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Spyflights & Overflights : Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance
Nice-looking new title from Crecy/Hikoki from RC-135-pilot-turned-historian Robert S Hopkins III. Spyflights & Overflights Cold War Aerial Reconnaissance RRP: £29.95 Few aviation subjects have been shrouded in more secrecy or been more controversial than cold war aerial reconnaissance. Former...- overscan (PaulMM)
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- central intelligence agency cold war cuban missile crisis elint north atlantic treaty organisation photo-recce photographic reconnaissance republic of china air force royal air force royal swedish air force signals intelligence strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states air force vietnam war
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- Forum: Books & Marketplace
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Pentagon Creates Electronic Warfare Programs Council
"Pentagon Creates Electronic Warfare Programs Council to Boost U.S. Technological Edge" by Megan Eckstein March 17, 2015 10:16 AM • Updated: March 17, 2015 11:15 AM Source: http://news.usni.org/2015/03/17/pentagon-creates-electronic-warfare-programs-council-to-boost-u-s-technological-edge -
Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton (BAMS)
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...- Stargazer
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- cold war ii commonwealth of australia drone elint federal republic of germany hale luftwaffe maritime surveillance royal australian air force rpv sigint uav united states united states navy unmanned air vehicle
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Comet R2 and Nimrod R1
There is a little on the genesis of the Comet R.2 and Nimrod R.1 in Richard Aldrich's book 'GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency.' I thought I'd share these since some of it might be interesting info. Probably the decision to equip Comets as sigint platforms...- Hood
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- 1950s 1960s cold war electronic warfare elint gchq great britain raf strike command royal air force sigint signals intelligence strategic reconnaissance united states
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Beechcraft Raider (tactical missile project, 1985)
The unbuilt Beechcraft Raider of 1985 was meant as a recoverable tactical UAV for active and passive countermeasures, and was derived from the basic MQM-107 Streaker design. Does anyone know if it was a company-developed project or if it was a reply to some official specification that was later...- Stargazer
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- 1980s beech aircraft corporation beechcraft cold war electronic warfare elint remotely piloted air system remotely piloted vehicle rpv tactical reconnaissance united states unmanned aerial vehicle
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- Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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Navy 1970s SCAT VTOL study
Found this in an old AIAA compilation of papers "Evolution of aircraft wing design". The particular paper was by Bob Liebeck (Father of the BWB), and the title was "Design of airfoils for high-lift" (AIAA 80-3034) therein is briefly described a study called SCAT (Surveillance, Communications...- AeroFranz
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- airborne early warning cold war communications relay electronic warfare elint late 1970s maritime reconnaissance naval aviation united states united states navy vtol vtol long range sensor aircraft
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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Secret Projects: Military Space Technology by Bill Rose
I must preface this first look review by saying that, while I'm interested in space technology, its not my speciality, so I'm approaching this book from this angle. Bill Rose has put together a well written and nicely illustrated book on various military space projects. Its 192 pages long and...- overscan (PaulMM)
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- anti-satellite cold war early 21st century electronic warfare elint great britain late 20th century nasa photographic reconnaissance post-cold war signals intelligence soviet union space weapons spaceplane ssto strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance third reich united states world war ii
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- Forum: Books & Marketplace
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Boeing P-8A Poseidon (737-800EFV) MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft)
Hi, A new program for US Navy the MMA (Multi-mission Maritime Aircraft) is now fullfied by Boeing 737-800ERX.- hesham
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- anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare asuw asw boeing cold war ii elint indian navy maritime patrol maritime patrol aircraft p-8 rokn royal air force royal australian air force royal canadian air force royal new zealand air force royal norwegian air force sigint united states navy usa
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Military Concorde
Curious to know if Concorde was ever considered in a military role, maybe as a recce aircraft or cruise missile platform? Would this have been feasible?- Stormbreaker
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- alcm cold war electronic warfare elint great britain hypersonic nuclear battlefield raf strike command royal air force sigint signals intelligence strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance supersonic transport tactical reconnaissance
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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Lockheed SR-71 / YF-12 Blackbird
Just wondering if anyone knows what the tested maximum altitude and speed of the A-12/SR71 was? I contacted the USAF recently and they simply stuck to the published figures saying it flew at 85,000ft and could reach Mach 3.3. This doesn't seem to make sense as variants of the F-4, F-104 and...- Stormbreaker
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- air defence air defense command central intelligence agency cold war elint interceptor lockheed nuclear battlefield photo-recce post-cold war remote sensing sr-71 strategic air command strategic defence strategic reconnaissance supersonic united states united states air force vietnam war world war iii
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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"Combat Tree" AN/APX-80/81 and QRC-248
Topic for Combat Tree.- overscan (PaulMM)
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- cold war electronic warfare elint uninted states air force united states usaf
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- Forum: Avionics and Military/Naval electronics