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Royal Navy frigates in the 70s
The saga of the Royal Navy's carriers after 1966 has been the main focus of interest here, but the workhorse of the RN then as now was the frigate. By the 1970s the RN had plans to replace its Type 12 Leander class frigates with the larger all missile armed Type 22. Leanders were designed...- uk 75
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- 1970s aaw alternate history anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare area air defence asuw asw cold war escort vessel frigates great britain late 1960s north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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GW96A Cruisers British Royal Navy
The GW96A class Missile Cruiser was cancelled by the Royal Navy in 1957, but, I do not seem able to find any ‘definitive’ statement about who/why the decision was made. I appreciate that in reality they were harking back to a previous era as modern Frigates had an adequate cruising range and...- Pirate Pete
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- anti-air warfare area air defence asuw cold war cruiser great britain nuclear battlefield royal navy
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About the Harpoon Block 1D
White there is information about the missile itself: https://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-84.html https://www.docdroid.com/WbANE9i/agm-84-harpoon-missile-block-1d-brochure-pdf#page=2 There are mentions that, one of the reason it wasn't produced, was that the missiles were too big for... -
Harpoon missile
"Harpoon missile meets 40-year milestone" video by Boeing Uploaded: Oct 5, 2011 http://youtu.be/-HSszSESmB0- Triton
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- air-to-ground anti-ship missile anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare asuw boeing 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
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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AX-04: Last Torpedo Bomber development of the 20th Century?
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...- Grey Havoc
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- anti-submarine warfare anti-surface ship torpedo argentina argentine republic armada de la república argentina asuw cold war comando de la aviación naval argentina early 1980s falklands conflict fuerza aérea argentina
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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UK naval missiles instead of Exocet in the late 60s
When the UK aircraft carrier CVA 01 was cancelled in 1966 one of the ways of replacing its capabilities was to be the development of long range surface to surface missiles for both anti-ship and shore bombardment roles. Indeed even before the cancellation of CVA 01 a study had been done on a... -
GW series of British Missile Cruisers
Until the Type 22 frigate the Royal Navy did not follow the USN in building ships with surface to air missile systems at both ends like the Leahy and Belknap classes. There seem to have been plans to do so, including by converting the County class destroyers to have Seaslug launchers at both...- uk 75
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- anti-air warfare area air defence asuw cold war cruiser great britain nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy
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US Navy Standard Missile Family
The Standard Missile family has grown to include a great number of variants over the years. I figured I would create this topic to discuss the designs and proposals based around the Standard Missile. One program I have had a very difficult time finding any info on, is the Standard Missile 5...- Lampshade111
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- area air defence asat asuw ballistic missile defense cold war cold war ii convair early 21st century general dynamics general dynamics pomona division hughes missile systems company late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war raytheon standard missile company (smco) surface-to-air missile united states united states navy
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- Forum: Military
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ANS French/German supersonic antiship missile.
A picture from an 80's military advertisement lead to these other two images. Interesting similiarities between the 25 year old ANS test vehicle and Taiwan's recent supersonic cruise missile. ;) (The ad is aerospatiale.)- sferrin
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- aérospatiale anti-ship anti-ship missile anti-surface warfare asuw british aerospace plc bundesmarine cold war federal republic of germany france french fifth republic great britain hawker siddeley dynamics marine nationale mbb north atlantic treaty organisation royal navy supersonic west germany
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- Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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Boeing P-8A Poseidon (737-800EFV) MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft)
Hi, A new program for US Navy the MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft) is now fullfied by Boeing 737-800ERX.- hesham
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- anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare asuw asw boeing cold war ii elint indian navy maritime patrol maritime patrol aircraft p-8 rokn royal air force royal australian air force royal canadian air force royal new zealand air force royal norwegian air force sigint united states navy usa
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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OKB Korchagin Typhoon multirole carrier-based aircraft
From Krylya Rodiny 6-2004. No timeframe of project was described.- flateric
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- 1970s 1980s airborne early warning anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare asuw asw cold war electronic warfare red fleet soviet navy soviet union tanker aircraft ussr
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects