Here is a recap of all IS- and SWD- designations. For each I have provided a link to a Polish page whenever possible (many other pages exist, notably Wikipedia). The IS- series stopped with IS-7, which became the SWD-7. Apparently the SWD-6X was previously designated IS-6X, but that designation...
On Page 129 of Cruisers of the US Navy 1922-1962, Terzibaschitsch mentions that the USN briefly considered converting the USS Wichita into its first missile cruiser but instead chose Boston (CA-69) and Canberra (CA-70) because they were projected to have longer service lives. Friedman also...
So it appears the Belgians had APDS for their M24 Chaffee but no one really knows were such ammo came from. From recent evidence (image 1) the round appears to bear British markings and resembling APDS munition for the British QF 17pdr and QF 77 mm (see image 4). Did the British ever developed...
Érase una vez sólo dos bandos (y sabías qué esperar) y había un país llamado Unión Soviética. Y el portaaviones era la especie dominante en los mares (Cuanto más grande era el portaaviones, más felices eran los almirantes), pero este tipo de barcos son muy caros, tan caros que parecía que iban a...
HOTOL: Britain’s Spaceplane
by
Dan Sharp
Now available for pre-order here:
HOTOL: Britain's Spaceplane
Tempest Books
ISBN: 9781911704294
Format: Hardback
Pages: 300
The start of Space Shuttle operations in 1981 marked a new era in spaceflight – with the five orbiters launching numerous...
1980s
british aerospace plc
coldwar
department of trade and industry
early 1990s
great britain
ministry of defence
post-coldwar
rolls-royce
royal aircraft establishment
single-stage-to-orbit
space age
space race
spaceplane
ssto
strategic defense initiative
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 .
Hi!
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
coldwarcoldwar ii
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...
Hi,
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...
Good evening people!
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...
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