post-cold war

  1. RavenOne

    RIP Frank Robinson - the man, the legend behind Robinson Helicopters

    RIP Frank https://robinsonheli.com/press-releases/helicopter-pioneer-frank-robinson-passes/?fbclid=IwAR1gXT23VVaZLR6XC3yQtWiI81tx8VaQFeU5S6iPIvUdbItPQI_dEpP0W1I As it is i fly R44 and 66 …was in Cologne for European Rotors this week so here my pics below All the best
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    • aerospace ahs / vfs american helicopter society (ahs) international cold war early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. TomS

    Rolling Airframe Missile launcher concepts

    Thread for unbuilt RAM launcher concepts (aside from the standard Mk 49 and SeaRAM launchers) This morning, I reminded myself of an unusual concept to mount Rolling Airframe Missile launchers on the sides of a Mark 45 gun turret. The idea was to use the gun drives and gun fire control to point...
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    • cold war north atlantic treaty organisation post-cold war united states united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  3. Grey Havoc

    Inspiration for the 2004 movie, 'The Terminal', passes away

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63612017 :( RIP.
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    • 2022 cold war early 21st century france french fifth republic imperial state of iran islamic republic of iran late 20th century paris charles de gaulle airport popular culture post-cold war roissy airport
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. Grey Havoc

    Alliant Techsystems RQ-6 Outrider

    ORIGINAL CAPTION: An Alliant RQ-6A Outrider at the United States Army Aviation Museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliant_RQ-6_Outrider
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    • late 1990s post-cold war tactical uas tuav united states united states army united states marine corps united states navy unmanned air system unmanned air vehicle
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. archipeppe

    The Untold Stories of the Space Shuttle Program: Unfulfilled Dreams and Missions that Never Flew (Springer Praxis Books) 1st ed. 2022

    The latest work of my friend Davide Sivolella an aeronautical engineer and a skilled author, who lives in England. If you want to learn about never realized Space Shuttle versions, this is the right book...
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    • cold war early 21st century late 20th century nasa post-cold war space race space shuttle space station space transportation system united states air force
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  6. Grey Havoc

    The man who tried to fake an element (BobbyBroccoli Youtube channel)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qe5WT22-AO8
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    • cold war early 21st century elemental table late 20th century nuclear post-cold war pre-world war ii the hunt for elements victor ninov world war ii
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    • Forum: The Bar
  7. World B4

    Stand-off mini-torpedo

    On this page, http://www.hisutton.com/Warships sunk by sneak attack.html, I see this line "Combat swimmers with stand-of mini-torpedo" used to explain the sinking of the PC 176 Mukos. I had no idea this was a type of weapon fielded, and am super duper curious. View...
  8. Grey Havoc

    Tyneham

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/728823/The-village-that-died.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/england/dorset/idyllic-village-stolen-government/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • british army cold war d-day lulworth ranges ministry of defence post-cold war post-world war ii world war ii
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    • Forum: Military
  9. Michel Van

    What kind Wind Turbine is this ?

    I need your Help in 1970s this kind Wind Turbine was proposed (here illustrated by Roger Leloup in 1976) has some one more information about this ?
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    • 1970s 2010s cold war early 21st century energy crisis late 20th century post-cold war
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    • Forum: The Bar
  10. TomTom

    Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces

    I don't know if you have more info about this. The French magazine RAIDS, dedicated its special issue N°73 to the "Secret Projects of the French Armoured Forces" published during winter 2019-2020. I haven't managed to get hold of the magazine yet, but it mentions the AMX-APX ALLARM project with...
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    • 1980s 1990s airmobile armée de terre cold war france post-cold war
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  11. LoveFromRussia

    Online galleries of new and classic cutaways space and vintage tech

    NASA and Space X artist Tony Bela https://www.tonybela.com/page2.html Starship illustrations by Matthew Cushman https://www.behance.net/gallery/33225347/Cutaway-Illustrations-by-Matthew-Paul-Cushman Great English artist LESLIE ASHWELL WOOD - Eagle magazine. The best technical illustrations...
  12. Forest Green

    Meteor Missile: Origins, Development and News

    Nice origin story for the Meteor missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S225XR
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    • cold war early 21st century great britain kingdom of sweden late 20th century post-cold war
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  13. World B4

    ERA on lightly armored vehicles

    During tests run by the USSR, it was determined that putting ERA on lightly armored vehicles was a bad idea, as it would break the hull. I see lots of people talking about "it's a vbied now lol" every time a photo shows ERA on a vehicle with less than BMP-3 levels of armor. But the thing is, we...
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    • armoured fighting vehicles cold war early 21st century explosive reactive armor late 20th century light vehicles post-cold war
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Military
  14. Grey Havoc

    Hanford Single-Shell Tank (SST) Integrity Project

    https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1035203 https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1167084 https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1167084
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    • 2010s department of energy hanford nuclear reservation hanford site hanford waste treatment and immobilization plant late 2000s nuclear post-cold war river protection project united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  15. GTX

    Chinese Airship

    Not a journalist I place a lot of credence with so take with pinch of salt: Satellite photos reveal colossal airship hangar in Chinese desert Keen to know if other sources on this.
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    • 2010s 2020s airship airships cold war ii lighter than air lta people's liberation army people's republic of china post-cold war taklimakan desert
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  16. red admiral

    UK combat aircraft exports

    I've been thinking recently about exports of UK combat aircraft. What examples do people think were "successful"? In my mind success is some sort of function of export numbers relative to UK numbers, and numbers of different export countries. My list of "successes" from post WW2 is below...
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    • british commonwealth cold war great britain post-cold war united kingdom
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  17. uk 75

    Australian Nuclear Weapons

    Anyone interested in Australian attitudes to getting nuclear weapons should start with this thread that explains how difficult it is and the US role. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uk-thermonuclear-warheads.10419/post-98670 The UK experience with the US would be similar for Australia.
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    • australian army australian defence force british commonwealth cabinet defence committee (australia) cold war cold war ii commonwealth of australia department of air (australia) department of the army (australia) department of the navy (australia) nuclear nuclear battlefield nuclear power post-cold war royal australian air force royal australian navy southeast asia treaty organization tactical nuke
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  18. Grey Havoc

    Valery Polyakov RIP (20th September, 2022)

    Thought there was a thread on this already, my apologies for the belated post. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62964177 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/19/science/valery-polyakov-dead.html https://www.astronomy.com/news/2022/09/valeri-polyakov-record-breaking-cosmonaut-dies-at-age-80...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • cccp cold war cosmonauts federal space agency hero of the soviet union post-cold war roscosmos roskosmos russian federation russian space agency soviet union space race test pilots ussr
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. uk 75

    Which airliner should have been built?

    I love airliners but hate the whole rigmarole of flying today..So here is another typical UK 75 thread. British Airways became one of the world's largest operators of the iconic Boeing 747 and even painted and.even painted one up in the colours of their predecessor BOAC. Imagine if instead of...
  20. GTX

    Queen Elizabeth II dies aged 96

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-09/queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-buckingham-palace-charles-king/100235860
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    • 2022 20th century 21st century british commonwealth british empire british royal family cold war cold war ii great britain modern elizabethan era post-cold war second elizabethan age united kingdom world war ii
    • Replies: 153
    • Forum: The Bar
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