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3/4-Ton 4x4 Cargo-Personnel Carrier, XM443E1 (U.S. Army)
I don't think I have come across this one before: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ordnance-report-90589389- Grey Havoc
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- airborne forces airmobile cold war truck u.s. army united states united states army united states marine corps willys-overland
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- Forum: Secret Army Projects
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Expulsive Nuclear-Electric Manned Astroliner (ENEMA)
The Source at Flickr label it as: Expulsive Nuclear-Electric Manned Astroliner (ENEMA) launch. Convair/General Dynamic artist’s concept. (1960-1962) View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/apollo4ever/54280085188/in/photolist-2qGxCeJ got someone more info about this ?- Michel Van
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- cold war convair convair astronautics general dynamics nuclear rockets space age space race united states
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T95 tank w. nuclear cannon
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- cold war late 1950s late cold war nuclear battlefield red army russian ground forces tank design tank proposal united states army us army
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- Forum: Secret Army Projects
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Canada's naval strategy?
[I have taken the liberty of moving this discussion to its own new thread, to avoid stepping on the toes of Oberon_706's Australia-oriented thread.] Dilandu points out that Canada had 2 coasts to defend in the first half of the 20th century, although I believe that was considered in Ottawa to...- Owens Z
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- 20th century canada canadian armed forces cold war cold war ii early 21st century interwar period maritime command maritime command (canadian armed forces) post-cold war royal canadian navy world war i world war ii
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- Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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Egyptian Tu-16 vs American aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy in 1972
Hi, The photo dates back to 1972, specifically November, when the American aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy approached the Egyptian coast. The Tupolev Tu-16 strategic bomber came out and approached it closely, flying over the aircraft carrier. A Phantom F4 fighter from the carrier was... -
Superstar engineer John Hart-Smith skewered Boeing’s strategy | Obituary
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Anson-class missile battleships (RN)
(this ships is from the same AU as Lepanto-class missile battleships) The full description is on my Live Journal, on Russian. The Suez crisis of 1956 became a moment of truth for the Royal Navy. It was impossible to deny anymore, that Great Britain is lagging dangerously behind both United...- Dilandu
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- alternate history battleship cold war royal navy
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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McDonnell Douglas GRM-29A Rocket-Powered Bomber
View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1874984691633414466 View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1874990524895203505- Forest Green
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- cold war mcdonnell douglas rocket propulsion strategic air command strategic bomber united states united states air force
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Which one is the Terrier launcher on Italian missile cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi, Mk 4 or Mk 10?
The article on the Naval Analyses website refers to it as the Mk 10 GMLS, but some other sources call it the Mk 4, and even some as the Mk 9 mod 1. Judging from the "carrying 72 missiles" and "stored in a vertical position", it seems to be the same as the Boston-class missile cruiser, which is... -
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WI Medway Trident and VC10 Super 200?
Both of these airliners were shrunk at the request of their initial customer, the Trident from 111(130?) seat Medway sized to 97 seat Spey sized and the Super 200 from a 212 seat 28' fuselage stretch to a 174 seat 13' stretch for the Super VC10. The Super VC10 was then embroiled in a public...- Rule of cool
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- 1960s 1970s airliner alternate history civil aviation cold war great britain ministry of aviation
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Vintage X-15A-3 Desk Model On eBay
VINTAGE FACTORY NORTH AMERICAN NASA X-15 X-15A-3 DESK MODEL PROTOTYPE DELTA WING Item description from the seller: This vintage factory desk model of the North American Aviation X-15A-3 Delta wing prototype. This was a proposal to achieve Mach 8, the project was cancelled in 1962. Fairly large...- XP67_Moonbat
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- cold war early 1960s nasa north american aviation space race united states air force
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- Forum: Found on the Internet
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Nuclear Cow Tipping
View: https://youtu.be/QuWDDx2-CgA?si=-bbIu8HuOrSeKQ6v- Graham1973
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- cold war nuclear
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- Forum: The Bar
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Otto Funk, Peter Funk, & Bücker und Funk Designations
In the late 1950s, Otto Funk was the director of apprentice-training at the Heinkel plant in Speyer. As an exercise for apprentices, airframes were designed for assembly using a variety of construction techniques. In 1990, Otto's son Peter Funk (along with Dirk Breitkreuz) founded B&F Technik to...- Apophenia
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- 1990s cold war federal republic of germany late 20th century people's republic of china post-cold war west germany
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The Swedish connection instead of French/'Euro NATO' connection for the UK?
IOW - earlier & greater cooperation with SAAB and the British companies, while the cooperation between the later and the French and other European NATO is much smaller? Draken was powered by the British engine, Viggen was supposed to be powered by the Medway, while the Gripen should've been just...- tomo pauk
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- aerospace industry alternate history cold war great britain kingdom of sweden north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield tactical nuke western europe what-if
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Long Range Airstrikes During Operation Moked on 5 June 1967 (Six-Day War Day 1)
I recently read Shlomo Aloni's book Six-Day War 1967: Operation Focus and the 12 hours that changed the Middle East. It elaborates the IAF airstrikes from the 5 June 1967 Operation Moked that decapitated Arab air forces of Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq. I am particularly interested in the... -
R/P FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform)
Some good news, along with a bit of background: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y36pTr09f3Y https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-navy-flipping-ship-upcycled-134616867.html https://gcaptain.com/saving-rv-flip-from-the-wreckers-clawsand-its-story-is-mind-blowing/...- Grey Havoc
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- acoustic research anti-submarine warfare cold war cold war ii department of the navy early 21st century experimental late 20th century oceanographic research office of naval research post-cold war research research ship research vessel flip scripps institution of oceanography sonar u.s. navy united states navy uss flip war on terror
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- Forum: Military
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Rocket-Assisted Launches And Other Aviation Oddities
Rocket-Assisted Launches And Other Aviation Oddities- Dronescapes
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- aero propulsion and power laboratory cold war f-104 jato post wwii rato zell
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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Search Helicopter Towed Rescue Boat,1965
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Different British nuclear reactors?
I keep bumping into this from different angles, its technically very interesting to me so I'll ask the question here and see what happens. In the late 50s Britain was looking for a more commercially oriented nuclear power reactor type to follow on from it's operationally successful but not very...- Rule of cool
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- 1960s 1970s alternate history atomic energy establishment winfrith atomic era atoms for peace british commonwealth cold war dounreay nuclear power development establishment great britain late 1950s naval reactor nuclear nuclear power
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Experimental Missile packs for Hawker Hunters
Hello, Recently me and @Jason Dykstra (Wyvern) have come across a few interesting pictures regarding Missile packs for the Hawker Hunter that could be fitted in place of the ADEN armament, I was wondering if anyone had any more info than what we have, so far we have found images for; A...