bottom up review at the time of publishing (1997). They range from an "ultra large...

I found this proposal for a British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) Rapier SAM system incorporated into a West German Marder MICV chassis, in a copy of a 1972-73 Jane’s Weapon Systems, which I purchased the other day in a second hand book shop. This Rapier/Marder project looks a very thorough thought...

The SAR-87(AKA 'Sterling LAR') was a proposed service rifle for the British Forces that could also be used as a 9mm machine carbine with a conversion kit. This weapon was a sound reliable design, Just that the MOD long wanted a Bullpup rifle and the fact Sterling armaments went bankrupt.

http://images.google.com/hosted/life/f?q=nuclear+source:life&imgurl=356d8d3675dbfd67

MCD MOL Plans

http://www.history.navy.mil/books/space/Chapter3.htm

A design circa 1984. A 750 ton catamaran patrol ship from BAZAN which never purchased the Armada Española (Spanish Navy). Projected max speed: 50 knots Dimensions: 50m x 20 m x 5 m The armed ultralights are just atrezzo. (The idea of fighting ultra-light was very popular on those days)

Small Rigid Airship. Pic taken from a Spanish clone of Popular Mechanics, 1984. No info available.

Lince was a paper project, not very known. In 1974 -Franco still alive- arrived to Spain the first 19 AMX-30, made in France, to be quickly deployed in Spanish Sahara. The agreement with France included the license to manufacture this tank by Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara. So, AMX-30 became...

Hi, the Machen Inc,Washington-based company designed a low cost business jet aircraft project,called Laser Jet,it could be possibly powered by two Williams FJ-44 engines. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%202099.html?search=mached+aircraft

I stumbled across this ultimate ATV gun-buggy while looking for pictures of the Excalibur PGM for work. It’s the Standard Manufacturing Co. Excalibur/Vulcan gun system that was demonstrated to the US Army’s logistics exposition PROLOG '85. It would appear to be a large Supercat style ATV fitted...

http://www.capcomespace.net/dossiers/espace_europeen/hermes/index.htm

Hi, dear CammNut spoke about this space vehicle before,here; http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,1405.msg12858/highlight,smv.html#msg12858 http://www.afa.org/magazine/Sept2001/0901wings.pdf

The Industrial Space Facility, a stillborn attempt at a commercial man-tended space station from the 80's, courtesy of Flight. Part of the 'microgravity boom', which still doesn't seem to have arrived yet. :-[ Starviking References...

From Flight International 24th October 1987, a Multirole Capsule for ISS rescue, crew transfer, independent missions, and unmanned microgravity experiments. http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1987/1987%20-%202182.html