tactical reconnaissance

  1. Mike Pryce

    TSR2 60 years ago today

    It's 60 years since the infamous event View: https://x.com/MichaelJPryce/status/1908792157692903689 And this thread https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/tsr2-conference-cosford-13-may-2023.41350/ Was it really the turkey we all now say it is?
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    • british aircraft corporation cold war great britain nuclear battlefield raf bomber command royal air force strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. bercr

    Famous British Aircraft (Crecy): James Jackson - Jaguar: A Development and Operational History

    https://www.amazon.com/Jaguar-Development-Operational-James-Jackson/dp/1800353294 Publisher ‎Crecy Publishing Ltd (April 30, 2025) Language ‎English ISBN-10 ‎1800353294 ISBN-13 ‎978-1800353299
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s advanced trainer aéronavale armeé de l'air british aircraft corporation close air support coin cold war france french fifth republic great britain light strike marine nationale post-cold war royal air force sepecat société des ateliers d'aviation louis bréguet tactical reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  3. A Tentative Fleet Plan

    US Mid-1960s Ocean Reconnaissance Ship

    From Norman Friedman's US Small Combatants, pages 319-323 (most of those pages are pictures of PBRs, a Coast Guard 82-footer and a 57-ft Minesweeper Boat) Table 12-5. Schemes for Ocean Reconnaissance Ships, 31 March 1966 A B C D E May 1967 LBP (ft) 317.5 311 311 315 — 374 LOA...
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    • 1960s anti-submarine warfare cold war late 1960s maritime reconnaissance oceanographic research research ship sonar strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance u.s. navy united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  4. Mike Pryce

    Happy Birthday TSR2!

    60 today, and still shifting books like a teenager. Thread 'TSR2 Conference - Cosford 13 May 2023' https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/tsr2-conference-cosford-13-may-2023.41350/
    • Mike Pryce
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    • 1964 aerospace industry british aircraft corporation cold war english electric company limited gor.339 great britain ministry of supply north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield or.343 raf bomber command royal air force strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance vickers-armstrongs
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  5. Flyaway

    Supermarine Swift

    Part of the one documentary threads on this channel. States it’s considered one of the worst aircraft to fly with the RAF. View: https://youtu.be/OO_t3HFGrhw?si=BJGkVc9QwQeiINZa
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    • 1950s air ministry cold war f.105d fighter great britain interceptor korean war late 1940s ministry of supply north atlantic treaty organisation post-world war ii raf fighter command royal air force specification e.41/46 super-priority supermarine aviation ltd tactical reconnaissance transonic type 541
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  6. T

    Project Verticon

    Hi, from the CIA archive (link) a detailed report about the Verticon project, a photo recce payload to be used with Aerobee rockets.
    • Temistocle
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    • battlefield reconnaisance central intelligence agency cold war covert operations defense products division fairchild camera and instrument corporation meteorological survey photo-recce photographic reconnaissance rocket strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance united states vertical firing rockets weather reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  7. Foo Fighter

    TSR2 SLEP

    G'day folks, consider this. The TSR2 goes into service and later requires a SLEP, what engines are avaulable and could a big wing be fitted/would it be an improvement?
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    • alternate history cold war great britain north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf strike command royal air force strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance united kingdom
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    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  8. Flyaway

    Public Release of SIGINT Phase II Records

    More on link below including the declassified documents themselves. http://www.nro.gov/foia/declass/SIGINT_PhaseII.html
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    • central intelligence agency cold war electronic warfare lockheed national reconnaissance office national security agency photographic reconnaissance post-world war ii rand corporation signals intelligence space age space race spy sat strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance united states united states air force
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  9. uk 75

    VG TSR2 designs and Vickers 581

    I know that these subjects have been done to death but I am still trying to get my head around the relationship between the two areas. A VG derivative of TSR2 would have made sense if the programme had worked out as originally planned, with aircraft in service by 1970 and a satisfactory RAF...
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    • cold war english electric company limited gor.339 great britain ministry of supply nuclear battlefield or.343 raf bomber command raf strike command royal air force strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance variable geometry vickers-armstrongs
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  10. hesham

    Messerschmitt Bf 110/161 Projects & Prototypes

    Hi, here is a comparison between BF.161-V2 and BF.162-V2.
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    • 1930s bayerische flugzeugwerke early 1940s fighter fighter bomber interceptor jagdbomber kampfzerstörer luftwaffe messerschmitt messerschmitt ag nachtjäger nazi germany pre-world war ii reichsluftfahrtministerium strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance world war ii zerstörer
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  11. Stargazer

    Siebel Si 201 pusher aircraft

    Not being much of a German aircraft specialist, I find myself stuck trying to identify this strange little pusher bird... It may well be a Focke-Wulf project, but that's my only clue. I'm sure someone will be able to identify it soon and put me to shame! Thanks in advance for your help.
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    • air observation post aircraft carrier army co-operation aircraft erprobungsstelle see travemünde interwar period klemm-flugzeugwerke halle kriegsmarine kriegsmarine luftstreitkräfte late 1930s luftwaffe maritime reconnaissance nazi germany pre-world war ii reichsluftfahrtministerium siebel flugzeugwerke halle k.g. stol tactical reconnaissance third reich wehrmacht
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  12. fightingirish

    Lockheed A-12CB (Carrier based) project

    "Kelly" Johnson's concept of a carrier based A-12 for the US Navy. Remember Kellys unwritten and non-official rule according to the book "Skunk Works" written by Ben Rich: "Starve before doing business with the damned Navy. They don't know what the hell they want and will drive you up a wall...
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    • bureau of naval weapons buweps cold war lockheed navair naval air systems command skunk works strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance united states navy
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  13. Flitzer

    Hütter Hü 211 - Heinkel He 219 on steroids

    Any pics of the Hu211? Are the wings typical Hutter with a very wide span? I might just try a profile having been prompted by Carlos. :) Many thanks Peter
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    • heinkel flugzeugwerke heinkel-hirth hütter luftwaffe nazi germany night fighter reich ministry of armaments and war production reichsluftfahrtministerium strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance third reich world war ii
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    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  14. P

    "Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms" - Targets, Drones and UAVs (Air-Britain)

    . I don't know where this really belongs (if at all) anyway, out of interest, Air Britain have (?) released a new book on RAF unmanned aircraft / target drones / recon drones called "Sitting Ducks and Peeping Toms" - I do NOT know if any projected models are included :-...
    • phil gollin
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    • aerial gunnery target aerial torpedo british army cold war drone early 21st century electronic warfare fleet air arm interwar period late 20th century photo-recce post-cold war royal air force royal navy tactical reconnaissance target drone unmanned aerial vehicle war on terror world war i world war ii
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  15. Skyraider3D

    TSR2: Hell-For-Leather

    Hell-For-Leather After their nuclear attack against a Soviet industrial target, the crew of this TSR2 dive back to the relative safety of supersonic low-level flight. With the bomber’s cover now broken, a “Shilka” self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is the first enemy unit to respond. As they...
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    • aerospace industry british aircraft corporation cold war early 1960s english electric company limited free fall nuclear bombs great britain late 1950s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf germany raf strike command royal air force strategic bomber sub-strategic nuke tactical nuke tactical reconnaissance vickers-armstrongs world war iii
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    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  16. Stargazer

    Beechcraft Raider (tactical missile project, 1985)

    The unbuilt Beechcraft Raider of 1985 was meant as a recoverable tactical UAV for active and passive countermeasures, and was derived from the basic MQM-107 Streaker design. Does anyone know if it was a company-developed project or if it was a reply to some official specification that was later...
    • Stargazer
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    • 1980s beech aircraft corporation beechcraft cold war electronic warfare elint remotely piloted air system remotely piloted vehicle rpv tactical reconnaissance united states unmanned aerial vehicle
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  17. Triton

    North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco

    North American Rockwell OV-10D NOS (Night Observation Surveillance) Bronco Source: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?65214-OV-10-Bronco-commercial-catalog-%28issue-1964%29/page2
    • Triton
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    • air observation post battlefield reconnaisance coin aircraft cold war forward air control light armed reconnaissance aircraft north american aviation observation aircaft philippine air force post-cold war royal thai air force special operations tactical reconnaissance transport aircraft united states united states air force united states marine corps united states navy vietnam war war on terror
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  18. M

    F-14 Tomcat

    Sounds like "The Great Book Of Modern Warplanes": http://www.amazon.com/Great-Book-Modern-Warplanes/dp/B000RERZXY Martin
    • martinbayer
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    • cold war fleet air defense interceptor grumman imperial iranian air force interceptor northrop grumman post-cold war tactical reconnaissance united states marine corps united states navy variable geometry
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  19. hesham

    UK VTOL Strike Recce Aircraft of 1959

    Hi, in 1959,the Air Ministry issued a competition for VTOL strike recce aircraft, the tenders were English Electric P.31 and Gloster P.505,I don't know if there was anther contenders or not,but I ask for more info about those two projects.
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    • 1959 air ministry close air support cold war great britain ground attack late 1950s nuclear battlefield royal air force tactical reconnaissance vtol
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  20. overscan (PaulMM)

    Secret Projects: Military Space Technology by Bill Rose

    I must preface this first look review by saying that, while I'm interested in space technology, its not my speciality, so I'm approaching this book from this angle. Bill Rose has put together a well written and nicely illustrated book on various military space projects. Its 192 pages long and...
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    • anti-satellite cold war early 21st century electronic warfare elint great britain late 20th century nasa photographic reconnaissance post-cold war signals intelligence soviet union space weapons spaceplane ssto strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance third reich united states world war ii
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
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