armée de terre
chemical / biological weapons
cold war
federal republic of germany
force hadès
france
french fifth republic
intermediate range ballistic missile
irbm
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
pre-strategic
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
west germany
western europe
FIAT G91 was one of the most succesful Italian aeronautical products of '60s. A lot of the were produced and utilized at least by AMI, Luftwaffe and Portoguese Air Force.
FIAT G91 was a close support light STOL fighter-bomber, with some recce capabilities despite its not optimal flight...
1950s
1960s
close air support
cold war
fiat aviazione
italian republic
northatlantictreatyorganisation
tactical reconnaissance
u.s. army
united states
united states army
from:
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,2808.msg22427/topicseen.html#msg22427
Anybody has pics and info about this designs?
Thanks in advance :)
atomic ships
cnen
cold war
cold war ii
comitato nafcionale energia nucleare
fincantieri
gio. ansaldo & c.
italcantieri
italcantieri – cantieri navali italiani spa
italy
marina militare
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
reparto progetto navi di mariconav
sezione energia nucleare (fiat)
ssn
Dear All,
did you have any useful information about the Italian SLBM Alfa missile?
It was developed during '60s, when Italy had some nuclear ambition (see nuclare submarine project named "Guglielmo Marconi", or the logistic ship named "Enrico Fermi") and was designed and produced by SNIA BPD...
Sperry's Proposal for the DIVAD system:
Was based off their earlier T37 VIGILANTE AA Gun, but rechambered in 35mm NATO instead of 37mm.
------
General Electric's Proposal for the DIVAD system:
Utilizing their GAU-8A AVENGER cannon system.
1970s
1980s
advanced radar-directed gun air defense system
air defense artillery branch
argads
battlefield air defence
bundeswehr
cold war
department of defense
deutsches heer
divad (division air defense)
forward area air defense
northatlantictreatyorganisation
spaag
spad
united states
united states army
west germany
bundesmarine
bundeswehr
cold war
deutsches heer
federal republic of germany
heinkel
heinkel flugzeugwerke
northatlantictreatyorganisation
vereinigte flugtechnische werke
vtol
west germany
A few years ago I recall seeing a picture of a Sea Harrier with a WE.177 nuclear weapon in a book. I think it was:
Keeping the Peace - The Aldermaston Story by David J Hawkings
Can anyone confirm this? I'd like to trace the pic.
As I understand it they would have used the WE.177 both for...
Flight's 9 April 1964 was a TSR.2 special issue, with lots of adverts and one of the first in depth articles.
Front page
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1964/1964%20-%200984.pdf
Article
http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1964/1964%20-%201014.pdf
through to...
british aircraft corporation
cold war
great britain
ministry of supply
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
raf bomber command
royal air force
royal australian air force
strategic reconnaissance
t.s.r.2
tactical nuke
tactical reconnaissance
tsr-2
tsr.2
tsr2
united kingdom
western europe
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...
airborne command post
c-130
close air support
coin aircraft
cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
late 20th century
lockheed
lockheed martin
northatlantictreatyorganisation
post cold war
special operations
united states
united states air force
usa
weather reconnaissance
Hi,
In 1985 the Northrop designed a new project called F-5S (by that
time),it was proposed as a version of F-5G (F-20) for Sweden,
with 30 percent larger wing,do you know it ?.
1980s
air defence
air-to-ground
battlefield air interdiction
carter administration
close air support
cold war
export fighter program (f x)
f x program (united states)
interceptor
late 1970s
northatlantictreatyorganisation
united states
united states air force
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...
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
northatlantictreatyorganisation
post-cold war
spaam
surface-to-air missile
war on terror
west germany
Hi,
When I got a variants to Beoing C-135, I think it was not interesting, but when I read it I find many variants were little known.
C-135A cargo/troop transport aircraft for US Military Air Transport Service with J57-59W engines.
EC-135A conversions of KC-135A as flying command post and...
airborne command post
armeé de l'air
awacs
boeing
cold war
france
in-flight refueling tanker
military air transport service
military airlift command
northatlantictreatyorganisation
strategic air command
tanker aircraft
united states
united states air force
1980s
cold war
federal republic of germany
mbb
messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm
northatlantictreatyorganisation
rockwell international
united states
west germany
The preferred UK AEW for the RAF was always the Nimrod as it was big and in production. In 1966 studies looked at various radar options, but lack of money delayed it.
All of the above comes from 'Airborne Early Warning, design, development and operations' by Mike Hirst, Osprey, 1983.
1960s
1970s
1980s
air defence
airborne early warning
british aerospace plc
cold war
gec-marconi
gec-marconi electronics ltd
great britain
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
northatlantictreatyorganisation
raf fighter command
raf strike command
royal air force
uk air defence region
The US Mauler system for point defence was also intended for the British forces, both in its land and sea versions. It is interesting to speculate what the system would have looked like in UK service.
Even more fascinating is the BAC PT428 missile system, similar to Mauler, but cancelled in...
1960s
anti-air warfare
battlefield air defence
cold war
forward area air defense
great britain
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
point defense system
royal navy
spaam
surface-to-air missile
tactical nuke
united states
united states navy
Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions
A classic book, full of fascinating details about the design and operations of the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71, with good material on peripheral matters like Soviet MiG-25 and MiG-31 and Swedish JA-37 interceptions.
<a...
central intelligence agency
cold war
great britain
interceptor
interceptors
kingdom of sweden
lockheed
northatlantictreatyorganisation
royal air force
royal swedish air force
skunk works
soviet air defence forces
soviet union
strategic air command
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
v-pvo
vietnam war
Hi Folks,
I am interested in information on the cancelled British CVA-01 carrier design. Any assistance would be appreciated.
Thankyou in advance.
Regards,
Greg
aircraft carrier
amphibious warfare vessel
anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
area air defence
cold war
commando carrier
cruiser
fleet air arm
great britain
guided missile aviation cruiser
helicopter carrier
late 1960s
northatlantictreatyorganisation
royal marines
royal marines commandos
royal navy
v/stol aircraft
vstol carriers
vtol
(I wasn't sure if this should be included under the Horizon thread, as there were at least 8 projects between Type 42 and Type 45 in the UK alone, let alone any other nations, and Horizon was just one of those)
(Note that the image is resized by the forum code and is actually 994 * 582...
anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
anti-surface warfare
area air defence
canada
cold war
destroyer
escort vessel
french fifth republic
frigate
great britain
italian republic
kingdom of spain
kingdom of the netherlands
nato
naval radar
northatlantictreatyorganisation
united states
west germany
western europe
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