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  1. I

    Rockwell Multisensor Target Acquisition System (MTAS)

    I was watching a video about the M1 Component Advanced Technology Testbed (CATTB), and found mention of a Multisensor Target Acquisition System (MTAS) using Millimeter Wave Radar, Infrared and other sensors to detect targets in a Battlefield obscured by smoke or other detection inhabiting...
  2. Grey Havoc

    PZ 87-140

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/185cohm/the_panzer_87100/ https://fighting-vehicles.com/tanks/pz-87-leopard-2/ Note: The KWS (Kampfwertsteigerung) III program, also referred to as KWS Stage III, was formally cancelled in 1995. Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if both the...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • bundeswehr cold war early 1990s eidgenössische konstruktionswerkstätte federal military department (switzerland) federal republic of germany heavy tank late 1980s mbt panzer 87 program post-cold war schweizer armee swiss army swiss army federal construction works swiss confederation switzerland tank design west germany
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  3. Stargazer

    Krasnodar SKh-2 "Challenger": a unique agricultural aircraft prototype

    This story fascinates me... It shows what can be done when you have little resource but a lot of creativity... Unfortunately, the page which I took this article from had been saved onto my computer, and doesn't seem to be only any longer. Only one forum topic (in Russian) deals with this...
  4. B

    Ambulance Capsule

    Anyone have time to translate?
    • Barrington Bond
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    • 1989 cold war european space agency france french fifth republic kingdom of spain late 1980s space age space race west germany
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  5. TheKutKu

    Euclid ULLV SSTO

    I stumbled upon this while reading Edward Hujsak's 1994 The Future of U.S. Rocketry. ULLV stands for "Ultra Large Launch Vehicle" This is a concept by the "Perigee West Company of La Jolla, California", which Edward Hujsak happened to be the president of, the company got several hundred...
    • TheKutKu
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    • cold war department of defense early 1990s heavy lift vehicle late 1980s nasa nuclear rockets post-cold war single-stage-to-orbit ssto super-heavy-launch-vehic ullv united states
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  6. Voltzz

    Wallop Industries Rampart/Skysnare

    Source Jane's Radar & Electronic Warfare Systems 1993-94
  7. Hood

    1987 Netherlands LST

    In 1987 the Royal Netherlands Navy began studying an 8,000 ton LST for the 1993-97 construction programme which would have the capacity to carry 600 Marines. This pre-dates the LSD effort which began in 1990 which resulted in the Rotterdam-class. These have a capacity for 600 troops but offer...
  8. B

    High Adaptability Surface Combatants

    Saw this in an article as I was looking for some information on the Reformers of the 1970s-1980s: "Hart and Lind have long made public their dismay with America's supercarriers, which, they argue at length, are vulnerable, too expensive to deploy in the numbers needed, and carry the wrong kind...
  9. Grey Havoc

    S-4 and S-45 IRBM projects (France, Cold War)

    https://nuke.fas.org/guide/france/theater/s-4.htm https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/26902/britishfrenchstr00bate.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1er groupement de missiles stratégiques armeé de l'air cold war commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques early 1990s force de dissuasion forces aériennes stratégiques france french fifth republic icbm intermediate range ballistic missile late 1980s nuclear battlefield sol-sol balistique stratégique
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  10. Grey Havoc

    Noisy-Le-Grand metro project (France, late '80s / early '90s)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxESIzJhCU From the comments thread:
    • Grey Havoc
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    • early 1990s france late 1980s people movers personal rapid transit railways sk4000 soulé-kermadec station k transport hectométrique
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  11. flateric

    ASWS Advanced Strike Weapon System

    Late 80s program - a low-cost LO ATG missile using Tomahawk and Maveric elements. Boeing ASWS report bits from Worthpoint + some details from Senate hearings
  12. that_person

    Extended Cold War Naval Development

    Ok, this is a scenario I've been working on for a while now, so I'd like to hear other peoples' thoughts on it. It has some plot devices though (the Soviet Union not completely falling apart, Bush restarting the Cold War, etc), but I think it's realistic enough to seem sane from a glance. In...
    • that_person
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    • 1990s alternate history cold war great britain late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy soviet navy soviet union strategic defense initiative united states united states navy warsaw pact
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  13. Grey Havoc

    32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57356140
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1989 1990s beijing cold war late 1980s people's republic of china post-cold war
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. 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
  15. Michel Van

    ERNO Large Ariane 5 Return Capsule (LaReCa)

    As ESA discuss European Manned Spaceflight was a battle between Hermes Shuttle and Capsule Fraction Here the 1989 Proposal of ERNO "LaReCa" short for Large Ariane 5 Return Capsule It feature: -A large reusable Capsule for various mission -The use of full potential of Ariane 5 rocket...
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war entwicklungsring nord erno european space agency late 1980s mbb mbb-erno space race west germany western europe
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  16. hesham

    Fibra 8 Two-Seat Turboprop Trainer Project

    Hi, the Swedish Fibra 8 was tandem two-seat trainer project,powered by one 750 hp turboprop engine. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1986-87
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    KE ASAT pics

    any larger pics of KE ASAT ?
    • seruriermarshal
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    • 1990s asat cold war late 1980s post-cold war u.s. army united states army
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Bar
  18. Grey Havoc

    ADVANCED ROBOTICS FOR AIR FORCE OPERATIONS [1989]

    http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a210098.pdf A June 1989 report jointly authored by the Committee on Advanced Robotics for Air Force Operations (Air Force Studies Board), and the Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (National Research Council)
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cold war late 1980s robotics united states united states air force
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. Grey Havoc

    Canadian SSN requirement 1987-89

    Since we don't already have a topic on this: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a201669.pdf http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a442607.pdf A couple of quick observations on the second paper: "Of all the three White Papers discussed above, the 1987 document “got it wrong” the...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • canadian armed forces cold war late 1980s maritime command nuclear powered vessels ssn
    • Replies: 29
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  20. Triton

    NHIndustries NH90

    NH90 has been sized and conceived to be able to operate from any type of prepared or unprepared surfaces and to satisfy already in its basic design the entire specific feature requested by tactical transport requirements. Sharing common basis, only the on-board mission system differentiates the...
    • Triton
    • Thread
    • 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s airbus helicopters anti-submarine warfare cold war cold war ii late 1980s nato helicopter management agency nh industires nhindustries north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war
    • Replies: 287
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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