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  1. Grey Havoc

    UK Soft Vertical Launch - A Flexible Solution to an Integral Concept for Ground & Naval Air Defence (2000 AD)

    https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADP010844.pdf Note that the mention of 'battleships' in the paper is likely a reference to the Arsenal Ship concept which was in vogue at the time. Incidentally, this paper was part of a larger NATO sponsored report called the Concepts de systemes pour la...
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    • 2000 ad air defence anti-air warfare area air defence battlefield air defence battleships british army defence evaluation and research agency dera early 2000s early 21st century late 1990s late 20th century matra bae dynamics ministry of defence north atlantic treaty organisation research and technology organization (nato) royal navy surface-to-air missile united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  2. Temeraire

    Modernise Vanguard and the KGV’s for the 1980s

    In a perfect world for the British armed forces how would you modernise HMS Vanguard and the King George V class to serve in the 1980s? (Before anyone asks Yes CVA-01 through 04 are built in this timeline, so no yapping about building carriers instead, this is a perfect world for the RN, so the...
  3. Tzoli

    KuK Kriegsmarine Capital Ship Projects

    This thread was long overdue, actually way long overdue. I don't know why didn't I posted these until now. So here it is, the capital ship projects of the Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine aka the KuK Kriegsmarine or the Austro-Hungarian Navy Some designs were already posted here...
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    • austro-hungarian empire battlecruiser battleship battleships cisleithania dual monarchy imperial and royal armed forces imperial and royal war ministry k.u.k. marinesektion kaiserliche und königliche kriegsmarine pre-world war i world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. YourChair

    Italian 61200 ton CRDA battleship (4-16-16-40)

    Hello all, While browsing some old WoWS Reddit threads I found mention of a CRDA (assumedly Cantieri Riuniti dell'Adriatico, active 1930 to 1984) battleship design that was posted on the (now-defunct) WoWS forums. Apparently the known specifics are "61200 tons standard, 29 knots, 406mm belt...
  5. Temeraire

    HMS Nelson: Post War Modernisation Plans

    I was wondering if anyone has any information regarding the modernisation plans discussed for HMS Nelson that would have kept her in the fleet Post war. Plans to keep her were I believe mentioned in Drachinifels video about the Nelson class and there is also this on the wiki page: According to...
  6. Tzoli

    Fisher's Warship Proposals

    Introduction: John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, Commander, Captain, Admiral, Second then First Sea Lord, one if not the most influential and prominent naval commander of the Royal Navy. His ideas, views and dedicated work allowed the modernization of the Royal Navy to remain in first...
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    • battlecruiser battleships cruiser early 20th century great britain late 19th century pre-world war i royal navy world war i
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  7. uk 75

    Lists of Unbuilt Royal Navy and British Export Ships

    One of my continuing interests and a strength of this site is information about Royal Navy ships that never left the drawing board. Recently.not so much has been published about these designs so I thought I would start this thread. Many projects have there own threads and are well known to...
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    • aircraft carrier battleships british commonwealth british empire british shipbuilders cammell laird cold war cruiser destroyer frigates great britain interwar period pre-world war i swan hunter vickers-armstrongs vsel world war i world war ii yarrow shipbuilders limited
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  8. Tzoli

    Royal Navy Lion Class Battleship series 1938-1945

    The Royal Navy's second 16" armed battleships history was a long and bumpy road of large number of designs and the inability on the Admiralty's side to actually start and continue it's work on them or choose a design to produce. First I present the 1938 designs: Design 14A-38 This is the first...
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    • admiralty battleships director of naval construction (royal navy) directorate of naval construction early 1930s early 1940s great britain interwar period pre-world war ii royal navy world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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