I stumbled upon this while reading Edward Hujsak's 1994 The Future of U.S. Rocketry. ULLV stands for "Ultra Large Launch Vehicle"
This is a concept by the "Perigee West Company of La Jolla, California", which Edward Hujsak happened to be the president of, the company got several hundred...
coldwar
department of defense
early 1990s
heavy lift vehicle
late 1980s
nasa
nuclear rockets
post-coldwar
single-stage-to-orbit
ssto
super-heavy-launch-vehic
ullv
united states
I'm putting this here because the premise is alternate reality.
Its a world where the RN focuses on its big carriers, Eagle rebuilt as per normal, Ark Royal getting its 'Phantom' refit starting in 1964 and CVA01 & 02 getting started as soon as the Fearless class are off their slips at JB and...
a-10
anti-tank
attack experimental (a-x) program
close air support
coldwar
fairchild a-10
fairchild aircraft corporation
pierre sprey
republic a-10
tactical air command
united states air force
warthog
This is a thread on Twitter (X) showing a series of weird & wonderful ideas, mostly nuclear armed AAMs and mostly American.
since today is 1 April, it’s possible they’re an April Fool’s Day joke but I though you might enjoy them anyway.
I think post ww2 more ships have been damaged and sunk by mines than any other weapon
Yet it’s barely talked about and most navies devote proportionally less resources to it
What can be done to change that post ww2 ?
i have been looking at a lot of old US vtol project that had promises but it got cancelled and it got me thinking.
what would happend if some of those projets succeed, and what would happenend if thay did .
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ALL HANDS MAGAZINE
SEPTEMBER 1961
PAGE: 39
"OPERATION CRYSTAL BALL"
In 1961 RADM Roy S. Benson asked everyone in the sub force to submit ideas for "future" submarine weapons etc.
Some ideas
- "depth charging" surface craft
- underwater submarine tender
- sailless submarines
- addition of...
air-sea rescue
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electronic warfare
elint
great britain
nuclear battlefield
post-coldwar
post-world war ii
raf air support command
raf bomber command
raf germany
raf search and rescue force
raf strike command
raf transport command
royal air force
royal air force marine branch
sigint
strategic reconnaissance
world war ii
As we have had some interesting 50s and 60s what-ifs I thought it would be fun to go for a big one.
Put yourself in the chair of Sandys, McNamara or any other key Defence Minister of your choice.
Now put together a better balance of options than they did.
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...
There have been several discussions about the British aircraft of the 60s since I started here a few weeks ago, apparently it's a never ending topic. They appear to start out technically and end financially and politically in a viscous circle of failure. In the process some interesting and...
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Entwicklungsring Süd GmbH was formed by a Bolkow, Heinkel and Messerschmitt design consortium on February 23, 1959 at the suggestion of the Federal German Defense Ministry.
The strange thing is that there were two or more series,later I will talk about its sequences.
We can say,and about...
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Once again, I am flummoxed as to how secret our projects can or can't be !?!
I have just became the proud owner of Aerocraft Models (I must add for the sake of conformity, that other Model Brands are available), Fairey Tactical Strike Aircraft GOR.339 Project 75.
Now...
Thirty-plus years in the making, this is a must-have for anyone researching postwar British aircraft. It's from Air-Britain, so you know it will be good. Pricey, even for members, but this time next year you'll wish you'd bagged one...
I am just trying to compile all domestic Japanese UAV programs in one place. Maybe I will add a bit more info on each as time goes on. I know for a fact I'm missing a lot of the early cold war programs, so any help there would be appreciated.
FUJI/SUBARU
Fuji-Vigilant 5000...
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early 21st century
japan
japan air self-defense force
japanese ground self-defense force
japanese maritime self-defense force
jsdf
late 20th century
post-coldwar
remotely piloted air system
remotely piloted vehicle
ucav
unmanned air system
unmanned air vehicle
From 1979 to 1980, the United States Navy proposed updating their remaining obsolete FRAM Gearing class destroyers in the Naval Reserve Force as escorts to protect trans-Atlantic convoys against Soviet submarines. Some of the proposed modernization included replacing the WWII-era 5"/38 twin-gun...
Does anybody remember the A-7/stealth pod cover stories from the mid 80's. I remember some pics and the basic cover story but can't find anything about it anywhere now.
I have constantly encountered this statement, and it always felt iffy to me. Is this actually true? Can anyone actually point to what advancements have reduced the need for swing-wings? I feel like, when we look at famous swing-wing aircraft (F-14, Su-25 Tu-160) we see the same patterns: T/W way...
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