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  1. S

    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
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  2. 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
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. 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
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. 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
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    • 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 war on terror
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. bobbymike

    October 1987 Air Force Monthly

    Boost-Glide Vehicles DARPA and NASA have been in­volved in the NASP program since its inception. Now the Air Force is pursuing a joint program with DAR­PA to develop hypersonic boost-glide vehicles and build a prototype. These would be quite different from the runway-takeoff aircraft/...
    • bobbymike
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    • 1987 air force astronautics laboratory air force office of scientific research air force rocket propulsion laboratory air force systems command cold war defense advanced research projects agency late 1980s united states air force
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    • Forum: The Bar
  6. Grey Havoc

    Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5laK2JopaVE&feature=player_embedded NASA: Satellite won't fall on US (msnbc Cosmic Log) <a href="http://www.space.com/12899-nasa-falling-satellite-uars-space-junk-infographic.html"> <img...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2000s cold war early 1990s early 2010s late 1980s nasa post-cold war space race united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. Stargazer

    Tanker Transport Training System (TTTS) USAF competition

    In the late 1980s, the USAF reassessed its training missions. The aging T-37s and T-38s could not be refurbished and uphauled indefinitely, and so new specifications were to be drafted. JPATS would provide a primary trainer for future pilots; and TTTS would provide a platform for future tanker...
  8. flateric

    UVZ (Uralvagonzavod) "Object 195" or T-95 tank

    via andrei_bt blog
    • flateric
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    • 1990s 2000s cold war late 1980s mbt post-cold war russian federation soviet union tank design
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  9. Triton

    China/US Jaguar Main Battle Tank

    The Jaguar was a joint Chinese/US project between Cadillac Gage and the China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation with the intent of modernizing the Type 59 tank and its variants in the mid-1980s. The political fallout of the Tiananmen Square Massacre forced the US and...
    • Triton
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    • cold war late 1980s people's liberation army people's republic of china tank tank design united states
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. Triton

    Sukhoi S-80 design concepts

    Models of Sukhoi S-80 design concepts prior to 1993. Source:http://www.reaa.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1228308628/540
  11. Triton

    Soviet Navy Project 881 "Merkuriy" SSGN

    In the mid 1980s, the Soviet Navy determined that a new weapon system was needed to deal with the ever-increasing power of US Navy carrier battle groups. At the time, the Project 949 (Granit) and Project 949A (Antey), NATO reporting names Oscar I and Oscar II, nuclear-powered guided missile...
    • Triton
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    • cold war late 1980s nuclear powered vessels project 881 merkuriy red fleet rubin central design bureau for marine engineering soviet navy ssgn submarine
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  12. M

    PLATO Platform Orbiter

    The recent discussion about HERMES on Ariane 4 triggered a memory of another reusable lifting vehicle planned to be launched by Ariane 4 – the PLATO Platform Orbiter. The PLATO concept of a small uncrewed winged reentry vehicle was developed by MBB-ERNO in the late Eighties to provide Europe...
    • martinbayer
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    • cold war entwicklungsring nord european space agency late 1980s mbb-erno space race west germany western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  13. RP1

    Type 23 Frigate, Development & Variants

    A thread to discuss Type 23 variants (Originally European / UK AAW projects that arose after the split in the Horizon project (I thought there already was a thread on this, but I couldn't find it), but changed to reflect actual content). Firstly, the "stretched" Type 23 proposed by Yarrow in...
    • RP1
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    • 1990s cold war late 1980s post-cold war royal navy yarrow shipbuilders limited
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  14. Nick

    UK AEW 1980s replacement competition

    Back in the 80s it was finally realised that the Avro Shackleton AEW was obsolete and later that the Nimrod AEW.3 project was very unlikely to work correctly. The UK Government and MoD went looking for a replacement and settled on the E-3D Sentry which entered RAF service in 1990. What were the...
    • Nick
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    • air defence airborne early warning awacs cold war great britain late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation raf strike command royal air force uk air defence region
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. Triton

    Space Transfer Concepts and Analyses for Exploration Missions (STCAEM) (1991)

    Space transfer concepts and analysis for exploration missions. Implementation plan and element description document. Volume 1: Major trades. Book 1: Draft final Abstract: http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19930013159_1993013159.pdf Space transfer concepts and analysis for...
    • Triton
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    • cold war early 1990s late 1980s nasa nuclear rockets offworld colonies post-cold war
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  16. hesham

    Aviaspetstrans Yamal amphibian

    Hi, http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1990/1990%20-%203106.html
  17. A

    Iranian Half-Track APC circa 1996

    I have been looking for information on this un-named Iranian Half-Track APC for sometime since reading about it in Jane's Armour & Artillery sometime in the 1990's. If anyone has a picture of it, my appreciation and thanks in advance...
    • amsci99
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    • 1990s cold war islamic republic of iran islamic republic of iran army ground forces late 1980s post-cold war
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  18. flateric

    USAF ASD 1986 FUTURE STRATEGIC AERONAUTICAL MISSION ANALYSIS

    [1986]...mission analysis that was conducted by a large number of Air Force and industry organizations. The purpose was to formulate and understand the alternatives for future strategic aeronautical weapon systems and identify promising system concepts to follow those currently in the inventory...
    • flateric
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    • aeronautical systems division air force systems command boeing cold war hypersonic late 1980s lockheed mcdonnell douglas nuclear battlefield rockwell international rockwell space transportation systems division space weapons strategic air command strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance supersonic tactical nuke united states united states air force world war iii
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  19. hesham

    Aerospatiale ATSF (Alliance) / British Aerospace AST

    Hi, please see the Flightglobal; http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1987/1987%20-%200980.html
    • hesham
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    • aérospatiale airliner british aerospace plc civil aviation cold war late 1980s onera snecma sst supersonic supersonic transport western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  20. hesham

    Aerospatiale AGV - Avion à Grande Vitesse

    Hi, please see the Flightglobal; http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1987/1987%20-%200980.html
    • hesham
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    • aérospatiale airliner civil aviation cold war france french fifth republic hypersonic late 1980s ramjet western europe
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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