battlefield air defence

  1. flateric

    Lockheed pre-ATF & ATF studies

    "Clearly, ATF was going to be superstealth and not a cousin of YF-12 or SR-71," explains Osborne. "I stopped the YF-12 derivative effort, and we started working on an F-117 derivative for ATF." The design submitted in the Lockheed proposal looked like a larger and elongated F-117 with some...
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    • 1970s 1980s advanced tactical fighter air defence air-to-ground battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction cold war fighters lockheed nuclear battlefield stealth supersonic tactical air command united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. JAZZ

    German Short Range SAMs

    seems to have been a number of german short range SAM programmes in the late 1990's Perhaps for our german memebrs - BGT version of HFK/KV a two stage missile, with boster and coast to target second stage at mach-3 to a range of 12km. Photo below (JSWS-issue 30) others were DASA HKK/L2 missile...
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    • air defence anti-tank missile battlefield air defence cold war cold war ii early 21st century federal republic of germany forward area air defense french fifth republic hypervelocity missiles late 20th century manpads north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war spaam surface-to-air missile war on terror west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  3. uk 75

    60s Point Defence Missiles: Mauler and the UK PT 428

    The US Mauler system for point defence was also intended for the British forces, both in its land and sea versions. It is interesting to speculate what the system would have looked like in UK service. Even more fascinating is the BAC PT428 missile system, similar to Mauler, but cancelled in...
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    • 1960s anti-air warfare battlefield air defence cold war forward area air defense great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield point defense system royal navy spaam surface-to-air missile tactical nuke united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  4. sferrin

    Liberty air defense system.

    This was an air defense system based on the M1 chassis. ISTR it had two 25mm guns and ADATS missiles but I can't find anything on it.
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    • 1980s air defense artillery branch anti-tank missile battlefield air defence cold war early 1990s faad faads-los-fh forward area air defense france los-f-h north atlantic treaty organisation spad surface-to-surface missile u.s. army united states united states army united states marine corps west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. overscan (PaulMM)

    Romanian Supersonic Fighter projects

    IAR-95, IAR-S from late 1970s onward
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    • air combat interceptors air-to-ground armata republicii socialiste românia battlefield air defence battlefield air interdiction close air support cold war comandamentul apararii antiaeriene a teritoriului forțele aeriene interceptors marina (socialist republic of romania) romanian air force romanian navy socialist republic of romania supersonic warsaw pact
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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