air material command
air materiel command
cold war
cruise missile
early 1950s
late 1940s
nuclearbattlefield
post-world war ii
strategic air command
united states air force
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
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
royal air force
royal navy
sea harrier
united states
united states marine corps
united states navy
v/stol aircraft
vstol
vtol
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
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
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
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
tactical nuke
united states
west germany
western europe
Avro Excalibur R.1 "XP730" - 543 Squadron RAF - 1964
Scratchbuilt 1/72 scale Avro 730. This depicts the earlier 4 engine version that was submitted by Avro against Operational Requirement 330. The fuselage was built using a length of 1 inch conduit as a core, fitted with cross sections...
Overkiller
Thread
alternate history
avro 730
bomber
bombers
cold war
great britain
model
nuclearbattlefield
raf bomber command
royal air force
strategic reconnaissance
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."...
cold war
early 1970s
free fall nuclear bombs
free fall nuclear weapons
indian air force
nuclearnuclearbattlefield
republic of india
strategic bomber
united states
The Challenger tank was arguably born in about 1970 when the UK, impressed by the performance of their BURLINGTON (Chobham) armour, but concerned that a wholly new MBT would not be in service before about 1985, proposed the development of a near-term improved tank using some existing components...
1970s
british army
cold war
fighting vehicles establishment
fvrde
great britain
mbt
military vehicles and engineering establishment
nuclearbattlefield
tank
tank design
tanks
I can't find any images of this, but I've read about studies that were undertaken to bring the B-70's RCS down to that of the B-52. Plans called for 10-20 degrees of dihedral to be added to the wings, vertical tail-surfaces to be canted inward 10-20 degrees, as well as the addition of slanted...
I’m particularly interested in the navigation and attack capabilities of the early Harriers, in particular Falklands era. However research on the net has only led to a partial understanding of this subject. It’s the same story with published works.
I’m aware that some members of the forum are...
This YouTube video has some really good footage of Harriers, plus some other aircraft (Sea Vixens - yay!):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjRdNwcWsZE
I especially like the Sea Harrier in nuclear strike configuration (WE177 and tank) preparing to launch at 20:37 and the 'Captain Pugwash'...
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
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
royal air force
royal navy
strategic bomber
Random thought....
Have there been any designs for jet VTOL tailsitters, on paper or actually built, with the engine reversed in the airframe and the efflux turned 180 degrees or so to exit from the nose? It's not hard to imagine such a design with a pair of Harrier-style rotating louvers for...
Hell-For-Leather
After their nuclear attack against a Soviet industrial target, the crew of this TSR2 dive back to the relative safety of supersonic low-level flight. With the bomber’s cover now broken, a “Shilka” self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is the first enemy unit to respond. As they...
aerospace industry
british aircraft corporation
cold war
early 1960s
english electric company limited
free fall nuclear bombs
great britain
late 1950s
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
raf bomber command
raf germany
raf strike command
royal air force
strategic bomber
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
tactical reconnaissance
vickers-armstrongs
world war iii
air defense command
albm
asat
cold war
douglas aircraft company
douglas aircraft company missile & space division
douglas missile & space division
icbm
irbm
missiles and space systems division (douglas)
nasa
nuclearbattlefield
strategic air command
surface-to-air missile
united states air force
Checking the information of the A-3 naval bomber I discover with the A-3 has the option of under wind station, some of the stations has used in the ERA-3B and the NRA-3B, but this stations was standard of the A-3 original bomber version of was added in a after version? What is the theoretical...
cold war
douglas aircraft company
electronic warfare
naval aviation
nuclearbattlefield
strategic bomber
tanker aircraft
united states
united states navy
Today it is 50 years since the first Hawker P.1127 hovered, on 21st of October 1960.
Despite the recent news that the UK is retiring its fleet the US Marine Corps, Spanish Navy, Italian Navy and Indian Navy continue to operate it, and it is likely that the Harrier will still be in service for...
1960
2010
armada española
fleet air arm
indian navy
nuclearbattlefield
post-cold war
royal air force
royal spanish navy
united states marine corps
v/stol aircraft
vtol
I have finished some simple drawings of US destroyer designs from the 1960s and 1970s. The drawings are based on sketches and artist renderings found in Norman Friedman's book "US Destroyers An Illustrated Design History". I find the nuclear frigate design (Typhoon) very interesting.
Fishjay
1960s
1970s
anti-air warfare
anti-submarine warfare
anti-surface warfare
area air defence
buships
cold war
destroyer
dlgn
frigate
frigates
navsea
navships
nuclearbattlefieldnuclear powered vessels
united states navy
Model of Myasishchev M-56 from USSR-Russian Aviation & Space Collectibles (Alex Panchenko).
Description:
Source:
http://www.ussr-airspace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_39_38_108&products_id=2005
civil aviation
cold war
long range aviation
nuclearbattlefield
okb-23
soviet air forces
soviet union
strategic bomber
supersonic
supersonic transport
ussr
v. m. myasishchev experimental design bureau
Not sure we had a dedicated Pershing thread, so I'll kick it off by posting a link to the Pershing II Tech Manual.
http://pershingmissile.org/PershingDocuments/manuals/TM%209-1425-386-10-1.pdf
cold war
federal republic of germany
luftwaffe
medium range ballistic missile
medium-range ballistic missile
mrbm
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclearbattlefield
sub-strategic nuke
surface-to-surface missile
tactical nuke
u.s. army
united states
united states army
west germany
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