1990s

  1. TheKutKu

    Chinese orbital launcher projects

    I noticed there wasn't a general thread for this, so I created this since there are a lot of unrealised chinese launcher projects. Starting with one that's already described on astronautix, but I'm posting a source, taken from Xiandong Bao "A Modular Space Transportation System" (IAF-92-0857)...
    • TheKutKu
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    • 1990s 2000s aerospace industry china aerospace science and technology corporation china national space administration early 21st century heavy lift vehicle late 20th century ministry of aerospace industry (prc) people's liberation army people's republic of china post-cold war satellite communications satellite phones
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  2. Grey Havoc

    History of Hughes Missile Systems Company

    https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php/?story_fbid=640201012836732&id=622758154581018
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 1996 2013 2017 cold war early 21st century hughes aircraft company hughes missile systems company hughes missile systems group hughes tucson late 20th century post-cold war
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  3. uk 75

    Could NATO Frigate 90 have been made to work?

    Perhaps the most ambitious NATO programme of the 1980s was an attempt to design a common escort ship platform for NATO navies: NATO Frigate 90. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/nfr-90-and-other-pre-horizon-aaw-projects.923/ The project foundered as it became too expensive and failed to...
    • uk 75
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    • 1980s 1990s alternate history anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare bundesmarine cold war frigate marina militare marine nationale maritime command (canadian armed forces) north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy royal netherlands navy royal spanish navy united states navy
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  4. Voltzz

    Matra BAe Dynamics ARAMIS

    Does anyone have more information on the Matra BAe Dynamics ARAMIS powered (?) glide bomb? Afaik it was offered for the french AASM program and was fire-and-forget using an imaging-ir seeker and INS/GPS.
    • Voltzz
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    • 1990s bae bae dynamics guided weapons division british aerospace plc cold war federal republic of germany france french fifth republic great britain matra post-cold war sead west germany
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  5. I

    MX Missile (Peacekeeper/ LGM-118) Transporter Emplacer (TE) Fate?

    Does anyone know the final disposition of the Terex MX Transporter Emplacer (TE)? This vehicle was designed to support MX deployment in a system of multiple protective shelters linked by above ground roads, the so-called "Racetrack" proposal. In 1979, President Carter announced that 200 MX...
    • Ironmiked
    • Thread
    • 1980s 1990s cold war general motors general motors terex division icbm late 1970s mx program post-cold war strategic air command united states air force
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  6. Grey Havoc

    FORM (computer algebra system)

    Via Slashdot: https://www.quantamagazine.org/crucial-computer-program-for-particle-physics-at-risk-of-obsolescence-20221201/
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1980s 1990s cold war computing early 21st century kingdom of the netherlands late 20th century national institute for subatomic physics nikhef post-cold war
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. World B4

    Stand-off mini-torpedo

    On this page, http://www.hisutton.com/Warships sunk by sneak attack.html, I see this line "Combat swimmers with stand-of mini-torpedo" used to explain the sinking of the PC 176 Mukos. I had no idea this was a type of weapon fielded, and am super duper curious. View...
  8. TomTom

    Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces

    I don't know if you have more info about this. The French magazine RAIDS, dedicated its special issue N°73 to the "Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces" published during winter 2019-2020. I haven't managed to get hold of the magazine yet, but it mentions the AMX-APX ALLARM project with...
    • TomTom
    • Thread
    • 1980s 1990s airmobile armée de terre cold war france post-cold war
    • Replies: 42
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  9. K

    Airbus Super Puma/ Cougar Alternative to NH90

    I am wondering if anyone has any information on a proposed Super Puma/ Cougar alternative to the NH90. I read somewhere that when the NH90 programme was in its early stages and experiencing the inevitable problems, Airbus briefly considered an updated version of its Super Puma as an alternative...
  10. that_person

    Extended Cold War Naval Development

    Ok, this is a scenario I've been working on for a while now, so I'd like to hear other peoples' thoughts on it. It has some plot devices though (the Soviet Union not completely falling apart, Bush restarting the Cold War, etc), but I think it's realistic enough to seem sane from a glance. In...
    • that_person
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    • 1990s alternate history cold war great britain late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy soviet navy soviet union strategic defense initiative united states united states navy warsaw pact
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  11. Grey Havoc

    Skjold-class fast missile corvette

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/oezs6j/6000_x_4000_the_skjoldclass_corvette_hnoms_glimt/ Original source
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1990s 20th century 21st century cold war ii fac-m kingdom of norway motor torpedo boat post-cold war project smp 6081 royal norwegian navy surface effect ship
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Military
  12. Grey Havoc

    32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57356140
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1989 1990s beijing cold war late 1980s people's republic of china post-cold war
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: The Bar
  13. Grey Havoc

    Russian-American Observation Satellite (RAMOS)

    https://www.drewexmachina.com/the-ramos-russian-american-observation-satellite-program/
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1990s ballistic missile defense drew ex machina early 2000s earth observation post-cold war remote sensing russian federation united states
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  14. Grey Havoc

    Adobe Flash Player finally bows out

    https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-55497353 https://games.slashdot.org/story/21/01/01/029259/its-game-over-for-farmville-as-flash-also-buys-the-farm https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/12/31/0217256/adobe-now-shows-alerts-in-windows-10-to-uninstall-flash-player
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1990s 1996 2010s 2020 2021 computing history of the internet
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: The Bar
  15. Grey Havoc

    How China Broke the World's Recycling

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXRtNwUju5g https://e360.yale.edu/features/piling-up-how-chinas-ban-on-importing-waste-has-stalled-global-recycling
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 1969 1990s 2010s 2018 national sword people's republic of china wendover productions
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  16. Y

    Royal Navy mid-1980s planning

    SSomewhere online I've seen a document from he early-mid 1980s with Royal Navy planned surface ship construction through to the mid-1990s. It had projected order dates for 24 Type 23 frigates, eight AORs, and two more CASTLE class OPVs. I seem to recall that it was an omnibus document from the...
    • Yellow Palace
    • Thread
    • 1980s 1990s cammell laird cold war great britain royal navy swan hunter vosper thornycroft vsel yarrow shipbuilders limited
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  17. G

    Russia sticks with the MIG-1.44?

    Pretty simple, what if the Russians don't flip flop around with their 5th gen program and decide to keep developing the Mig 1.44? Would they have a 5th gen(ish) aircraft earlier? what would it's export potential be? how effective would it be? my 2 cents are It would be operational earlier that...
    • griml0ck122
    • Thread
    • 1990s 2000s alternate history cold war commonwealth of independent states post-cold war russian federation soviet air defence forces soviet air forces soviet union v-pvo
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  18. Y

    Cancelled UK smart anti-tank munition

    I've been researching flight trials of a doppler-sharpened millimetric radar which took place in early 1990s (possibly 1990-4). I've been informed (by an ex-project member) that: Trial was in connection with a smart "fire-and-forget" UK anti-tank munition. Used a dual-mode...
  19. covert_shores

    Canada's Theseus AUV - cold war mega-UUV project

    More info: Article https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/07/12/canada-secret-cold-war-drone-submarine-is-still-relevant-today/ Bruce Butler's site: http://brucebutler.ca/into-the-labyrinth.html Podcast Bruce Butler did with SUT...
    • covert_shores
    • Thread
    • 1980s 1990s arctic cold war lduuv spinnaker sonar array
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Military
  20. Grey Havoc

    Ferranti F100-L Microprocessor family

    https://revaldinho.github.io/f100l/doc/F100CPU.html
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