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    Royal Navy Cold War Minelayers

    More or less unnoticed in the mid 60s the Royal Navy was able to replace the wartime very fast Minelayer "Manxman" with a new build ship. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Abdiel_(N21) Abdiel served nearly to the end of the Cold War in1988. Unlike the famous UK mine countermeasures vessels...
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    • atomic sea mine cold war great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield royal navy sea mines
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  2. Grey Havoc

    Operation Cudgel

    Stickleback Class Midge XPW Minnow (X54) Stickleback (X51) Shrimp (X52) Sprat (X53) Stickleback Class 1954 - 1958 The Stickleback class submarines were midget submarines of the Royal Navy initially ordered as improved versions of the older XE class submarines. The Royal Navy may have...
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    • 1950s atomic mines atomic sea mine baltic fleet (ussr) cold war great britain nuclear battlefield red fleet royal navy soviet union submarine united kingdom world war iii
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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    Martin P6M Seamaster

    In 1952 the US Navy put out a Request for Proposal to the US Aircraft industry asking for an advanced jet-powered 'Fast Mine-Laying Maritime Patrol Flying Boat' The winner of this RfP was Martin with their P6M-1/2 SeaMaster design. Unfortunatly this design did not go into full production, and...
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    • aerial minelayer atomic sea mine cold war flying boat jet age martin marietta corporation minelayer nuclear battlefield nuclear powered aircraft sea mines seaplane striking force sub-strategic nuke supersonic tactical nuke united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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