early 21st century

  1. RavenOne

    AW139 two decades

    Today is 20 years since the AW139 took Flight https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/03-02-2021-2-leonardo-celebrates-the-aw139-helicopter-s-20th-anniversary-of-its-1st-flight?f=%2Fhome First time I came across AW139 or then BellAgusta AB139 was these Mock ups at...
    • RavenOne
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    • 2000s 2010s agustawestland bell agusta aerospace company bell helicopter company bellagusta cold war ii early 2020s early 21st century leonardo leonardo s.p.a. post-cold war war on terror
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. Grey Havoc

    2022 GMC Hummer EV

    Placed here rather than the bar, since it seems that the US Military will be now buying a fair few examples (hopefully at least some bit properly militarised) as part of the Biden administration's government vehicle fleet EV initiative (though I'm a fair bit sceptical myself on how well it will...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2021 2022 early 21st century general motors company
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Military
  3. shin_getter

    MRLS firetruck

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2ee1tHwVGY View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUrVbdZIoQ4 Seems neat. I wonder if standoff firefighting is valuable in itself in hazardous environments. The Tianjin and Beirut port explosions killed a lot of fire fighters and a long range system...
  4. Antonio

    David Prowse RIP

    2020:what a nefarious year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Prowse
    • Antonio
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    • 2020 2020s 501st legion actor british commonwealth british empire and commonwealth games british heavyweight weightlifting championship cold war early 21st century late 20th century member of the order of the british empire movie star popular culture post-cold war sci-fi science fiction star wars
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    • Forum: The Bar
  5. fightingirish

    Ron Cobb 1937 - 2020

    The artist Ron Cobb, known for his work for many science fiction movies and TV series, has passed away. :( Source : View: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1308071692296740864?
    • fightingirish
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century movie popular culture post-cold war science fiction war on terror
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    • Forum: The Bar
  6. uk 75

    FV432 vs M113

    The venerable FV432 and M113 troop carriers have been around for more than half a century. I have never seen a realistic comparison of the types from the soldiers' point of view. Anyone know more?
    • uk 75
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  7. Flyaway

    ESA Gaia Spacecraft

    https://phys.org/news/2020-01-milky-reveals-giant-stellar-nurseries.amp Here’s the related paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1874-z
    • Flyaway
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    • astronomy early 21st century european space agency
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. hesham

    ONERA Aircraft & Projects

    From Icare 1969, here is ONERA VTOL Transport Aircraft Project of 1969
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    • cold war cold war ii direction générale de l’armement early 21st century france french fifth republic french fourth republic late 20th century le laboratoire aéronautique français onera post-cold war vtol
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  9. Flyaway

    Mars Sample Return

    https://spacenews.com/mars-sample-return-mission-plans-begin-to-take-shape/
    • Flyaway
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    • cccp cold war cybernetics early 21st century european space agency late 20th century nasa post-cold war robotics space race
    • Replies: 115
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  10. Grey Havoc

    Why there is so little left of the early internet (BBC)

    http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20190401-why-theres-so-little-left-of-the-early-internet
    • Grey Havoc
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    • early 21st century history of the internet information superhighway late 20th century
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: The Bar
  11. A

    Rods from God / "Project Thor"

    Hi. For some whatever reason, a timely article was pu(bli)shed by Sputnik, a Russian media, dealing with an "old" concept of non-nuclear space-based, orbiting kinetic space-to-ground weapon, sometimes described as "Rods from God"...
    • antigravite
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    • 1950s 1980s cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war space race strategic defense initiative united states united states air force
    • Replies: 274
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  12. Grey Havoc

    Last Royal Navy Sea Kings retire

    https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/sea-king-helicopters-ends-49-years-of-service/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war cold war ii early 21st century great britain late 20th century post-cold war royal navy united kingdom
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Military
  13. R

    140mm smoothbore gun

    In the late 1980s, research started on the new next-generation tank gun. It was quickly determined that it needed to be 140mm calibre. Initially it was to fire the same projectiles as the 120mm gun but at a higher velocity from a similar smoothbore barrel. My question - what was the British...
    • Rickshaw
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    • cold war early 21st century france great britain late 1980s late 20th century post-cold war united states west germany
    • Replies: 69
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  14. uk 75

    Dreadnought Class SSBN names

    I must admit to being puzzled at the choice of Dreadnought as a name for the new SSBNs. Assuming 4 or 3 submarines are built, the only rationale is to resurrect the names of our early nuclear boats. That would add Valiant and Warspite and possibly Conqueror or Churchill. The alternative would...
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    • early 21st century royal navy ssbn united kingdom
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Military
  15. yasotay

    The last American helicopter pioneer takes off 270

    From the American Helicopter Website. Glidden (Glid) Sweet Doman, a pioneer in the helicopter industry, died Monday, June 6, 2016. He was an Emeritus Member of AHS International, having joined the then-American Helicopter Society in 1945. Doman was born in Syracuse, NY in 1921. In his teens...
    • yasotay
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    • aerospace ahs / vfs american helicopter society (ahs) international cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war united states world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  16. XP67_Moonbat

    R.I.P. Leonard Nimoy

    For any of you fellow Trekkies on here. A great loss indeed. :'( http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?ref=arts&_r=2
    • XP67_Moonbat
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    • 2015 early 21st century late 20th century popular culture science fiction star trek
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: The Bar
  17. covert_shores

    Swimmer Delivery Vehicle projects, old and new

    I'm planning to share information on a bunch of unknown SDV/midget submarine/DPV/Canoes etc via my blog (http://www.hisutton.com/) and thought i should also post here for the community. Rather than start fresh threads each time I'll just update this one. And I hope it can also be a general...
  18. Grey Havoc

    James Webb Space Telescope (Technical Post ONLY !)

    I thought we had a thread for the JWST already, but I couldn't find it. Ah well. Via the Daily Telegraph:
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 21st century astronomy canadian space agency early 21st century european space agency nasa
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. Grey Havoc

    The Endless City arcology (London)

    Via the Daily Telegraph: http://architecturelab.net/the-endless-city-london-by-sure-architecture-company/ http://www.gizmag.com/endless-city-in-height/33274/ http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/sure_architectures_winning_endless_city_skyscraper_proposal_for_the_streets/...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2010s 2014 early 21st century united kingdom
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    • Forum: The Bar
  20. Triton

    Boeing’s Strategy: Holistic, Enduring and Innovating

    "Boeing’s Strategy: Holistic, Enduring and Innovating" By Andrew Drwiega, International Bureau Chief, reporting from St. Louis, Mesa and Seattle August 5, 2014 Source: http://www.aviationtoday.com/the-checklist/Boeings-Strategy-Holistic-Enduring-and-Innovating_82674.html#.U-FHW2PbHhI
    • Triton
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    • aerospace industry boeing early 2010s early 21st century obama administration united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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