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David Lynch 1946-2025
Thanks for: Eraserhead The Elephant Man DUNE (1984) Blue Velvet Wild at Hearth Twin Peaks saga ON THE AIR Hotel Room Lost Highway The Straight Story Mulholland Drive Inland Empire- Michel Van
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- 1946 2025 early 21st century late 20th century movie movies tv series
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Superstar engineer John Hart-Smith skewered Boeing’s strategy | Obituary
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Parallels between the decline of the USN and the RN
Watching the decline in size and construction problems encountered by the USN since 1991 I am reminded of the fate of the Royal Navy after WW2. At first sight the US has done rather better. It still has the world's largest force of nuclear strike carriers and its nuclear submarines remain the... -
Otto Funk, Peter Funk, & Bücker und Funk Designations
In the late 1950s, Otto Funk was the director of apprentice-training at the Heinkel plant in Speyer. As an exercise for apprentices, airframes were designed for assembly using a variety of construction techniques. In 1990, Otto's son Peter Funk (along with Dirk Breitkreuz) founded B&F Technik to...- Apophenia
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- 1990s cold war federal republic of germany late 20th century people's republic of china post-cold war west germany
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- Forum: Designation Systems
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R/P FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform)
Some good news, along with a bit of background: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y36pTr09f3Y https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-navy-flipping-ship-upcycled-134616867.html https://gcaptain.com/saving-rv-flip-from-the-wreckers-clawsand-its-story-is-mind-blowing/...- Grey Havoc
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- acoustic research anti-submarine warfare cold war cold war ii department of the navy early 21st century experimental late 20th century oceanographic research office of naval research post-cold war research research ship research vessel flip scripps institution of oceanography sonar u.s. navy united states navy uss flip war on terror
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Event Horizon (1997)
An appropriate subject for the night that is in it, methinks. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVlnER8SxfQ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRjmQXDhyps- Grey Havoc
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- 1997 2047 alternate history cosmic horror deep space probes halloween horror late 1990s late 20th century libera te tutemet ex inferis movie national security agency neptune popular culture post-cold war science fiction u.s.a.c. event horizon u.s.a.c. lewis & clark united states us aerospace command
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Chinese orbital launcher projects
I noticed there wasn't a general thread for this, so I created this since there are a lot of unrealised chinese launcher projects. Starting with one that's already described on astronautix, but I'm posting a source, taken from Xiandong Bao "A Modular Space Transportation System" (IAF-92-0857)...- TheKutKu
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- 1990s 2000s aerospace industry china aerospace science and technology corporation china national space administration early 21st century heavy lift vehicle late 20th century ministry of aerospace industry (prc) people's liberation army people's republic of china post-cold war satellite communications satellite phones
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Iraqi arms acquisition plans before 1990 and 2003
What if Saddam never invaded Kuwait and never being throw up??? What would be the state of Ba'ath Iraqi armed forces?- KonTim
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- ba'athist iraq chemical / biological weapons cold war early 21st century eastern bloc iraq republic iraqi air force iraqi army iraqi navy iraqi republic late 20th century nuclear battlefield people's republic of china post-cold war republic of iraqi soviet union tactical nuke warsaw pact western europe
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- Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
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KC-10 tanker
Starting thread at the end... https://www.twz.com/air/final-kc-10-extender-tanker-sent-into-retirement- GTX
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- advanced tanker cargo aircraft program air force reserve command air mobility command boeing cold war cold war ii early 21st century in-flight refueling tanker late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war strategic air command tanker aircraft transport aircraft united states air force war on terror
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- Forum: Aviation & Space
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UK Soft Vertical Launch - A Flexible Solution to an Integral Concept for Ground & Naval Air Defence (2000 AD)
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADP010844.pdf Note that the mention of 'battleships' in the paper is likely a reference to the Arsenal Ship concept which was in vogue at the time. Incidentally, this paper was part of a larger NATO sponsored report called the Concepts de systemes pour la...- Grey Havoc
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- 2000 ad air defence anti-air warfare area air defence battlefield air defence battleships british army defence evaluation and research agency dera early 2000s early 21st century late 1990s late 20th century matra bae dynamics ministry of defence north atlantic treaty organisation research and technology organization (nato) royal navy surface-to-air missile united kingdom
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- Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
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BAE Systems Mi-24 upgrade
It may come as a surprise to think that the British (BAE specifically), would consider upgrading the Hind. However, Western upgrades to the Hind are relatively common, with the French company SAGEM and Israel’s Elbit offering upgrades, and South Africa’s ATE offering the significantly modified...- Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)
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- bae systems early 2000s early 21st century late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war united kingdom war on terror
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- Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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Tribute to Alain Delon
On August 18, 2024, the legendary figure of French cinema (Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon), known for a plethora of roles, notably those relating to the Second World War, such as the movie “Le Jour le plus long” and “Paris brule-t-il”, died at the age of 88. -
History of Hughes Missile Systems Company
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php/?story_fbid=640201012836732&id=622758154581018- Grey Havoc
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- 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 1996 2013 2017 cold war early 21st century hughes aircraft company hughes missile systems company hughes missile systems group hughes tucson late 20th century post-cold war
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Famous American Aircraft: Grumman EA-6B Prowler - An Operational History - Rick Morgan - Crecy
https://www.crecy.co.uk/grumman-ea-6b-prowler?osCsid=cvsjridl1tau9tn0uk4873hkm4- bercr
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- cold war early 21st century electronic warfare grumman late 20th century post-cold war u.s. navy united states united states marine corps united states navy usmc
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- Forum: Books & Marketplace
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JGSDF "Anti-Neutron Shield"
While looking for a new armor model kit I found a NBC variant of the JGSDF Type 82 command vehicle that had what the box termed as a "anti-neutron shield". Curious, I then found other images from the early 2000s of it on the vehicle. I'm curious if anyone has any further information on the how's...- XM28
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- cold war early 21st century japan japanese ground self-defense force jsdf late 20th century nbc post-cold war
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RIP Donald Sutherland 1935 - 2024
The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has passed away. May he rest in peace. :( Here a few of my favourite movies with him as an actor: The Dirty Dozen (1967) M*A*S*H (1970) The Eagle has Landed (1976) Eye of the Needle (1981) JFK (1991) Space Cowboys (2000) Sources...- fightingirish
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- 2024 actor canada cold war early 21st century golden age late 20th century movie star popular culture post-cold war science fiction united states
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Were the Dutch De Zeven Provincien frigates built in the Netherlands or Romania?
The reason why I'm posting this is because there doesn't seem to be information regarding where the hulls were built. I'm not sure if the hulls were built in Romania then shipped to the Netherlands for assembly.- hsinchong
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- 2000s early 21st century late 1990s late 20th century post-cold war royal netherlands navy
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Failed Deterrence
The Cold War in retrospect seems almost an oasis of reasonable behaviour. From 1945 to 1991 the US and Soviet Union only ratcheted up deliberately to threaten nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 and the October 1973 Arab Israel war. There were other occasions (notably Able... -
The Invention Of The Jet Engine: Hans Von Ohain. The lost interviews.
The Invention Of The Jet Engine: Hans Von Ohain, One Of The Fathers Of the Turbojet- Dronescapes
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- 1930s air force aeronautical research laboratory cold war futuristic engineering designs hans von ohain heinkel heinkel flugzeugwerke interwar period late 20th century nazi germany pre-world war ii turbojet turbojets united states usaf von ohain weimar republic world war ii
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1984 vs 2024 how bad are things?
Back in 1984 the Reagan administration had faced up to the Soviet threat and produced a report for the public called "Soviet Military Power" which set out the Soviet arsenal and the US forces lined up against it. In 2024 the Biden administration has produced nothing similar setting out the...