"New secretariat urges a complete restart of Canada's F-35 buy"
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Dave Majumdar
on May 1, 2012 4:45 PM | Permalink | Comments (20) | TrackBacks (0)
Source:
http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-dewline/
Canada's Globe and Mail is reporting that a new secretariat within the Canadian...
The next PTP I am writing, on Harrier Projects, is about 50% written.
It will feature some things already known about, but tell their full story, such as:
as well as revealing wholly new stories, such as the full saga of the Harrier III, the proposed Sea Harrier FRS.3 and some weird and...
cold war
fleet air arm
great britain
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
royal air force
royal navy
sea harrier
united states
united states marine corps
united states navy
v/stol aircraft
vstol
vtol
SINGAPORE, Feb. 15, 2012 – Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] unveiled a new version of the F-16 today at the Singapore Airshow. The F-16V will feature enhancements including an active electronically scanned array (AESA)radar, an upgraded mission computer and architecture, and improvements to the...
220 Tornado IDS; replacing 7 Squadrons (6 from 1981) of Vulcan B.2 (56 in total), 5 squadrons of Jaguar and 2 squadrons of RAF Germany Buccaneers: 11 squadrons planned as of 1985 of which 2 were to be recce. there was ultimately a try-national training unit and the TWCU.
165 Tornado ADV...
1990s
alternate history
cold war
great britain
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
raf germany
raf strike command
raf support command
royal air force
tactical nuke
uk air defence region
wall not fallen
The more I read about the nuclear politics of the 60s defence decisions the more I am astonished at the annoying involvement of the Germans. It seems that from joining NATO onwards they either agitated to have their own fingers on the nuclear trigger, or later, as put by Helmut Schmidt, they...
cold war
cruise missile
great britain
intermediate range ballistic missile
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
tactical nuke
united states
west germany
western europe
May 29, 1968 hit the News that Charles DeGaulle die in a Helicopter crash near Baden-Baden, Germany
The unstable Political scene and struggle for his successor and let to a civil war.
Between the right wing, conservative and Army against Left wing socialist, Communist, labor unions and students...
At present it looks unlikely if the Army will need a Challenger 2 replacement for the foreseeable
future. I got into hot water for suggesting that when and if we ever did, we should take a leaf out of the Australian or Canadian book and buy off the shelf.
What options are out there? What would...
Hi friends,
trying to give some order in my archives I found e potential topic for this forum, related to lesser known light multi-purpose vehicles for Italian armed forces.
The first I found was not secret nor only prototype as it served with several Stormi or Aerobrigate (corresponding to the...
Raytheon Systems Company, Elta Division of Israeli Aircraft Industries, and Airbus Industries A130-based submission for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Project Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AEW&C) system. The team also included Hawker de Havilland, Honeywell...
2010s
2020s
airborne early warning
cold war ii
commonwealth of australia
northatlantictreatyorganisation
post-cold war
royal air force
royal australian air force
united states air force
Who can flesh this lot out?
1954: Sperry/UK, licence from Sperry/US: intended for (to be) Blue Streak. Bracknell clean room. Abandoned for:
3/57: Elliott licence from Bosch Arma (ATLAS kit). Rochester clean room. B Streak died 13/4/60 but INS work continued for Blue Steel.
1957: Ferranti...
aerospace industry
avionics
cold war
fleet air arm
great britain
icbm
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear battlefield
royal air force
royal navy
strategic bomber
Hi all
Some additions to widely known file (http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/soviet.html) with codenames of aircraft and missiles. The information is taken from FAS.org and Wiki (sorry :) )
DOD NATO Missile
AA-2D Advanced Atoll without changes
AA-2-2 Advanced Atoll...
cold war
cold war ii
department of defense
early 21st century
late 20th century
northatlantictreatyorganisation
people's republic of china
post-cold war
soviet union
united states
ussr
air mobility command
airborne command post
albm
boeing
cold war
electronic warfare
mcdonnell douglas
military airlift command
northatlantictreatyorganisation
post-cold war
strategic air command
transport aircraft
united states air force
war on terror
G'day once again gents
I am looking for information on the French LOHR VPX 5000 light armoured vehicle.
A neat little AFV, which looks as though it could have been as versatile as the West German Wiesel series of light armoured vehicles.
From what I can make out, it was proposed in a 120mm...
If NBMR.3 had not called for the aircraft to be V/STOL, what, if any changes are you likely to see with the aircraft that actually entered service after the dust had settled?
Two-view drawing of the proposed nuclear-powered Italian Navy ship Enrico Fermi.
Source:
http://s11.invisionfree.com/shipbucket/index.php?showtopic=2913
atomic ships
cnen
cold war
comitato nafcionale energia nucleare
fiat
fiat spa
italcantieri
italcantieri – cantieri navali italiani spa
italy
marina militare
northatlantictreatyorganisation
nuclear powered vessels
reparto progetto navi di mariconav
sezione energia nucleare (fiat)
Abraham makes a valid point on another thread about what the UK OrBat would look like if things had been different from the end of WWII. SO I think rather than hijacking an existing thread perhaps it would be better to start afresh.
Now Abe makes the case that the UK could have left the nuclear...
1980s
cold war
erno
federal republic of germany
mbb
mbb-erno
messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm
northatlantictreatyorganisation
single-stage-to-orbit
space age
space race
ssto
west germany
western europe
In the early to mid 1970's the German navy was experimenting with the navalization of both the Gepard SPAA gun system and the ROLAND-II surface to air missile system. I was wondering does anyone know if these systems were ever tested successfully and ever used? I remember seeing them in a old...
aérospatiale
bundesmarine
bundeswehr
cold war
federal republic of germany
french fifth republic
marine nationale
mbb
messerschmitt-bölkow-blohm
northatlantictreatyorganisation
surface to air missile
surface-to-air missile
west germany
European contries has make interesting lost projets in bombers and fighter aircrafts, read Tornado, Jagar, EFA, Harrier, and others, but, has been some pass or future especialized CAS/Ground Attack aircraft project? The Jaguar, Harrier and Spanish HA-500 are the only planes I remember at this time
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