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  1. klem

    Early ideas of aerial refueling

    Published in "Техника Молодёжи-Youth Technique" from 1936 the picture shows a fuel supply in flight. The caption to the picture says "The fuel truck (aircraft tanker) flew 30 meters above us and slightly ahead. Suddenly, a hatch opened in the lower part of it, from which a thick hose descended"...
  2. Dynoman

    Projects of the German Secret Flight Test Center at Lipetsk, USSR 1924-1933

    This thread was created to discuss the projects, plans, facilities, operations, and historical implications of the German interwar flight test center and military pilot training school that was developed in secrecy between the Germans and the Russians. This airfield played an important role in...
  3. D

    SA-4 Ganef in Vietnam 1972

    In a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting on 15 May 1972, five days after the start of the Linebacker I, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Admiral Thomas Moorer said North Vietnam introduced a new mobile SAM, the SA-4 Ganef...
    • datafuser
    • Thread
    • 1972 air defence battlefield air defence cold war democratic republic of vietnam early 1970s eastern bloc north vietnam north vietnamese army people's army of vietnam soviet union spaam surface-to-air missile vietnam war warsaw pact
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  4. ISS2034

    Forgotten Russian projects 1950-60: a panorama from the cockpit of a nuclear locomotive and a flying ekranoplan with a hovercraft effect.

    Hello, good afternoon. This is my second post. Thank you for reading. Russian old magazines on the Internet are a cemetery of romantic impractical futurism. I found absolutely unique magazines - a rarity even on the Internet. This is Knowledge-Power. Journals for students of polytechnic...
  5. boxkite

    Chelomey NPOMash Raketoplan projects

    Does anyone know more about the Raketoplan designs in the background of the picture, which are on display at the Moscow Museum of Cosmonautics? To which OKB do they belong?
  6. uk 75

    Alternate 80s Britain: How would the services cope?

    Margaret Thatcher's defeat to Michael Foot in Britain's 1983 general election came as no surprise to television pundits. Rising unemployment and failure to reduce inflation despite government cuts, including to the Armed Forces had made the public fed up and willing to try a new course. Prime...
    • uk 75
    • Thread
    • 1980s alternate history baor british army british army of the rhine cold war north atlantic treaty organisation royal air force royal navy soviet union united kingdom united states
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  7. S

    APCs before the end of WW2.

    The M3 Halftrack and the Sdkfz 251 are the most well known ones, but did the other major powers have APCs? What about WW1?
    • SirCoutin
    • Thread
    • allies apc axis powers canada cold war france great britain interwar period kingdom of the netherlands soviet union triple alliance triple entente united states world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. Flyaway

    Short MIG-25 documentary

    View: https://youtu.be/W1L1sU0uI0o
    • Flyaway
    • Thread
    • cold war mikoyan gurevich soviet air defence forces soviet union v-pvo
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  9. U

    TU-160 Blackjack satelite image

    Good morning folks. I seem to remember back in the early 80's (1984 according to some research) there was a few satelite images released from a House Appropriations Committee of the MIG-29 and SU-27 on a runway during their respective developments (if I remember rightly) I also seem to remember...
    • unkownusername666
    • Thread
    • central intelligence agency cold war heavy bomber long range aviation national reconnaissance office nuclear battlefield soviet air forces soviet union strategic bomber united states ussr
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  10. klem

    Soviet experiments of various guided and unguided devices before 1945

    Since the end of the First World War, bold attempts were made in the Soviet Union in the field of rockets and various types of weapons, although timid, but existing and somewhat significant for the hard period that the Union was going through at that time, sometimes typically handcrafted and...
  11. that_person

    Extended Cold War Naval Development

    Ok, this is a scenario I've been working on for a while now, so I'd like to hear other peoples' thoughts on it. It has some plot devices though (the Soviet Union not completely falling apart, Bush restarting the Cold War, etc), but I think it's realistic enough to seem sane from a glance. In...
    • that_person
    • Thread
    • 1990s alternate history cold war great britain late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy soviet navy soviet union strategic defense initiative united states united states navy warsaw pact
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  12. sferrin

    Soviet P-20 "Sokol" Surface-Launched, Sea-Based Missile

    View: https://twitter.com/dnkornev/status/1239917534943621121 http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-809.html
  13. G

    Looking for: Data on Soviet reentry vehicles (used during ICBM launch tests to Kamchatka, and Pacific Ocean)

    Everyone, I am aware that there are lots of illustrations and even some photos of Soviet-era nuclear warheads intended to be put on their ICBMs. But what I haven't found is data about: a)--During ICBM launch tests from Tyuratam (to Kamchatka and/or the Pacific Ocean), what was the dimensions...
  14. uk 75

    Glasnost/Perestroika in 1968 instead of 1989

    When I chatted with East German friends in the 80s before the Wall came down I was interested in how both Regime critical church people and pro Regime journalists agreed that 1968 had been a missed opportunity to reform the Communist system. Since the fall of the Wall it has been claimed that...
  15. hesham

    Drawings to Early Lavochkin Aircraft

    From, Самолеты С. А. Лавочкина.
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • interwar period late 1930s lavochkin design bureau okb-301 pre-world war ii soviet union ussr world war ii
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  16. Grey Havoc

    Soviet Space Elevator (1970)

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/p2mhzo/a_soviet_space_elevator_tekhnika_molodezhi_1970/
  17. E

    4/ 1965 Russian magazine TECHNICA MOLODEZHI Towards cosmic world Soviet space

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/133644904160?_trkparms=ispr%3D1&hash=item1f1ddb66e0:g:~vMAAOSwvO5gCv4X&amdata=enc%3AAQAGAAACkPYe5NmHp%252B2JMhMi7yxGiTJkPrKr5t53CooMSQt2orsSHYXPhGXR5uguexJBeHwfgZc8W0a3PuA432ZyYFOP59Vymbmb8RwWhAQmMMkTgohliFJ1yYBgCSJ4lb7%252BBO2YndFIO8Okcfl%252BN5fWHrzcPvLbW7CUpz5iP2mawXU1...
  18. shin_getter

    D-80 535mm artillery

    Russian wiki: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%A3_%D1%81_535-%D0%BC%D0%BC_%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%BC_%D0%94-80_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5_%D0%97%D0%98%D0%9B-135%D0%9B Another Site...
  19. hesham

    Polikarpov U-2 Drawings

    From, Поликарпов У-2, here is a drawings to Polikarpov U-2 and its variants.
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • 1930s interwar period soviet union world war ii
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  20. GTX

    Tsar Bomba

    Has anyone seen/puchased/reviewed this - was released earlier this year:
    • GTX
    • Thread
    • cold war nuclear explosions for the national economy soviet atomic bomb project soviet nuclear weapons program soviet union
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
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