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Brochure, thanks of "bertielissie" on AMI:

:) Very interesting article from Navy International April 1975 regarding a convertible warship design. Does anyone have access to further information, perhaps a larger and clearer drawing as per page 23 or 25? Enjoy and I look forward to any replies.

The Navy MQ-4C Triton is designed to provide the Navy with an advanced autonomous air vehicle and state of the art service-oriented architecture mission control system that will enable it to provide persistent maritime Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) directly to the maritime...

During ELDO Europa 2 project, it became clear that Woomera launch site was not able to launch payload with Europa 2 to GEO One Proposal was to build (or move) a Launch site near of the equator, at Darwin in Northern Territory. http://www.spaceuk.org/bstreak/eldo/darwin.jpg But the French had...

I came across an article in the september 1984 edition of 'Aeroplane Monthly', about Edgar Percival, who had died earlier that year. In the article I found this :- "In 1962 he [Edgar Percival] designed the Percival Gull Jet, a 12-place jet-engined executive aircraft with a cruising speed of...

Raytheon Systems Company, Elta Division of Israeli Aircraft Industries, and Airbus Industries A130-based submission for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Project Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) system. The team also included Hawker de Havilland, Honeywell...

Model of General Dynamics F-16 with Royal Australian Air Force markings manufactured by Precise. Seller's description: URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/Precise-Model-General-Dynamics-Australian-Air-Force-F16-/160595224812?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256438a8ec

G'day gents I have been reading a book 'On Weapons Decisions: How Australia Chooses to Arm Itself (1963-1996)' by John Bruni (again!) Under Part 2, Chapter 5 Patterms of Procurement 1983-1992, it talks about the early 1980's plans to replace the Australian Army's M113A1 APC fleet with an...

At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Ship_Medium_Mk_II there is an article on an abortive Australian landing ship project. It says nothing however about the dimensions etc. of the ship as well as it contains no images. Does anyone here know more on this project? Any info, esp. regarding the...

Gordon CSWS Assault Shotgun: Battle Rifle/LSW: SMG: Assault Rifle: Machine Shotgun: Source: http://dogswar.ru/oryjeinaia-ekzotika/strelkovoe-oryjie/865-sistema-oryjiia-dynk.html

Profile and characteristics of the Gibbs & Cox SEA 4000 Air Warfare Destroyer (AWD) Evolved Design Option from 2006. This design was a variant of the Gibbs & Cox designed Arleigh Burke-class DDG. The names Hobart, Brisbane, and Sydney were announced by the Australian Minister for Defence on...

Artist's impression of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) light destroyer (DDL) project from 1966 to 1972. Source: http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=54420 For more information. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_light_destroyer_project

Mystery UK Missile? Document referring to 1955 talk/discussions in Australia in which it was suggested that a total of twenty-five rounds be allocated as backup and practice rounds to support seven nuclear tipped hard site (silo based) operational missiles to be deployed by the Australians...

The IKL/HDW T.2000 was rated the highest on the initial tender submission but it would be wrong to say it was more developed than the winning Kockums T.471. For example the T.2000 would have needed more modification to carry the US technology Rockwell combat system than the T.471. The T.471 also...

And the Australian Sentinel ACIV tank with 17 pounder had a turret ring of 70” (1,778mm).

Hi, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1983/1983%20-%201460.html http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1981/1981%20-%202004.html http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1984/1984%20-%200170.html

In a story called 'The Last War' by Jan Nienmczyk http://www.tboverse.us/HPCAFORUM/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1914&st=0&sk=t&sd=a He mentions a 1988 proposal to turn two flat steel product ships into CVE for the RAN, this never happened due to opposition from the CNS but does anyone have any...

...According to comments from someone on another forum, the Jap Zero's main weakness was that its fuel tanks were not "self-sealing", and that once hit they leaked profusely. Was this actually the case, and can anyone provide info on just exactly how the self-sealing tanks on Allied planes...

Many years ago I read about SWATH being the ideal hull form for future naval ships because of their superior seakeeping ability to monohulls. There stability made them ideal for carriers according to an article I read in Proceedings of the American Naval Institute. We breifly saw concept art...

The Australian Government Aircraft Factories proposed a ground attack version of the "Nomad" STOL transport called "Bellata". I would like to see an artist's impression or three-view drawing of this project - who can help?