air-sea rescue
cold war
cold war ii
electronic warfare
elint
great britain
nuclear battlefield
post-coldwar
post-world war ii
raf air support command
raf bomber command
raf germany
raf search and rescue force
raf strike command
raf transport command
royal air force
royal air force marine branch
sigint
strategic reconnaissance
world war ii
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...
cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
japan
japan air self-defense force
japanese ground self-defense force
japanese maritime self-defense force
jsdf
late 20th century
post-coldwar
remotely piloted air system
remotely piloted vehicle
rpv
trdi
ucav
unmanned air system
unmanned air vehicle
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...
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.
1990s
bae
bae dynamics guided weapons division
british aerospace plc
cold war
federal republic of germany
france
french fifth republic
great britain
matra
post-coldwar
sead
west germany
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...
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...
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...
air launched cruise missile
armeé de l'air
armée de l'air et de l'espace
armée de terre
cold war
cold war ii
cruise missile
force de dissuasion
france
icbm
irbm
marine nationale
nuclear battlefield
post-coldwar
pre-strategic
slbm
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
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...
argentine republic
argentine tank program
cold war
cold war ii
ejército argentino
medium tank
military vehicles
post-coldwar
tank
tanque argentino mediano
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...
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...
5.56x45mm
cold war
conversion
esercito italiano
italian republic
machine gun
mg 42
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-coldwar
smalt
stabilimento militare armi leggere terni
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
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...
asw
bundesmarine
cold war
federal republic of germany
kingdom of norway
north atlantic treaty organisation
post-coldwar
royal norwegian navy
torpedo
united states
united states navy
west germany
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...
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...
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...
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...
2024
armata republicii socialiste românia
cold war
cold war ii
comandamentul apararii antiaeriene a teritoriului
early 21st century
forțele aeriene
forțele aeriene române
late 20th century
post-coldwar
romanian air force
romanian people's republic
socialist republic of romania
warsaw pact
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...
1er groupement de missiles stratégiques
armeé de l'air
cold war
commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques
force de dissuasion
forces aériennes stratégiques
french fifth republic
icbm
marine nationale
nuclear battlefield
post-coldwar
slbm
sol-sol balistique stratégique
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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