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Gene Hackman and his wife found dead
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjm9ndw9xeeo https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/27/gene-hackman-actor-wife-found-dead-santa-fe-home/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/gene-hackman-tribute-death/ Greats still going, right, and center. Rest In Peace :(- Grey Havoc
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- 2025 british academy of film and television arts cold war detective early 21st century golden age golden globe awards late 20th century movie star movies oscar post-cold war sag-aftra science fiction screen actors guild awards technothriller tv series united states united states marine corps
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WI:Albanian armed forces if communist regime survived
I was wondering what would be the status of Albanian armed forces in a world where the communist regime survived into the '90s-2000s-2010s-2020s, practically till now. Would be Albania the "North Korea of Europe"? Who would be her main armament sources??? Let's say PRC, DPRK, Cuba??? Any...- KonTim
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- air force of the albanian people's army albanian people's army albanian people's navy alternate history cold war early 21st century eastern bloc forcat ajrore të ushtrisë popullore të shqipërisë late 20th century post-cold war upsh navy ushtria popullore shqiptare
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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Retro-walking
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20231110-why-walking-backwards-can-be-good-for-your-health-and-brain- Grey Havoc
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- 19th century early 21st century
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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... -
David Lynch 1946-2025
Thanks for: Eraserhead The Elephant Man DUNE (1984) Blue Velvet Wild at Hearth Twin Peaks saga ON THE AIR Hotel Room Lost Highway The Straight Story Mulholland Drive Inland Empire- Michel Van
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- 1946 2025 early 21st century late 20th century movie movies tv series
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Superstar engineer John Hart-Smith skewered Boeing’s strategy | Obituary
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Parallels between the decline of the USN and the RN
Watching the decline in size and construction problems encountered by the USN since 1991 I am reminded of the fate of the Royal Navy after WW2. At first sight the US has done rather better. It still has the world's largest force of nuclear strike carriers and its nuclear submarines remain 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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Ansett Australia
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqcc2ActCCU- Grey Havoc
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- 20th century air new zealand ansett airlines of australia ansett airways ansett transport industries ansett-ana british commonwealth british empire civil aviation cold war commonwealth of australia early 21st century interwar period late 1930s new zealand pacific ocean theater post-cold war sir reginald myles ansett kbe united states army air forces world war ii
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Boeing “High Speed” Cruise Missile Patent
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6d/dd/cc/f987a42f97d1c0/US20050211827A1.pdf- TinWing
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- 2004 2005 boeing cruise missile early 2000s early 21st century transonic united states war on terror
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Michael Bowyer
The British aviation historian Michael J F Bowyer died recently, aged 95. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/sep/30/michael-bowyer-obituary -
Chinese orbital launcher projects
I noticed there wasn't a general thread for this, so I created this since there are a lot of unrealised chinese launcher projects. Starting with one that's already described on astronautix, but I'm posting a source, taken from Xiandong Bao "A Modular Space Transportation System" (IAF-92-0857)...- TheKutKu
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- 1990s 2000s aerospace industry china aerospace science and technology corporation china national space administration early 21st century heavy lift vehicle late 20th century ministry of aerospace industry (prc) people's liberation army people's republic of china post-cold war satellite communications satellite phones
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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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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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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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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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Kris Kristofferson. Now playing the biggest stage.
The music is not my 'thing' but, to be going that long demonstrates that he made a lot of people happy to listen in. No small feat in any walk of life. As an actor he supported some of the biggest names with aplomb and dignity, he will be missed. Lights, music, action. RIP.- Foo Fighter
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- 2024 20th century actor bmi country and pop awards computer games country music country music hall of fame early 21st century gammy awards golden globe awards grammy lifetime achievement award helicopter pilot movie star musician nashville songwriters hall of fame ranger school singer songwriter songwriters hall of fame u.s. army
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SEA 1180 OPV (Royal Australian Navy)
(Last post extract was from July 2013) It seems that SEA 1180 was later reactivated in 2015, with a contract awarded to Luerssen Australia and Civmec Limited in 2018, but things are apparently not going well at all...- Grey Havoc
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- 2010s arafura-class offshore patrol vessel asc shipbuilding australian department of defence civmec limited cold war ii commonwealth of australia early 2020s early 21st century late 2000s luerssen australia naval vessels lürssen offshore patrol combatant offshore patrol craft offshore patrol vessel opv post-cold war royal australian navy sea 1180 phase 1 war on terror
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- Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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Dame Maggie Smith RIP
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20240927/p2g/00m/0et/092000c https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgk7375ngkxo https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09/27/dame-maggie-smith-dies-aged-89/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/nicholas-hytner-maggie-smith-tribute-death/...- Grey Havoc
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- 20th century actress british academy film awards british film institute fellowship countess of grantham downton abbey early 21st century golden globe awards great britain harry potter most excellent order of the british empire movie star order of the companions of honour oscar primetime emmy awards professor minerva mcgonagall society of london theatre special award tony award triple crown of acting tv series
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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