post-cold war

  1. flateric

    Darold B. Cummings

    https://cdapress.com/news/2019/feb/26/darold-cummings-aircraft-designer-has-eye-on-5/ https://www.csulb.edu/no-barriers/article/through-his-support-csulb-alumnus-gives-flight-to-students-goals http://forzaero.net/
    • flateric
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    • aerospace industry aircraft design cold war post-cold war united states
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. Stargazer

    Prototypes and projects from Latvia's RKIIGA

    The world-famous RKIIGA (Riga Red Banner Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers) will celebrate its 106th anniversary in May 2025. Its history started in 1919 when the School of Aviation Mechanics was opened in Kyiv, which later continued its work in Riga. The institute changed names several...
    • Stargazer
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    • autogyro civil aviation cold war experimental glider helicopter hovercraft interwar period light aviation post-cold war post-world war i republic of latvia soviet union supersonic transport ukraine ukrainian people's republic of soviets ukrainian soviet socialist republic ussr wig world war ii
    • Replies: 39
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. had

    Val Kilmer R.I.P

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/02/val-kilmer-death-age-65-pneumonia
    • had
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    • cold war cold war ii movie star movies popular culture post-cold war technothriller
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: The Bar
  4. I

    Buk and m109 chassis, p-40 radar antenne

    Hi everyone. I need your help. I've attached two pictures. My question: Is there another view of these vehicles? I'd appreciate it if someone could help me. Robert
  5. bercr

    Famous British Aircraft (Crecy): James Jackson - Jaguar: A Development and Operational History

    https://www.amazon.com/Jaguar-Development-Operational-James-Jackson/dp/1800353294 Publisher ‎Crecy Publishing Ltd (April 30, 2025) Language ‎English ISBN-10 ‎1800353294 ISBN-13 ‎978-1800353299
    • bercr
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s advanced trainer aéronavale armeé de l'air british aircraft corporation close air support coin cold war france french fifth republic great britain light strike marine nationale post-cold war royal air force sepecat société des ateliers d'aviation louis bréguet tactical reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  6. Grey Havoc

    Advanced Technology Frigate (Great Britain, early 1990s)

    https://shipbucket.com/drawings/5965
    • Grey Havoc
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    • anti-submarine warfare asw cold war early 1990s frigate great britain post-cold war royal navy
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  7. Mike Pryce

    Official UK Eurofighter history

    Part 1 of the Air Historical Branch's history of Typhoon https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/our-history/air-historical-branch/post-coldwar-studies/eurofightertyphoonpart1coldwarorigins1983-1990/
    • Mike Pryce
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    • 1980s cold war early 1990s eurofighter european fighter aircraft (efa) federal republic of germany french fifth republic great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield post-cold war royal air force west germany western europe
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  8. T

    Popular singer and respected aviation writer Herbert Leonard passes at age 80

    Beloved singer and unparalleled French aerospace historian/writer died yesterday, the 2nd of March 2025, at 80 after a long battle with cancer: For those that are unfamiliar with his top selling history of Soviet and German aircraft, might you find in the below titles a glimpse of what was his...
    • TomcatViP
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    • 1945 2025 aerospace industry author aviation historian aviation history aviation magazine cold war france french fifth republic french fourth republic popular culture post-cold war provisional government of the french republic singer world war ii
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. Grey Havoc

    Irish Naval Service / Irish Navy

    • Grey Havoc
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    • an tseirbhís chabhlaigh british commonwealth cold war cold war ii éire interwar period irish free state irish naval service marine and coastwatching service óglaigh na héireann post-cold war republic of ireland ukrainian crisis world war ii
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  10. Grey Havoc

    Gene Hackman and his wife found dead

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjm9ndw9xeeo https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/27/gene-hackman-actor-wife-found-dead-santa-fe-home/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/gene-hackman-tribute-death/ Greats still going, right, and center. Rest In Peace :(
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2025 british academy of film and television arts cold war detective early 21st century golden age golden globe awards late 20th century movie star movies oscar post-cold war sag-aftra science fiction screen actors guild awards technothriller tv series united states united states marine corps
    • Replies: 89
    • Forum: The Bar
  11. K

    WI:Albanian armed forces if communist regime survived

    I was wondering what would be the status of Albanian armed forces in a world where the communist regime survived into the '90s-2000s-2010s-2020s, practically till now. Would be Albania the "North Korea of Europe"? Who would be her main armament sources??? Let's say PRC, DPRK, Cuba??? Any...
    • KonTim
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    • air force of the albanian people's army albanian people's army albanian people's navy alternate history cold war early 21st century eastern bloc forcat ajrore të ushtrisë popullore të shqipërisë late 20th century people's socialist republic of albania post-cold war upsh navy ushtria popullore shqiptare
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  12. Jemiba

    Radar imaging of sea bottom topography and submarine wrecks

    Sorry for the somewhat cumbersome title, I've just used the title of the research paper of the "Federal Armed Forces UnderwaterAcoustcs and Marine GeophysicsResearch Institute". I ordered it from the library, triggered by the keywords "radar" and "submarine". Actually, as the title alreay says...
    • Jemiba
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    • 1990s european community european economic community (eec) federal republic of germany marine science and technology (mast) programme post-cold war
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    • Forum: Avionics and Military/Naval electronics
  13. Flyaway

    PARCAE (ocean surveillance satellite program 1976-2008)

    https://spectrum.ieee.org/reconnaissance-satellite
    • Flyaway
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    • 1980s 1990s cold war electronic warfare elint late 1970s maritime reconnaissance national reconnaissance office naval ocean surveillance system office of naval research post-cold war satellite sigint signals intelligence strategic reconnaissance united states united states navy white cloud
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  14. Owens Z

    Canada's naval strategy?

    [I have taken the liberty of moving this discussion to its own new thread, to avoid stepping on the toes of Oberon_706's Australia-oriented thread.] Dilandu points out that Canada had 2 coasts to defend in the first half of the 20th century, although I believe that was considered in Ottawa to...
    • Owens Z
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    • 20th century canada canadian armed forces cold war cold war ii early 21st century interwar period maritime command maritime command (canadian armed forces) national shipbuilding strategy post-cold war royal canadian navy world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 131
    • Forum: Military
  15. aim9xray

    Superstar engineer John Hart-Smith skewered Boeing’s strategy | Obituary

    embedded links: Hart-Smith paper on Boeing Outsourcing 2003 reaction to Hart-Smith Paper
    • aim9xray
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    • aerospace industry boeing cold war commonwealth of australia douglas aircraft company early 21st century late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war united states
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
  16. uk 75

    Parallels between the decline of the USN and the RN

    Watching the decline in size and construction problems encountered by the USN since 1991 I am reminded of the fate of the Royal Navy after WW2. At first sight the US has done rather better. It still has the world's largest force of nuclear strike carriers and its nuclear submarines remain the...
    • uk 75
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    • defense industry early 21st century great britain late 20th century post-cold war royal navy shipbuilding united kingdom united states united states navy war on terror
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: The Bar
  17. Apophenia

    Otto Funk, Peter Funk, & Bücker und Funk Designations

    In the late 1950s, Otto Funk was the director of apprentice-training at the Heinkel plant in Speyer. As an exercise for apprentices, airframes were designed for assembly using a variety of construction techniques. In 1990, Otto's son Peter Funk (along with Dirk Breitkreuz) founded B&F Technik to...
    • Apophenia
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    • 1990s cold war federal republic of germany late 20th century people's republic of china post-cold war west germany
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  18. Grey Havoc

    R/P FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform)

    Some good news, along with a bit of background: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y36pTr09f3Y https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-navy-flipping-ship-upcycled-134616867.html https://gcaptain.com/saving-rv-flip-from-the-wreckers-clawsand-its-story-is-mind-blowing/...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • acoustic research anti-submarine warfare cold war cold war ii department of the navy early 21st century experimental late 20th century oceanographic research office of naval research post-cold war research research ship research vessel flip scripps institution of oceanography sonar u.s. navy united states navy uss flip war on terror
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Military
  19. Grey Havoc

    Event Horizon (1997)

    An appropriate subject for the night that is in it, methinks. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVlnER8SxfQ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRjmQXDhyps
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1997 2047 alternate history cosmic horror deep space probes halloween horror late 1990s late 20th century libera te tutemet ex inferis movie national security agency neptune popular culture post-cold war science fiction u.s.a.c. event horizon u.s.a.c. lewis & clark united states us aerospace command
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  20. C

    70th Anniversary of Gojira or Godzilla (October 27, 2024)

    Sunday, October 27, 2024 marked the 70th Anniversary of the theatrical premiere of Gojira or Godzilla in Nagoya, Japan on October 27, 1954.
    • Christopher Wang
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    • 1954 2024 anniversary cold war cold war ii godzilla gojira japan jsdf movie movie star popular culture post-cold war sci-fi science fiction toho
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: The Bar
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