A picture from an 80's military advertisement lead to these other two images. Interesting similiarities between the 25 year old ANS test vehicle and Taiwan's recent supersonic cruise missile. ;)
(The ad is aerospatiale.)
aérospatiale
anti-ship
anti-ship missile
anti-surface warfare
asuw
british aerospace plc
bundesmarine
cold war
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
great britain
hawkersiddeleydynamics
marine nationale
mbb
north atlantic treaty organisation
royal navy
supersonic
west germany
In Volume 59 Supplement 2, 2006 of BIS’s Space Chronicles – UK Spaceplanes, there is mention on Page 107 of a R. H Francis from Hawker Siddeley presenting a paper
‘believed to be in Virginia around the late 1960’s, where he showed a configuration identical to that of the US Space Shuttle...
cold war
early 1970s
great britain
hawkersiddeleydynamics
late 1960s
mcdonnell douglas
nasa
space age
space race
space shuttle
space transportation system
united states
Sea Dart is stored vertically on the Type 42's as it was on the Type 82 in rotating drums (presumably 11 Sea Dart per drum on the Type 42 if the figures on magazine capacity are correct).
Does anyone know why when they had the missle in the 'correct' orientation it was decided to throw that...
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