post-cold war

Apart from trainers, Ireland did not operate any fighters to defend its neutral airspace during the Cold War and still does not. New Zealand has also given up its old A4 Skyhawks and had no air defence patrol aircraft. Within NATO, Luxembourg and the Baltic States rely on other members to defend...

disposal AGM-130s by USAF personnel, circa 2012 More:

Hello I am from Argentina. Looking for information on Horten for my final aeronautical engineering work I found a lot of information about the IA-37 and the unknown cruise missile proposed by Horten in 1960 I wrote this article, which was translated into English in warisboring's web: La Bomba...

Here’s an article to start this thread. Really should have started this kind of thread earlier https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2020/03/preparations-soyuz-ms-16-launch/

Hello! We all know the Alvis Unipower variant of BR-90 Brigde System, but M-series had a whole family of vehicles as mentioned in this link: https://www.trucksplanet.com/catalog/model.php?id=1149 Does anyone has blueprints with dimensions, brochures etc? There was also a 12x8 variant which...

Hi, Mr. Eugene Gluhareff established a development company in 1952 to carry out research into pressure-jet powered light helicopters and aircraft,he designed MEG-1X,MEG-2X & MEG-3X,as a personal strap-on helicopter rig concepts, followed by GS-12 & GS-14,a rotary-wing drones. He also developed...

The venerable FV432 and M113 troop carriers have been around for more than half a century. I have never seen a realistic comparison of the types from the soldiers' point of view. Anyone know more?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-space-delays-idUSKBN1590Y6

I have tried to research but can't find relevant information anywhere, does anyone know why the Astute class have very strange nose shape? Astute: Normal submarine

With Mars Methane Mystery Unsolved, Curiosity Serves Scientists a New One: Oxygen For the first time in the history of space exploration, scientists have measured the seasonal changes in the gases that fill the air directly above the surface of Gale Crater on Mars. As a result, they noticed...

Do you guys know any other never-weres or proposed warships for the Argentinian Navy? I know only these so far: TR-1400 class Submarines from the 1980's San Luis class Destroyers of 1910 (British built, finished as Aetos class for Greece) Mendoza class Destroyers of 1910 (Finished as...

From L+K 1/1969, here is a single seat low-wing light aircraft Project,designed by Mr. Vlada Verner from Czech (as I think) and it was called W-1,it was mentioned in JAWA 1972/1973,but I am not sure if it was a Project or not.

I am too lazy to start a new thread but here are some phonecaptures from youtub of the Royal Navy in the 1997 Bond Film "Tomorrow Never Dies". First up is HMS Chester. Using her Harpoon launcher to fire a Cruise Missile at some bad guys Next we have HMS Devonshire, which gets sunk by the bad...

Okay, noticed the TR-3 thread was bumped again, and I was gonna make this a post there, but as it concerns a bit of a broader spectrum than just the (probably fictional) TR-3, I may as well make a thread out of it. I've been doing some thinking on the whole concept of the F-117 Companion and its...

From Icare 1969, here is ONERA VTOL Transport Aircraft Project of 1969

https://spacenews.com/mars-sample-return-mission-plans-begin-to-take-shape/

Mentions the E-Fan X project.