Whenever I look at my little model of the USS Long Beach nuclear missile cruiser I find myself musing what a 21st Century version for Western navies could look like?
Such a ship would replace the Ticonderoga class in the US Navy and perhaps provide Task Force escorts for the RN and MN instead...
This guy (goes by the name "Jive Turkey" of all things) and does analysis of sonar acoustic recordings including ASW sonar pings. He also does analysis of various sub types.
Acoustic analysis of sonar pulses
ASW sonar pulses off Bahamas
Borei sub analysis
Something different for today ... a collaborative project between Grumman and Shin Meiwa in Japan.
Note wing engines can tilt up a few degrees (it's described on another page). Also, there is heavy reliance on active boundary layer control via twin turbines behind the rear pressure bulkhead...
ABC News: "Hunter class frigates will be built by BAE in Australia — but what can the warships do and why do we need them?"
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-29/hunter-frigate-build-bae-what-you-need-to-know/9923912
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...
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supersonic
v/stol aircraft
vstol carriers
vtol
I am utterly confused about the original French plans for the deployment of this missile, the wiki page for the Suffren class destroyers states that six ships were originally planned and that this became two batches of three (the second tentative?) then just two ships when the money for the...
anti-air warfareanti-submarinewarfare
area air defence
cold war
cruiser
destroyer
early 1960s
france
french fourth republic
late 1950s
marine nationale
surface to air missile
surface-to-air missile
From Ronnie Serrano on the "Project Terminated" page on Facebook:
Source:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=876967599032670&set=gm.646696872124265&type=1&theater
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cold war
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helicopter carrier
japan
japan maritime self-defense force
post-cold war
v/stol
vstol carriers
vtol
Image of the Vickers proposal for a modified Invincible Class ship to replace HMAS Melbourne. The enlarged hangar and removal of Sea Dart are of note. Also Invincible image for comparison.
Found at:
http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/24222
anti-air warfareanti-submarinewarfare
area air defence
british commonwealth
british shipbuilders
cold war
commonwealth of australia
early 1980s
falklands conflict
falklands war
great britain
harrier carrier
mcdonnell douglas
royal australian navy
royal navy
sea harrier
united kingdom
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vstol carriers
Published on Oct 30, 2014
BLACK HAWK helicopters continue to be the work horse for the U.S. Army. Forty military and civil organizations around the world use this helicopter or one of its derivative models.
View: http://youtu.be/BBk1sTWPKI8
air cavalry
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airmobile
anti-submarinewarfare
anti-surface warfare
cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
helicopter
late 20th century
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
sikorsky
united states
united states air force
united states army
united states navy
Original Lineart from the Russian Naval Site:
http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/9510/5684310.1/0_dacf5_3fde0669_orig
http://otvaga2004.ru/atrina/atrina-sovr/proekt-1125/
This is a generic info on the shp someone with better Russian language skills could make a better translation!
After the design...
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anti-surface warfare
area air defence
cold war ii
frigate
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north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
royal netherlands navy
air-to-ground
anti-ship missile
anti-submarinewarfare
anti-surface warfare
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cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
late 20th century
mcdonnell douglas
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
royal navy
united states navy
war on terror
NH90 has been sized and conceived to be able to operate from any type of prepared or unprepared surfaces and to satisfy already in its basic design the entire specific feature requested by tactical transport requirements. Sharing common basis, only the on-board mission system differentiates the...
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airbus helicopters
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cold war
cold war ii
late 1980s
nato helicopter management agency
nh industires
nhindustries
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-cold war
war on terror
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2020s
anti-submarinewarfare
cold war ii
maritime patrol aircraft
people's liberation army naval air force
people's liberation army navy
people's republic of china
Could the IA-58 Pucará be classified as the last Torpedo Bomber, at least developmental wise, of the 20th Century?
For those of you who are not familiar with it, AX-04 was a prototype of the IA 58 Pucará, modified during the Falklands War as part of a joint Air Force/Navy project hoping to...
anti-submarinewarfare
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argentine republic
armada de la república argentina
asuw
cold war
comando de la aviación naval argentina
early 1980s
falklands conflict
fuerza aérea argentina
I have finished some simple drawings of US destroyer designs from the 1960s and 1970s. The drawings are based on sketches and artist renderings found in Norman Friedman's book "US Destroyers An Illustrated Design History". I find the nuclear frigate design (Typhoon) very interesting.
Fishjay
1960s
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anti-surface warfare
area air defence
buships
cold war
destroyer
dlgn
frigate
frigates
navsea
navships
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
united states navy
In early 1950, the following companies submitted these designs to a Navy specification calling for an HP class (Patrol) helicopter with ASW (anti-submarine warfare) capability, a brand new mission for the helicopter at the time. None was selected in the end (source: Spangenberg Index, April...
Possible future variants of the Royal Navy Type 45 ("D" or Daring Class) Destroyer include Type 45 Land Attack variant and Type 45 General Purpose variant.
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anti-air warfareanti-submarinewarfare
area air defence
ballistic missile defense
cruiser
daring-class destroyer (21st century)
destroyer
early 21st century
late 1990s
late 20th century
post-cold war
royal navy
united kingdom
war on terror
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