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SCB 198 Escort Research Ship
Source: https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AG/AG158.html Source: https://www.shipscribe.com/usnaux2/AG/AG158-p.html- A Tentative Fleet Plan
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- anti-submarine warfare bureau of ships buships cold war destroyer escort early 1960s experimental gas turbine late 1950s research test ship testbed trials ship united states united states navy
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Brochure Navi Militare Cantieri Navale Riuniti first half 1970s
I have an original brochure from this company which contants sketches+ technical details form ships they built or could built. I can make photographs if someone is interested- Roodbaard1958!
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- cantieri navali del tirreno riuniti cold war early 1970s italian republic italy marina militare tyrrhenian sea united tyrrhenian shipyards
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- Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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Iraqi arms acquisition plans before 1990 and 2003
What if Saddam never invaded Kuwait and never being throw up??? What would be the state of Ba'ath Iraqi armed forces?- KonTim
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- ba'athist iraq chemical / biological weapons cold war early 21st century eastern bloc iraq republic iraqi air force iraqi army iraqi navy iraqi republic late 20th century nuclear battlefield people's republic of china post-cold war republic of iraqi soviet union tactical nuke warsaw pact western europe
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Names of ships on Yankee, Dixie and Gonzo stations?
One of my hobbies is collecting waterline ship models in 1/1250 or 1/1200 scales covering the Cold War era. I have been trying to find the composition of USN units on the Yankee and Dixie Stations off Vietnam and Gonzo station in the Arabian Sea. Does anyone know a source? -
RIP John Amos
Somehow missed yet another great departing us last week: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/01/arts/john-amos-dead.html https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/01/entertainment/john-amos-dead/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2024/10/02/entertainment/john-amos-death-daughter/index.html...- Grey Havoc
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- 20th century actor cold war coming to america early 21st century golden globe awards good times movie star post-cold war primetime emmy awards roots (1977) split second (1984) the mary tyler moore show the west wing tv series united states vanishing point
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- Forum: The Bar
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Sealion 19?
Between 1945 and 1990 the UK's only source of potential foreign invasion was the Soviet Union. Whereas Germany's Sealion plans of 1940 are the subject of numerous books and wargames, there is little or nothing about Soviet plans for Britain in the event of a war. With most of Britain's army...- uk 75
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- cold war english channel great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield united kingdom warsaw pact world war iii
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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First volume of a series on C-130 Hercules : Europe
Just published. The first volume is dedicated to European operators. An interesting page dealing with the potential C-130 production by Sud-Aviation in France in the sixties. The author, Xavier Capy, is well known for his previous books on Noratlas and Transall. More details on www.c-130.eu.- Yves Robins
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- airlift armeé de l'air c-130 cold war french fifth republic lockheed royal air force sud aviation united states western europe
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- Forum: Books & Marketplace
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Secrets of the D-30F6 Turbofan
I've always wondered about how the Perm D-30F6 turbofan is able to power the MiG-31 to Mach 2.83, when it appeared to be a relatively conventional adaptation of the D-30 commercial turbofan family. Source is ENGINES OF RUSSIAN COMBAT AIRCRAFT by Kotelnikov V. R., Khrobystova O. V., Zrelov V...- overscan (PaulMM)
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- air defence cold war interceptor soviet air defence forces soviet union turbofan ussr v-pvo
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- Forum: Propulsion
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Chief John Taggart (John Ashton) has fought his final shootout
Yet again, another great actor passed away a few days ago, somehow I missed it at the time: https://apnews.com/article/john-ashton-taggart-beverly-hills-cop-obit-7cf9cabad9d315a303fa01a0eecb2a94...- Grey Havoc
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- 2024 20th century actor beverly hills cop beverly hills police department bounty hunter chief of police cold war cold war ii detective detective sergeant early 21st century john david ashton los angeles drama critics award midnight run movie star popular culture post-cold war tv series usc school of theatre
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- Forum: The Bar
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The Stooges "Thingy" vehicle 1962
The "Thingy", a flying sub-tank from "The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)". Just funny.- (https://clip.cafe/the-three-stooges-in-orbit-1962/oh-no-not-disneyland/)- klem
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- cold war early 1960s humor movie movie prop popular culture sci-fi science fiction space age space race
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- Forum: Theoretical, Fake and Generic Projects
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UK will give sovereignty of Chagos Islands to Mauritius — NEWS ONLY —
The UK/US base will remain. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98ynejg4l5o- Flyaway
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- 2024 20th century british colony of mauritius british empire british indian ocean territory cold war cold war ii early 21st century great britain indian ocean naval support facility diego garcia people's republic of china post-cold war republic of mauritius soviet union united kingdom united states united states navy war on terror
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- Forum: The Bar
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Cost of light fleet carriers?
Trying to figure out which countries could actually handle the cost of light fleet carriers in 1946-60, so do we have any actual data at what prices the Colossus and Majestic class ships were sold by Britain in 1946-60? And for that matter how much their modernization with angled fight decks and...- Lascaris
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- 1950s aircraft carrier armada de la república argentina cold war director of naval construction (royal navy) directorate of naval construction early 1960s great britain indian navy late 1940s light fleet carrier marine nationale marinha do brasil post-world war ii royal australian navy royal canadian navy royal navy royal netherlands navy royal spanish navy united states navy
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Bo-105 weapons
I've been looking for some trialled weapons on the bo-105 helicopter and I just can't seem to find any images of the stinger pods mounted on the chopper. Any help would be appreciated. -
KC-10 tanker
Starting thread at the end... https://www.twz.com/air/final-kc-10-extender-tanker-sent-into-retirement- GTX
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- advanced tanker cargo aircraft program air force reserve command air mobility command boeing cold war cold war ii early 21st century in-flight refueling tanker late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states air force war on terror
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Seibel Helicopters
Vertical Flight Society just published excellent video narrated by Cherles Seibel himself about Seibel helicopters. Described are: - Seibel S-1 (design study on tiltrotor) - Seibel S-2 (design study on coaxial helicopter) - Seibel S-3 (single-seat helicopter with CG control mechanism...- persil
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- bell aircraft corporation cessna aircraft company cg control cold war helicopter helicopter division (cessna aircraft company) pre-world war ii seibel seibel helicopter seibel helicopter company tiltrotor united states united states air force united states army world war ii
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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Nord Aviation CT41 Target Drone wind tunnel model or just model?
I was able to aquire this fantastic wind tunnel model / model of the CT41. It has a scale size of 1:10 (the original size was 9,79m / model size is 96cm) My question to all of you (as being much more experienced in this cases) is, if you think it is a real wind tunnel model or "just" a...- sunset
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- armeé de l'air cold war french fifth republic french fourth republic late 1950s model nord aviation supersonic target drone wind tunnel model
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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Longer B-47 Service Life?
Greatly inspired by the "Longer B-58 Hustler service?" thread by @Rule of cool How could the B-47 have had a more impactful service life? Improved engines and aerodynamics? Exports to friendly nations? As a total What-if thought, I would consider a four-engine B-47 evolution as seen with...- isayyo2
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- alternate history boeing cold war imperial iranian air force royal australian air force strategic air command strategic bomber tactical air command united states air force
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Seacat performance
We have discussed Seaslug performance in some detail and speculated about what Seacat 2 might have been like, but original Seacat has not received attention. Widely fitted on British warships during the 1960s and 1970s its only combat use was during the Falklands war in 1982 where 40mm guns... -
Tiger class cruisers opinions
The three Tiger class cruisers arouse strong opinions. As the only major non-carrier RN warships built after WW2 they mark the transition of the RN from a force built round its battleships' big guns to a missile dominated navy. The 6" and 3" guns fitted to them were supposed to be a new approach...- uk 75
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- anti-submarine warfare cold war command cruiser command ship cruiser east of suez falklands war fleet air arm gun cruiser helicopter and command cruiser helicopter cruiser naval fire support north atlantic treaty organisation nsfs post-world war ii royal navy vstol carriers world war ii
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Astronaut Joe Engle passes away
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/pilot-astronaut-joe-engle Didn’t see anything on the evening news on TV about this. Sad.