I’m particularly interested in the navigation and attack capabilities of the early Harriers, in particular Falklands era. However research on the net has only led to a partial understanding of this subject. It’s the same story with published works.
I’m aware that some members of the forum are...
air defence
airborne early warning
gec-marconi
great britain
late 1990s
people's liberation army air force
people's republic of china
post-cold war
radar
Over the course of the life of the Talos system in the USN, the SPG-56 and SPG-61 Missile Fire Control radars were developed to replace the SPG-49 used to guide the Talos missile. Prototypes of each were built but these radars were never introduced into service. Either one would have, no doubt...
bendix corporation
cold war
naval radar
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
radar
strategic air command
u.s. army
u.s. navy
united states
united states air force
united states army
united states navy
usaf
usn
TsNII claim to be the institute with "stealth" experience. They claim to have reduced the RCS of Tu-160, S-37, and Kh-101 by factors of 6, 10, and 14 from the original designs.
Chelomei are supposed to have intended to use a Plasma Stealth generator called "Marabou" on their 3M25 Meteorit missile.
I'd really like to learn more about the F-4J avionics, including the APG-59 radar and the VTAS helmet mounted sight.
Here's two shots of the APG-59 radar; the first is a McDonnell-Douglas provided promotional picture, showing a prototype radar, the second picture is an operational radar...
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