late 20th century

  1. A

    nukes- Naah not really

    well Gentlemen , after having been instrumental in getting two threads locked .. i am hopefully not going to achieve a hattrick. well here are some of my favourite things and I would be glad if others found this interesting as well. http://www.ias.ac.in/currsci/jan102006/48.pdf...
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    • cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century nuclear power post-cold war
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: The Bar
  2. B

    Space Station Concepts

    For all those one off types...
    • Barrington Bond
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    • cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war space age space race space station
    • Replies: 174
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  3. sferrin

    Aérospatiale / MBDA EUROSAM Aster missile family

    Here's an early Aster test vehicle.
    • sferrin
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    • aérospatiale alcatel alenia space anti-air warfare area air defence ballistic missile defense cold war cold war ii early 21st century eurosam eurosam gie famille de missiles sol-air futurs late 20th century marina militare marine nationale mbda post-cold war surface-to-air missile thales group thomson-csf
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. C

    XM2001 Crusader 155mm SPH (Self Propelled Howitzer)

    I have a lot informations about XM-2001 Crusader but nothing about "light" version (specifications) . These one had only six wheels but i have no dimensions (lenght ? etc...) ;D
    • cador
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war spg u.s. army united states army war on terror
    • Replies: 86
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. R

    M1 Abrams MBT Replacement

    My first post, I think. Bear with me... I've tried several times now to find more info on this Abrams CATTB (Component Advanced Technology TestBed), but Google and co lead me to VERY limited information. Text in the pic tell you all I know. Does Anyone know if Jane's International Defence...
    • rabid stoat
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    • 1980s 1990s 2020s armored systems modernization cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century mbt post-cold war tacom tank tank design united states army united states marine corps
    • Replies: 1,444
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. hesham

    Lockheed C-130 Hercules Prototypes, Variants & Projects

    Hi, The Lockheed had old project called C-130J,it was developed from C-130E with increase aileron and rudder chords,wider u/c track,improved braking system and additional armoured protection; do you have a drawing to it ?,(of course I know there was a new project to lockheed in 1996 called...
    • hesham
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    • airborne command post c-130 close air support coin aircraft cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century lockheed lockheed martin north atlantic treaty organisation post cold war special operations united states united states air force usa weather reconnaissance
    • Replies: 371
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. JAZZ

    German Short Range SAMs

    seems to have been a number of german short range SAM programmes in the late 1990's Perhaps for our german memebrs - BGT version of HFK/KV a two stage missile, with boster and coast to target second stage at mach-3 to a range of 12km. Photo below (JSWS-issue 30) others were DASA HKK/L2 missile...
    • JAZZ
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    • air defence anti-tank missile battlefield air defence cold war cold war ii early 21st century federal republic of germany forward area air defense french fifth republic hypervelocity missiles late 20th century manpads north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war spaam surface-to-air missile war on terror west germany
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  8. GTX

    Submarine-Launched Ship-To-Air Missiles

    Hi folks, Apparently, back in 1972, the RN Submarine HMS Aeneas tested the Submarine-Launched Air Missile (SLAM) system consisting of 6 Blowpipe SAMs in a retractable mount in the conning tower. Israel may have used the system. Regards, Greg
  9. flateric

    North American Rockwell / Boeing B-1 Lancer

    If someone happy to have hi-res version of these North American Rockwell PR drawings (NA-73-400, Rev 9-83), I would be very obliged for sharing them with me. Thank you.
    • flateric
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    • air force global strike command boeing bomber cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century north american aviation north american rockwell nuclear battlefield post-cold war rockwell international strategic air command strategic bomber supersonic united states air force united states navy
    • Replies: 671
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  10. hesham

    Boeing Model Designations: the 700 series

    From USA, Boeing-777 (ORIGINAL DESIGN) :a three engined version of B-767-200 but no buyer killed the project. Projects to Boeing from 1970s, Boeing 7N7 was twin jet engined medium range transport airliner,Boeing 7X7 was larger project as three turbofans engines...
    • hesham
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    • boeing cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war united states
    • Replies: 73
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  11. Jemiba

    Transport gliders

    During WW II the idea of the transport glider was "en vogue", so several countries developed and built such types. One of them was Sweden. The AB Flygindustri of Halmstad designed a glider with the designation Fi 3 of wooden construction, intended for 11 troops plus pilot. Much better known...
    • Jemiba
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    • 21st century airborne forces assault glider cargo glider cold war glider late 20th century post-cold war post-world war ii transport glider world war ii
    • Replies: 76
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  12. R

    Polish projects since 1945

    Hello! I´ve reading in a polish website about some polish projects of different types of postwar aircrafts http://powiat.mielec.pl/poser/samoloty/index.htm But sadly the links to the illustrations are broken. Anybody know something more about it? There is two of them: Raravia
    • raravia
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century polish people's republic post-cold war republic of poland warsaw pact
    • Replies: 58
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. TinWing

    CVN-77, CVX, and CVN-21 Design Studies

    Here is FAS link from 1997: http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/docs/cvx-alt/index.html As you can see, the drawings survive but the NAVSEA reports are long offline. Were there any public documents that gave specifications for the design studies?
    • TinWing
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    • 1990s 2000s aircraft carrier early 21st century late 20th century naval sea systems command navsea nuclear powered vessels post-cold war semi-submersibles stealth united states united states navy war on terror
    • Replies: 110
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  14. GTX

    Australian-Built Aircraft and the Industry, By Keith Meggs

    Hi folks, A little while back I mentioned this set of books - well I have been in contact with the author, Keith Meggs and can now inform you that the first volume of this set should be available in the very near future. Moreover, Keith is recording the details of those who are interested in...
    • GTX
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    • 1880s 19th century aerospace industry british commonwealth british empire commonwealth of australia early 1980s government aircraft factories late 20th century
    • Replies: 34
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  15. Matej

    Luigi Colani's improbable designs

    I forgot Colani designs. So here they are: 1. Cygnus - was projected gigantic passanger plane for soviet airlines Aeroflot from 80s. It was designed for extreme climatic and geographic conditions. It was powered by two bolt - like ducted fans. 2. This is hypersonic Mach 5 passanger plane from...
    • Matej
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    • 20th century cold war early 21st century federal republic of germany late 20th century lutz colani post-cold war ussr west germany
    • Replies: 61
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  16. flateric

    McDonnell Douglas & Boeing BWB projects

    http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/bwb_main.html - several streaming QuickTime videos of LARC WT tests http://www.nasa.gov/vision/earth/improvingflight/x48b.html - several hi-res photos...
    • flateric
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    • air mobility command boeing bombers 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 united states air force war on terror
    • Replies: 109
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  17. A

    Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit

    I was thinking for some time to put up this topic , Since B-2 is still a very classified aircraft may be there would be many grey areas which no one might be aware of , But may be we might end up getting to know more about this aircraft. The One thing that amazes me about this huge aircraft is...
    • Austin
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    • air force global strike command bomber cold war cold war ii early 21st century late 20th century nuclear battlefield post-cold war stealth bomber strategic air command strategic bomber united states air force
    • Replies: 558
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. S

    Tejas - Light Combat Aircraft avionics

    Use this thread to post details on the LCA's avionics. I'll set the ball rolling by posting a compilation on its MMR radar : The Multi Mode Radar or MMR is the primary sensor of the Tejas and will take care of take care of detection, tracking, terrain mapping and delivery of guided weapons...
  19. overscan (PaulMM)

    Eurofighter Typhoon Avionics

    Thread for Typhoon avionics
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • cold war cold war ii early 21st century federal republic of germany france great britain italy kingdom of spain late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war west germany
    • Replies: 44
    • Forum: Avionics and Military/Naval electronics
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