I thought there was already a thread for this venerable aircraft, not that this model is venerable.
https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/aero-vodochody-demonstrates-l-39ng-in-hungary/141255.article
The RAF's Puma's are due out of service in 2025. What are the likely replacements going to be?
I think the most logical choice is one of the Leonardo products AW149?
On this day 4 decades ago, the Royal Air Force receives its first Chinook helicopter
http://www.boeing.co.uk/chinook40?sf240237743=1&fbclid=IwAR0F1GCD1qs8Cl9QJHI3C2gcBS80RflFrlUxqF7_2uk1BkL9FkRaC3lI33M
(Photo courtesy of Boeing)
And the rest is history serving Falklands, Beirut, Kuwait...
Pretty simple, what if the Russians don't flip flop around with their 5th gen program and decide to keep developing the Mig 1.44?
Would they have a 5th gen(ish) aircraft earlier? what would it's export potential be? how effective would it be?
my 2 cents are
It would be operational earlier that...
1990s
2000s
alternate history
cold war
commonwealth of independent states
post-coldwar
russian federation
soviet air defence forces
soviet air forces
soviet union
v-pvo
In early 1950s Pratt and Whitney was working on supercritical water ducted blower aircraft engine.
410 MW thermal energy source was heating highly pressurized water to 1000F.
Here is the description of this engine from Aviation Week , December 19, 1960.
2.98 m low pressure air compressor/blower...
The artist Ron Cobb, known for his work for many science fiction movies and TV series, has passed away. :(
Source :
View: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1308071692296740864?
Guys,
I am not certain exactly as to where to place this news item, but the actual article is about the plugs that block the top parts of the Minuteman 3 siloes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/09/16/us-enhances-last-line-of-nuclear-missile-silo-defense/#70b81576f568
But...
cold war
cold war ii
icbm
lasers
missile silo
post-coldwar
satellite
space weapons
strategic air command
strategic defense initiative
united states air force
united states strategic command
AI will help solve problems with nuclear fusion or so at least the US Federal government seems to believe.
https://www.energy.gov/articles/department-energy-provide-21-million-artificial-intelligence-and-machine-learning-research...
I've been researching flight trials of a doppler-sharpened millimetric radar which took place in early 1990s (possibly 1990-4).
I've been informed (by an ex-project member) that:
Trial was in connection with a smart "fire-and-forget" UK anti-tank munition.
Used a dual-mode...
Not surprising there isn’t a thread for this launcher as it isn’t exactly used that often. The next launch is for the NRO.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2020/07/04/top-secret-nro-payload-installed-on-minotaur-rocket-for-launch-from-virginia/
The two USN Command ships Blue Ridge and Mount Whitney were mentioned in another thread.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17879/take-a-rare-glimpse-inside-the-navys-massive-blue-ridge-class-command-ships
They seem to have been very good value.
Originally designed to control amphibious...
Hello,
Do we have any info on these 2 tank? Maybe I don't know were to look but I can't find that much information on them:
for those who are interested in the model : https://www.scalemates.com/fr/kits/tiger-model-4629-leopard-ii-revolution-i--1025652
How many countries converted turreted tanks to Armoured Personnel Carriers?
We know about the Canadian "Kangaroos" made from de-frocked M7 Priests and Ram tanks during the summer of 1944. Many Rams were also converted to "Wombat" ammo carriers.
Post WW2, Sweden converted a Czech 38T light tanks...
avionics
cold war
cold war ii
czech air force
czech republic
czechia
kingdom of sweden
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-coldwar
royal swedish air force
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