post-cold war

Hi, Van den Berg Staalvogel = Hans van den Berg uit Baambrugge heeft vijf(!) maal een vliegtuig gebouwd, vanaf 1962 bouwde hij drie toestellen die echter geen van alle gevlogen hebben. Zijn vierde project (Staalvogel 4) was in 1968 klaar en kwam op 5 juli van dat jaar inderdaad van de grond...

I tried searching, but wasn't able to find out if this was discussed before. And if this topic is in the wrong forum, could it be moved to the correct one, please? Anyway, I'm curious about Lockheed's Extensible Launching System for the Mk.41 VLS. Extensible Launching System What caught my eye...

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/185cohm/the_panzer_87100/ https://fighting-vehicles.com/tanks/pz-87-leopard-2/ Note: The KWS (Kampfwertsteigerung) III program, also referred to as KWS Stage III, was formally cancelled in 1995. Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if both the...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcQifPHcMLE https://www.festungsmuseum.ch/fasip/ (In German) https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/tank-driving-simulator

Nothing in military history has given the RAF such a hold on the public imagination as the gallant Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of the Battle of Britain. Sadly in the postwar nuclear world their successors have only been tasked with wartime defence of key military infrastructure in the UK. It...

I noticed that Heemskerck-class frigates have two 2D radars: LW-08 and DA-05/08. So this type of frigates don't need a dedicated height-finding radar or a 3D radar? How do they get the altitude of engaging targets?

https://www.crecy.co.uk/grumman-ea-6b-prowler?osCsid=cvsjridl1tau9tn0uk4873hkm4

While looking for a new armor model kit I found a NBC variant of the JGSDF Type 82 command vehicle that had what the box termed as a "anti-neutron shield". Curious, I then found other images from the early 2000s of it on the vehicle. I'm curious if anyone has any further information on the how's...

Since we have some fans of Gerry Anderson and Derek Meddings and his Team Here some Tribute to them View: https://youtu.be/zOdjmWw2a5g

The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has passed away. May he rest in peace. :( Here a few of my favourite movies with him as an actor: The Dirty Dozen (1967) M*A*S*H (1970) The Eagle has Landed (1976) Eye of the Needle (1981) JFK (1991) Space Cowboys (2000) Sources...

The reason why I'm posting this is because there doesn't seem to be information regarding where the hulls were built. I'm not sure if the hulls were built in Romania then shipped to the Netherlands for assembly.

https://www.facebook.com/spacemodelsltdstory/ From https://rochesteravionicarchives.co.uk/organisations/space-models Space Models Ltd was located in Feltham Greater London. The company was founded in 1964 and was recognized as one of the UK's two leading companies in the production of...

Found on Anastasia Bizyayeva's Medium.com: https://medium.com/@anastasia.bizyayeva/every-map-of-china-is-wrong-bc2bce145db2 More at the link.

https://www.ft.com/content/c4593986-94dd-478b-96db-ac070e99861e (ft.com, registration or subscription may be required) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Navy

as I understand went mostly unnoticed, did happen back in April It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Sherman Mullin, retired president of LMCO's Skunk Works and a valued member on our Board of Trustees Sherman "Sherm" Mullin had an illustrious 56-year career in aerospace...

"Single-Stage-To-Orbit (SSTO) Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV). McDonnell Douglas submitted a vertical landing configuration design which used liquid oxygen/hydrogen engines. NASA considered design submissions from Rockwell, Lockheed Martin, and McDonnell Douglas. NASA selected Lockheed Martin’s...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/04/dick-rutan-pilot-dies-aged-85 One of the greatest pilots has sadly left us.

Mil helicopters - Damaged Fenestron on the scrap heap at Tomolino 1992. I visited Mil & Kamov design bureaux and their test centres in 1992 - and the Mil 26 factory at Rostov-on-Don. Snapshot attached taken from the bus when entering the Mil test site. Article about visit in my memoir Two Up...

I thought it might be fun to check the retirement dates of famous jet fighters, say post WWII. Could be extended to attack jets and propeller fighters too. Also foreign types. Last F-80C: Uruguay, 1970 https://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p80_12.html Last F-84G: Portugal, 1975...