They give this up I cannot see the US ever getting it back.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-considers-giving-nato-command-exclusively-american-eisenho-rcna196503
battle of britain
battle of france
british commonwealth
british empire
british expeditionary force
cold war
éire
european theater of operations
french third republic
great britain
mediterranean and middle east theatre
mediterranean theater (wwii)
northatlantictreatyorganisation
post-world war ii
raf fighter command
royal air force
st. patrick's day
the few
united kingdom
world war ii
Part 1 of the Air Historical Branch's history of Typhoon
https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/our-history/air-historical-branch/post-coldwar-studies/eurofightertyphoonpart1coldwarorigins1983-1990/
1980s
cold war
early 1990s
eurofighter
european fighter aircraft (efa)
federal republic of germany
french fifth republic
great britain
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
royal air force
west germany
western europe
I have two questions related to the Ground-directed bombing (GDB) systems:
(1) Were the radar-based Ground-directed bombing (GDB) systems used during the Cold War in the European Theater? I mean something like the AN/MSQ-77 or similar? If yes, which aircraft were fitted with equipment to...
See https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/02/uk-sets-out-project-cabot-ambition-to-deploy-autonomous-asw-screen-in-the-north-atlantic/
TLDR: Project Cabot proposes as Phase 1 "Atlantic NET" coverage of GIUK gap using a COCONO (contractor owned, contractor operated, naval oversight)...
It probably is a somewhat strange topic, more of a mental and visual experiment than anything else (feel free to move it to artwork, if it's more appropriate there).
In some sense my primary "enemy" in envisioning this setting is the 1966 Defense Review, which I want to circumvent and reverse...
I am looking for technical information on the AN/ARN-92 LORAN-C/D navigation system, particularly for the sketches or photos of the cockpit control unit and display panels if they existed. This system was used, inter alia, on the F-4D, RF-4C and F-105D, and reportedly provided an approximate...
IOW - earlier & greater cooperation with SAAB and the British companies, while the cooperation between the later and the French and other European NATO is much smaller?
Draken was powered by the British engine, Viggen was supposed to be powered by the Medway, while the Gripen should've been just...
aerospace industry
alternate history
cold war
great britain
kingdom of sweden
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
tactical nuke
western europe
what-if
Between 1945 and 1990 the UK's only source of potential foreign invasion was the Soviet Union. Whereas Germany's Sealion plans of 1940 are the subject of numerous books and wargames, there is little or nothing about Soviet plans for Britain in the event of a war.
With most of Britain's army...
2021
astrazeneca vaccine
covid-19
crisis management
early 2020s
european union
kingdom of the netherlands
northatlantictreatyorganisation
royal marines
royal navy
special boat service
special operations
united kingdom
wuhan coronavirus
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...
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
northatlantictreatyorganisation
research and technology organization (nato)
royal navy
surface-to-air missile
united kingdom
The three Tiger class cruisers arouse strong opinions.
As the only major non-carrier RN warships built after WW2 they mark the transition of the RN from a force built round its battleships' big guns to a missile dominated navy.
The 6" and 3" guns fitted to them were supposed to be a new approach...
anti-submarine warfare
cold war
command cruiser
command ship
cruiser
east of suez
falklands war
fleet air arm
gun cruiser
helicopter and command cruiser
helicopter cruiser
naval fire support
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nsfs
post-world war ii
royal navy
vstol carriers
world war ii
Part of the one documentary threads on this channel. States it’s considered one of the worst aircraft to fly with the RAF.
View: https://youtu.be/OO_t3HFGrhw?si=BJGkVc9QwQeiINZa
1950s
air ministry
cold war
f.105d
fighter
great britain
interceptor
korean war
late 1940s
ministry of supply
northatlantictreatyorganisation
post-world war ii
raf fighter command
royal air force
specification e.41/46
super-priority
supermarine aviation ltd
tactical reconnaissance
transonic
type 541
I an sure I will call down a whole host of ‘trouble’ on my head for raising this, but,
Here we go…
We all know that the Royal Navy post WW2 was in an invidious position regards available finance and the shifting sands of changing priorities.
One thing I think was the (in retrospect at least)...
1950s
british commonwealth
british empire
cold war
fleet air arm
great britain
late 1940s
northatlantictreatyorganisation
post-world war ii
royal navy
world war iii
The saga of the Royal Navy's carriers after 1966 has been the main focus of interest here, but the workhorse of the RN then as now was the frigate.
By the 1970s the RN had plans to replace its Type 12 Leander class frigates with the larger all missile armed Type 22.
Leanders were designed...
1970s
aaw
alternate history
anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
anti-surface warfare
area air defence
asuw
asw
cold war
escort vessel
frigates
great britain
late 1960s
northatlantictreatyorganisation
royal navy
The 'Massive Retaliation' era ~1957-1967 appears to have skewed Defence Projects and Procurement compared to what occurred previously and what occurred in the 'Flexible Response' era where conventional forces were given much greater priority compared to nuclear forces. This made me think that if...
cold war
great britain
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
soviet union
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
united states
warsaw pact
west germany
western europe
world war iii
The rest of the article can be found reproduced in the JPRS / West Europe Report (15th June, 1983) linked below, pdf pages 7 - 14:
https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA373042.pdf
A bit more of the history, in particular the post-Cold war part of it, can be found in the archived Forecast...
1970s
1980s
bundesmarine
cold war
fast mine warfare vessel
fast minesweeper
federal republic of germany
fleet and coastal minehunters (mhc)
frankenthal-class mhc
hamen-class fast minesweeper
mine warfare vessel
minelayer
northatlantictreatyorganisation
post-cold war
schnelles minenkampfboot
schnelles minensuchboot
west germany
western europe
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