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...
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
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
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?
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
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...
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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