After the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 the US replaced its land based medium range ballistic missiles in Europe. While the Minuteman ICBM was the main national deterrent system, the role of countering Russian missiles aimed at Western Europe was taken on by Polaris (later Poseidon) submarines...
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LRdmSgUDaQ
Looks like the requirement was for a heavily protected defence orientated tank, employing ambush tactics (similar in a number of respects to the S-Tank), for use by the British Army On the Rhine (BAOR). IIRC, default NATO strategy in the event...
1960s
cold war
general staff operational requirement
gsor 1008
liquid armour
ministry of defence
nuclearbattlefield
swingfire missile
tank design
the armoured archives
united kingdom
As a result of a December 1964 request from the Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shustri in London for a joint US-Soviet nuclear guarantee, the UK Foreign Office drew up a discussion paper with the Ministry of Defence on British nuclear forces outside of the NATO area. A follow-up Foreign...
cold war
heavy bomber
north american aviation
nuclearbattlefield
strategic air command
strategic bomber
strategic reconnaissance
united states
united states air force
usaf
v/stol
vstol
140mm
1986
1989
2000 ad
alvis
cold war
fighting vehicles establishment
great britain
mbt-95
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
project 7308
rarde
royal ordnance
tank
tank design
the armoured archives
vickers plc
As said in the thread title. There were talks about combining the (equally doomed) Skybolt and Valkyrie. Except it ran into a very stupid issue: Skybolt had been build for subsonic release.
Ok then, the B-70 would fly subsonically, launch the Skybolts and get ride of the pylons. And then it...
air defence command (canada)
air defense command
boeing
cold war
michigan aeronautical research center
nuclearbattlefield
royal canadian air force
surface to air missile
surface-to-air missile
united states air force
More or less unnoticed in the mid 60s the Royal Navy was able to replace the wartime very fast Minelayer "Manxman" with a new build ship.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Abdiel_(N21)
Abdiel served nearly to the end of the Cold War in1988. Unlike the famous UK mine countermeasures vessels...
I should know the answer to this. When does Lance first emerge as a likely replacement for Honest John and Sergeant and even Corporal, given its range. I only ask because Lance does seem to make Blue Water pretty pointless as it has better range and more mobile with its M548 based launcher...
Last few days I've been tearing my hair out looking for a collection of images I *know* I saw some time ago: art and diagrams depicting various aircraft including the B-52 carrying the Navaho missile. If this sounds at all familiar to anyone, please let me know. Here's an image from another...
From wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Missile
Common Missile was an intercontinental ballistic missile project, developed to satisfy U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force operational system requirements for both SLBM and silo-launched ICBM, defined in the 1978 commonality study.
Description...
This one is not really feasible but it does produce some interesting models or artwork.
The USAF had its Hound Dogs in service from the Cuban Missile Crisis well into the 70s.
If politics and other considerations had not got in the way, permutations of NATO Hound might have served on the...
alternate history
armeé de l'air
canadian armed forces
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
cruise missile
forces aériennes stratégiques
north american aviation
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
raf bomber command
raf strike command
royal air force
royal canadian air force
strategic air command
united states air force
united states air forces in europe
western europe
Robert's latest book has gone to print and should be available, alongside the man himself, on the Crecy Publishing stand at IPMS Telford on 9th November 2019.
Strategic Air Command in the UK
Throughout its 46-year history, Strategic Air Command (SAC) was inextricably linked to the United...
cold war
cruise missile
great britain
irbm
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
raf bomber command
raf strike command
royal air force
strategic air command
strategic bomber
strategic reconnaissance
tactical nuke
tanker aircraft
united kingdom
united states air force
arianegroup
cold war ii
direction générale de l'armement
france
french fifth republic
hypersonic
ministry of armed forces (france)
nuclearbattlefield
onera
Just starting a generic thread here to discuss possibilities and programs. Saw the following in an AvWeek article:
"These include a new family of interceptor missiles called SkyFire proposed by Raytheon; hypervelocity projectiles designed by General Atomics, Boeing and BAE Systems; a laser gun...
On quick check it seems we don't have a thread on Sea Slug and it's development.
Often people mention a inline boosted option instead of the wrap around boosters.
Yet I seem to recall that there were worries over rocket gases causing problems with the beam rider guidance.
Would be nice to...
anti-air warfare
area air defence
cold war
cruiser
destroyer
frigate
great britain
missiles
nuclearbattlefield
royal navy
surface-to-air missile
united kingdom
Hi folks,
Couldn't find a thread appropriate so here goes:
Blue Steel MkII full-scale mock up fitted with wing-tip-mounted Bristol Siddeley ramjets:
Source
Blue Steel Viper variant full-scale mock up:
Source
1950s
1960s
a.v. roe and company / avro
alcm
armstrong siddeley
armstrong whitworth aircraft
cold war
cruise missile
great britain
ministry of supply
nuclearbattlefield
or.1132
or.1159
raf bomber command
raf strike command
royal air force
stand-off bomb
united kingdom
In the late 60s the Germans were looking
for a replacement for its ground attack
Fiat G 91s.
As an offset against costs for BAOR and
RAF Germany the UK succeeds in selling
Harriers to the Bundeswehr and getting
Dornier involved in its production and
a joint trainer which becomes the Hawk.
HS and...
alternate history
baor
bundeswehr
civil aviation
close air support
cold war
dornier
dornier flugzeugwerke
federal republic of germany
great britain
hawker siddeley aviation ltd
luftwaffe
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
raf germany
v/stol aircraft
vtol
west germany
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