post-cold war

  1. boxkite

    They Also Serve - RAF Reconnaissance and Support Projects Since 1945

    Have I missed something? Have I overlooked something? See Chris Gibson's (new?) Avatar ...
  2. Voltzz

    Wallop Industries Rampart/Skysnare

    Source Jane's Radar & Electronic Warfare Systems 1993-94
  3. K

    Japanese Domestic Military UAV Projects

    I am just trying to compile all domestic Japanese UAV programs in one place. Maybe I will add a bit more info on each as time goes on. I know for a fact I'm missing a lot of the early cold war programs, so any help there would be appreciated. FUJI/SUBARU Fuji-Vigilant 5000...
  4. E

    "Advances in aerodynamics have made the swing-wing obsolete"

    I have constantly encountered this statement, and it always felt iffy to me. Is this actually true? Can anyone actually point to what advancements have reduced the need for swing-wings? I feel like, when we look at famous swing-wing aircraft (F-14, Su-25 Tu-160) we see the same patterns: T/W way...
  5. Voltzz

    Matra BAe Dynamics ARAMIS

    Does anyone have more information on the Matra BAe Dynamics ARAMIS powered (?) glide bomb? Afaik it was offered for the french AASM program and was fire-and-forget using an imaging-ir seeker and INS/GPS.
  6. persil

    Little-known Chinese helicopter projects

    Good day my friends. I am creating this thread in order to fill a little gap I am facing recently. There is a very nice thread on little-known American helicopters, where people share their findings on various designs. For roughly 10 to 15 years, maybe 20, the situation in China regarding...
  7. C

    Royal Ordnance 105mm Improved Weapon System

    Hi, I've been looking into the Royal Ordnance 'RO2004' light tank design that was built in the late 80s/early 90s; and am now looking for more information regarding its armament. The tank was armed with a 105mm L7 derivative, called the Improved Weapon System (IWS). Supposedly it had: - A...
  8. uk 75

    France's Ultimate Warning

    From the 70s to the end of the Cold War France deployed its own tracked vehicle launched battlefield nuclear missile, Pluton. A truck and trailer mounted replacement Hades was entering service as the Cold War ended. In peacetime Pluton and its warheads were stationed in France. However, once a...
  9. Phantom Fanatic

    Argentine TAM tank replacement programs

    Hello all I was looking around Secret Projects this morning and I realized that there is no thread dedicated to discussion of Argentine efforts to replace the TAM. I see one short post on the “South American Tanks” thread about the TAP, any additional information about this project would be...
  10. Tzoli

    US Missile Launcher Designations

    I've thought I collect here the Guided Missile Launcher Systems or GMLS designations the US Armed forces used, mostly the navy but there seems to be many missing launcher designations and sequences. If anybody knows more designations from the missing sequences feel free to post here or inform me...
  11. C

    5.56×45mm NATO Conversion Kit for MG 42/59 (?)

    According to McNab (2012), the Stabilimento Militare Armi Leggere Terni or SMALT had produced a conversion kit to adapt the MG 42/59 GPMG (Italy's license-produced version of the MG 42 / MG 3) to 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition (p. 25). Uncited entries on Wikipedia claimed that the conversion kit...
  12. L

    DPRK Navy ships

    Thought to create this to cover various DPRK navy systems other than nuclear SLBMs/UUSVs etc. Here's a close image of an Anmok class corvette from the recent parade footage. View: https://twitter.com/KPA_bot/status/1684818203355332608/photo/1
  13. Voltzz

    Low Cost Anti-submarine Weapon (LCAW)

    LCAW was a NATO program for an small torpedo, cheap/expendable enough to be use against unidentified/unverified sonar contacts. It was supposed to have both rocket-launched and helicopter-dropped version. At first it was a trilateral US, German Norwegian project, but some point ~1990 The US...
  14. isayyo2

    Colt-Fairbanks Morse 38A20

    Creating this thread to hopefully uncover more information about the 38A20 family of opposed-piston diesels developed in the late 1960s. What I know so far: Maritime Reporter February 15, 1969 Courtesy of Lufkin Foundry and Machine Company's magazine Lufkin Line, we discover 38A20 started...
  15. T

    Some russian SLV rockets at the beginning of the 2000s

    Hi, in a conference proceedings book I found some interesting russian rocket projects (+ some history) at the beginning of the XXI century from these bureaus: SRC (Makayev) 1) the Volna, developed from RSM-50 SLBM (SS-N-18) 2) the Shtil, developed from the RSM-64 SLBM (SSS-N-23) 3) the...
  16. Jason Dykstra (Wyvern)

    CVR(T) Projects (prototypes, variants)

    Hi everybody, I was looking around on the forums and found that there wasn't a thread about the CVR(T) family, so I thought I would start one. If there is a thread which would be applicable, I kindly ask the moderators to merge this with it. I am currently researching CVR(T) variants and have...
  17. W

    End of an era - Last Mig-21 Lancer flights

    https://www.defenseromania.ro/ultimele-zboruri-ale-mig-21-lancer-ale-romaniei-toate-drumurile-duc-la-bacau-zboruri-simultane-catre-bacau-ultima-misiune-a-mig-21_622607.html It was suposed at the end of the nineties to be an interim solution. Still, 20 years later, they still serve. View...
  18. StraGen410

    Is there any unbuilt Cold War era Japanese military aircraft project other the domestic twintail FS-X project?

    I am deeply appreciated of the beautiful appearance of domestic twin tailed Mitsubishi FS-X fighter jet (which in turn being replaced by the American design single engine F-16 variant which is now known as F-2 Viper Zero), so I am curious how many other unbuilt cold war era Japanese military...
  19. Forest Green

    Land-based M5 - French S3 missile replacement

    It is mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_(missile) Any more information anywhere?
  20. uk 75

    Tactical Nuclear Weapons

    One of the more frightening aspects of the Cold War, especially in Europe was the range and quantity of nuclear weapons deployed for use on the battlefield or against targets involved in the fighting. As NATO developed more effective and accurate alternatives it was able to reduce the range and...
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