Let's start with the Douglas Model 1364 (January, 1956), which was studied at the Douglas plant in Long Beach, California.
The proposal model was made at the manufacturer's in-house model shop (Santa Monica Plant). Shown here when the design was first revealed (B&W photo), and as it survives...
If I may put in a shameless self plug for a moment:
I have finished a companion volume to 'A Vertical Empire' called 'An Atomic Empire'. This deals with the British atomic programme from Windscale onwards, dealing with not only Windscale but the atomic weapons programme and the nuclear power...
In 1972 the US speculated that if India had gone nuclear at that time, India could "use aircraft in its current inventory such as Canberras or reconfigured Boeing 707's or 747's, as delivery vehicles, but these would be a rudimentary affair, essentially for one-way missions."...
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Over the course of the life of the Talos system in the USN, the SPG-56 and SPG-61 Missile Fire Control radars were developed to replace the SPG-49 used to guide the Talos missile. Prototypes of each were built but these radars were never introduced into service. Either one would have, no doubt...
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More Than 23,000 Nukes Found in 14 Nations, Report Says
Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
There are an estimated 23,360 nuclear weapons stockpiled in 14 nations, with the great majority held by Russia and the United States, two nonproliferation experts said in a report issued this week (see GSN, Oct...
In the early 1960s, the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations offered the European NATO partners participation in a Multilateral Force (MLF) of Polaris-armed warships that would include surface ships, including disguised merchant vesels, and submarines. The proposal was inspired by the...
Hi everybody
Here the Convair "Sky Scorcher" Air-to-Air Missile with a 2 megaton warhead
http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/app4/other.html
http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=44082
I have not found any other informations or drawings of this crazy project !
Maybe someone...
I am looking for information on Project Orion/Daedalus[British name for roughly the same thing]
this was an early nuclear powered spacecraft that used focused nuclear explosions for thrust.
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I hadn't seen this posted here before and so I thought I'd post it for the benefit of anyone who hadn't seen it before.
Volume I
Volume II
Volume III
Volume IV
Not having the benefit of an education in aerospace, what is the meaning of the V Limit Design and V Max Design lines on the first...
There has been a little speculation about a nuclear-armed version of the AIM-54.
When studying the WSO's instrument panel in the F-111B looking for evidence that a weapon other than the AIM-54 was to be carried, I came across an interesting panel. There are four indicators above the AIM-54...
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...
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Just to follow up the earlier thread on Blue Water I can point you to couple of sources which should be available in old libraries and Amazon.
A book published in the 60s in two separate editions, one in about 1962-3 and the other in about 1967 called British Army Vehicles and Equipment...
Just some pictures. Any information on it would be greatly appreciated. (That is, beyond what's on Andreas' site ;) )
Had some computer problems. Got to reformat my C drive yesterday so it'll probably be tomorrow or the next day before I get the pics up.
F-106 "Fighter Bomber"
One proposal based on two seat F-106B with 3 x KA-8 cameras and ECM pods.
F-106A "Economy Fighter Bomber"
New search and bombing radar and nuclear capability. IFR socket in front of windshield. MTOW limited to 40,000lb to remain compatible with existing landing gear...
As you all know, in the unbuilt projects research business, squeezing stone sometimes gives intriguing info... Looking last night to the Martin projects list at the end of Narkiewicz/Thompson (publisher) book, I suddenly realized that the XB-68 bomber bore the 302A project number, BUT the...
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