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  1. Grey Havoc

    Planetary Defense Interagency Tabletop Exercise

    https://thehill.com/homenews/space/4734140-nasa-simulates-asteroid-heading-toward-earth-in-defense-exercise/
  2. uk 75

    US cruisers after 1991

    The US Navy in the 1980s deployed an impressive range of non-AEGIS cruisers. Long Beach was the largest and oldest of the nuclear ships and the only one to start life as a cruiser. The remainder started as frigates then became DLGNs. Bainbridge and Truxtun were one-offs followed in the 70s by 2...
  3. fightingirish

    RIP Donald Sutherland 1935 - 2024

    The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland has passed away. May he rest in peace. :( Here a few of my favourite movies with him as an actor: The Dirty Dozen (1967) M*A*S*H (1970) The Eagle has Landed (1976) Eye of the Needle (1981) JFK (1991) Space Cowboys (2000) Sources...
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    • 2024 actor canada cold war early 21st century golden age late 20th century movie star popular culture post-cold war science fiction united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  4. Grey Havoc

    First Black Navy SEAL, William Goines, dies at 88 (Military Times)

    https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/06/19/first-black-navy-seal-william-goines-dies-at-88/ Rest In Peace. :(
    • Grey Havoc
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    • chuting stars cold war cuban missile crisis navy parachute demonstration team special forces special operations u.s. navy seal teams united states united states navy vietnam war
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  5. Moose

    S.S. United States Facing Eviction

    The SS United States conservancy has been beating the drum for awhile that time is running out on their current moorage. Unfortunately, there is now a firm date looming. View: https://x.com/SSUSC/status/1801740003673883010?t=jlffMgRGZNhDsukso5Gwtw&s=19 9/12/24 is entirely too close to comfort...
    • Moose
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    • 2024 buships cold war gibbs & cox korean war newport news shipbuilding ocean liner ss united states conservancy troopship united states united states lines united states navy usns united states william francis gibbs
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: The Bar
  6. D

    AFFDL Cold Thrust Augmentation Fighter Concepts

    Taken from Structural Design Considerations for Cold Thrust Augmentation Fighter Concepts.
    • Dew
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    • air force flight dynamics laboratory cold war early 1970s united states united states air force v/stol v/stol aircraft
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. B

    American 1909 Battlecruiser proposals

    Noticed a mention of these 6 designs in Friedman's book on US Cruisers. Would like to know more about these proposals based on the Wyoming.
    • Bolo42
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    • battlecruiser bureau of construction and repair late 1900s pre-world war i united states united states navy
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  8. quellish

    Sandia Extended Range Bomb (ERB) concept

    In the late 1970s Sandia explored the design of a maneuvering glide bomb, the Extended Range Bomb: "Aerodynamic Design of an Extended Range Bomb" https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/10.2514/3.57916 "TIGER -- A technology to improve the delivery capability of nuclear bombs and the survivability of the...
    • quellish
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    • cold war department of energy late 1970s nuclear battlefield sandia laboratories sandia national laboratories united states united states air force
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  9. Mark Nankivil

    McDonnell Model T196-4

    Good Day All - From last week's visit to Gerry Balzer to pick up the remainder of his personal library and collection, we came across a sealed box of small rolled drawings out in the garage. Covered in dust and grime, sure glad it was sealed. This drawing was in the box and is a new design to...
  10. E

    Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

    Available now. https://www.amazon.com/Challenger-Story-Heroism-Disaster-Space/dp/198217661X
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    • cold war nasa space race space shuttle space transportation system united states
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  11. Stargazer

    DoD designation duplicated?

    It has been pretty clear to all of us compulsive list-makers that for a few years now the allocation of new designations by the U.S. Department of Defense has stopped following rigorous logic, and is often based on pleasing the contractors by keeping all or part of their inhouse designations...
  12. J

    Flying boat design by E.F. Burton (Douglas Plant Engineer)

    Hi Flying boat design by E.F. Burton (Douglas Plant Engineer), I don't know if info has already been posted about this model, but it is new for me... source:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304947742035?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338722076&customid=&toolid=10050
  13. Grey Havoc

    The R38 / ZR-2 airship

    View: https://youtu.be/2LKS2kR4LJY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R38-class_airship
    • Grey Havoc
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    • admiralty admiralty a-class airship airship airships early 1920s great britain late 1910s post-world war i r.38 class airship royal airship works royal corps of naval constructors royal navy short brothers plc united states united states navy world war i
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
  14. Grey Havoc

    Inside the military’s response to the Baltimore bridge collapse (The Hill)

    https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4601227-military-response-baltimore-bridge-collapse/
  15. Grey Havoc

    911 Outage in four states (US)

    Possible cyber attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68844879 Switching over to VOIP for emergency and other critical telecommunications seems to have been rather short-sighted, at best.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2024 cold war ii cyberwar united states
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    • Forum: The Bar
  16. Grey Havoc

    Offensive Handgun Weapons System (OHWS)

    http://futurewarstories.blogspot.com/
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1989 1996 cold war post-cold war special operations u.s. army united states united states special operations command
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  17. Stargazer

    Rolls-Royce Developing Robotics For Engine Maintenance

    SWARM robots have already been mentioned on this forum [ https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/rolls-royce-swarm-engine-repair-microrobots.30577/ ] but they are merely one in a handful of Rolls-Royce programs aimed at robotic engine maintenance, for which the company teamed up with academics...
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    • robotics rolls-royce united kingdom united states
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Propulsion
  18. scrubhead

    FSCS and AAN ground combat vehicles

    Originally I was going to post this in the FSCS thread ( https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/lancer-sika-pics-info.11823/ ) but this eventually became bigger than I originally intended ( 2 major files containing around 80 pages with 5 presentations in both, and two other presenations, all...
    • scrubhead
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    • common chassis future cavalry systems future scout and cavalry late 1990s netcentric warfare u.s army united states
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  19. F

    more successful US vtol projects

    i have been looking at a lot of old US vtol project that had promises but it got cancelled and it got me thinking. what would happend if some of those projets succeed, and what would happenend if thay did .
  20. uk 75

    If you were Sandys or Mcnamara?

    As we have had some interesting 50s and 60s what-ifs I thought it would be fun to go for a big one. Put yourself in the chair of Sandys, McNamara or any other key Defence Minister of your choice. Now put together a better balance of options than they did.
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