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  1. helmutkohl

    What if the Sino-Soviet split did not occur

    What if the Sino-Soviet split did not occur? Basically there were ideological differences between Mao and Khruschev, which led to the split. Lets say in this scenario, both sides were a bit more flexible about the interpretation of Communism and agreed to some how respect each others...
  2. J

    Polikarpov I-16 versus Messerschmitt Bf 109 B-1 in Spain

    The first batch of 31 Polikarpov I-16 Type 5 fighters (the strength of a Soviet Fighter Regiment) arrived in Spain at the end of October 1936. The Republican ground crews in charge of assembling the aircraft called the new fighter Mosca (fly) because of the Russian word MOCKBA written on the...
    • Justo Miranda
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    • kingdom of italy nationalists nazi germany republicans second spanish republic soviet union spanish civil war
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  3. RavenOne

    Mil Mi-8 Hip

    The Mi8 Hip Prototype made its first flight on June 24th 1961 (images courtesy Of Russian Helicopters JSC) So over the years it’s been a pleasure to see either Mi8 or M17 so here are my photos from likes of Farnborough 2016, Heli-Russia 2017, Dubai Air Show 2017 and Austrian Airpower 2019...
    • RavenOne
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    • 20th century 21st century cold war mil design bureau post-cold war russia russian federation soviet union war on terror warsaw pact
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  4. archipeppe

    Sword and shield: defending against an American anti-satellite weapon during the Cold War

    A really interesting article appeared yesterday on TSR by our Dwayne A. Day: https://thespacereview.com/article/4192/1
  5. hesham

    Post-Buran Concepts

    Faster Than Sound The Story of Supersonic Flight, I don't know if it's proper topic to send this here or not ?.
  6. P

    British and French Intervention in German Invasion of Poland

    I am looking for some "professional" advice on an alternate history scenario that has been running around my mind for years: Given the political will to do something immediately about Hitler's 1 Sept 1939 invasion of Poland, did the British and French military have the resources and the assets...
  7. T

    Impregnated plywood

    Anyone know any sources discussing "shpon" the Soviet impregnated plywood and American Duraloid and Duramold?
    • tallguy
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    • aeromold molded birch plywood multi-ply veneer soviet union united kingdom united states world war ii
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. Dynoman

    Soviet Air Combat Tactics in the Cold War

    I've read numerous books on Cold War histories, which included mention of Soviet air combat tactics, however I've not found one source that described the various air-to-air or air-to-ground tactics that the Soviets employed during the Cold War (either the USSR or their Warsaw Pact allies). This...
    • Dynoman
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    • cold war frontal aviation long range aviation soviet air defence forces soviet air forces soviet union v-pvo warsaw pact
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. uk 75

    Chinese Naval Doctrine

    The growth of the Soviet Navy was symbolised by Admiral Gorshkov and a global maritime exercise (Okean 70). I was wondering if any clue was emerging to Chinese naval doctrine?
    • uk 75
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    • cold war people's liberation army navy people's republic of china post-cold war soviet union
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Military
  10. Grey Havoc

    35th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster

    https://news.trust.org/item/20210422092357-ow04l/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1980s 2021 biorobots chernobyl chernobyl exclusion zone cold war nuclear power soviet union ukraine unesco
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: The Bar
  11. fightingirish

    Soviet space-to-space guided missile

    The Russian military has finally revealed the rocket-propelled grenade weapon system developed for the Almaz space station project in the 1970s. Links: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz-shield2.html http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz_ops2.html :eek: :cool: View...
  12. overscan (PaulMM)

    R-23, R-24 & R-27 AAM

    Image from PVO museum- allegedly an R-27R seeker
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • air-to-air missiles beyond visual range infrared guidance mig-23 missile r-23 r-24 soviet union
    • Replies: 171
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  13. I

    Does early R-73 have thrust vectoring capability?

    The early R-73 variant, the R-73A bring question to me. Does that variant was equipped with Thrust-vectoring system? Someone says to me that later R-73 has the thrust-vectoring system but not the early one which is the R-73A. Can someone please explain.
    • Iannendra
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    • air-to-air missiles guided missile infrared guidance ir guidance missile r-73a russia soviet soviet military soviet union
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  14. Flyaway

    The 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s historic flight

    The 12th April is the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin being the first man in space. Here’s this weeks Archive on 4 about that historic trip. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v24g
    • Flyaway
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    • cccp cold war cosmonauts hero of the soviet union soviet union space race ussr
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. Grey Havoc

    Luna 4

    https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1960s cccp cold war luna series lunar probes soviet moon program soviet union space race ussr
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  16. Grey Havoc

    Cosmos 954

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN7ifFam1Fk View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lR-KyObLt0 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDPFs6j3U0
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1972 space liability convention canada cold war kosmos 954 late 1970s operation morning light rorsat soviet union united states
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  17. athpilot

    Bartini and his Projects Vol. 4 by Konstantin Udalov and Marek Rys: Combat Ekranoplans

    Удалов К. Г., Рысь Марек Бартини и его проекты. Том 4. Боевые экранопланы. - Москва. 2021 г., 176 с. ISBN: 978-5-4465-3169-1 Hi! I had the opportunity to read Konstantin Udalovs latest book of his publication series about Bartinis work and designs (this is Vol. 4). This time he covers the...
  18. Grey Havoc

    Dmitry Donskoy Typhoon-class (Project 941 Akula) SSBN

    According to one of the coments in the reddit thread below, it is planned for her to shorty become a museum ship in Arkhangelsk. Anyone have any more details on this? View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/lz8z84/top_view_of_dmitry_donskoy_5198x2923/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • museum ship russia russian federation soviet union test ship
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  19. Grey Havoc

    COSPAS-S&RSAT

    https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cospas https://cospas-sarsat.int/en/ https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/space/galileo/sar_en
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s 21st century canada cold war france search & rescue satellite aided tracking system soviet union space system for the search of distressed vessels united states
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  20. blackkite

    Bartini T-117

    Hi! Bartini T-117. https://coollib.com/b/290265/read
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