ba'athist iraq
chemical / biological weapons
cold war
early 21st century
eastern bloc
iraq republic
iraqi air force
iraqi army
iraqi navy
iraqi republic
late 20th century
nuclear battlefield
people's republic of china
post-cold war
republic of iraqi
sovietunion
tactical nuke
warsaw pact
western europe
I've always wondered about how the Perm D-30F6 turbofan is able to power the MiG-31 to Mach 2.83, when it appeared to be a relatively conventional adaptation of the D-30 commercial turbofan family.
Source is ENGINES OF RUSSIAN COMBAT AIRCRAFT by Kotelnikov V. R., Khrobystova O. V., Zrelov V...
2024
20th century
british colony of mauritius
british empire
british indian ocean territory
cold war
cold war ii
early 21st century
great britain
indian ocean
naval support facility diego garcia
people's republic of china
post-cold war
republic of mauritius
sovietunion
united kingdom
united states
united states navy
war on terror
Trying to find the earliest year the MiG-21 received the SPS-141 ECM pod, and ASO-2 chaff/flare dispensers.
First, for the SPS-141 there is the only the vague 1970s period usually mentioned online. But is there info as to what year exactly did the SPS-141 (SM-1 or SPS-141-100?) became...
The 'Massive Retaliation' era ~1957-1967 appears to have skewed Defence Projects and Procurement compared to what occurred previously and what occurred in the 'Flexible Response' era where conventional forces were given much greater priority compared to nuclear forces. This made me think that if...
cold war
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
sovietunion
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
united states
warsaw pact
west germany
western europe
world war iii
A German report on Allied aircraft discovered by Gregory D. Heuer at NARA and published at the Luft46 Facebook public group,
https://www.facebook.com/groups/678300375530524?locale=pt_PT, showing what I believe is a Soviet Belyayev design, sharing many "EOI" or "PBI" features. Comments are...
Can the Soviets develop or modify an existing design into an amphibious assault vessel ?
I think Moskva class aviation cruisers will be a great choice
Can anyone suggest what changes will be needed to modify them ?
And if a new vessel what do you think such a vessel will look like given...
Can the Soviets develop or modify an existing design into an amphibious assault vessel ?
I think Moskva class aviation cruisers will be a great choice
Can anyone suggest what changes will be needed to modify them ?
And if a new vessel what do you think such a vessel will look like given...
Michel Van:
"One Moment Luminal-A ?
was Glusko also in Alumizine propellant ?!"
Right, luminal-a is soviet analog of american alumizine.
Some theoretical works was conducted at OKB-456 (chief designer V. P. Glushko; today NPO "Energomash"), then conducted some static fire tests. OKB-456 has...
Very little info seems to exist on these weapons. If anyone has any additional info this weapon (or weapons, maybe they are different from each other?) that would be great, such as ammunition types used, rate of fire, etc. Below is the info I've compiled so far,
There seems to be a small...
Just came across Operation Downfall, and was pondering. What might be the political situation that would warrant the plan coming to fruition? What projects would be pursued and put into production, and what wouldn't? Who would win the war?
Perhaps the 3rd world war would be caused by a...
1948
alternate history
baor
cold war
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
post-world war ii
sovietunion
special forces
stay behind troops
stay-behind
ussr
warsaw pact
west germany
world war iii
I heard rumour that TsAGI analysis found that the Ta-183 Design II would have shed its tail (although the IAe 33 Pulqui II seems to have eventually managed to make a somewhat similar t-tail work). What other issues did late war WWII designs have?
Ju EF 128 intakes might have had a lot of duct...
1940s
jägerstab
luftwaffe
nazi germany
post-world war ii
reich ministry of armaments and war production
reichsluftfahrtministerium
sovietunion
tsagi
world war ii
This story fascinates me... It shows what can be done when you have little resource but a lot of creativity...
Unfortunately, the page which I took this article from had been saved onto my computer, and doesn't seem to be only any longer.
Only one forum topic (in Russian) deals with this...
In 1948 y 1951 two illustrations of a new unknown jet fighter, with pointed nose and belly mounted turbojet, were published by L'Ala D'Italia. In November 1949 Flying published a different illustration of the same aircraft as “Undesignated fighter”. And in 1951 Air Trails published three views...
Can the Soviets in the 1970s convert a version of An-24 as a night bomber to be used by third world countries. Whose opponents had little or no night fighting capabilities back then
On 20.5.1952, Ministry of Defense industry of USSR organized a meeting with tank constructors and with the marshal of tank forces, I.S.Bogdanov, to discuss the future of armored forces development. The result of this meeting was a set of tank requirements from 18.6.1952. The resulting tank was...
Everybody and his brother were trying to have as good as aiforce/air-service as possible, and especially in the specified time frame, but many times the available budget was a serious brick wall between the desires and reality. What kind of aircraft should a not-rich, but a reasonably developed...
canada
empire of japan
first czechoslovak republic
french third republic
great britain
interwar period
kingdom of belgium
kingdom of italy
kingdom of romania
kingdom of sweden
kingdom of yugoslavia
republic of poland
sovietunion
united states
world war ii
Hello!
The book French Battleships 1922-56 mentions that for the Alsace-class battleship designs, studies for 400, 406, and 420mm guns were ordered. Additionally, a 406mm naval gun was created by the Schneider company for the Soviet Union, and a 431mm naval gun was created: the elusive Canon de...
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