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  1. Stargazer

    The extended family of the Mil Mi-8

    Here is a list of all known M-8 family designations from Catalogue of aeronautical products and systems (it has been translated, reorganized and reordered according to the sequence of the Western alphabet). I am pretty certain however that additions and corrections will inevitably happen! V-8...
    • Stargazer
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    • cold war commonwealth of independent states electronic warfare mil design bureau post-cold war red army red fleet russian federation soviet air forces soviet union ussr
    • Replies: 30
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  2. Stargazer

    LII/TMZ BOR-4 space shuttle development program

    I could be mistaken, but despite the numerous mentions of BOR-4 program (which led to BOR-5 and then Buran) I haven't found a single topic devoted to it, so here goes. These pictures show the Kosmos-1445 sub-scale demonstrator being retrieved at sea after some flight test. The second one...
  3. Grey Havoc

    CIVIL AVIATION OF USSR (ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF FORMATION) [1973]

    Came across this old NTIS translation of a Soviet pamphlet written by an A. F. Aksenov: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/783051.pdf
  4. Stargazer

    Vladimir Fedorovich Savelyev's quadruplanes

    Until the early 1920s, aircraft development was based mainly on the intuition of designers. As for aerodynamics, this science was in its infancy. Suffice it to say that the concept of inductive resistance was not known at that time, which led to the emergence of "flying monsters" with three...
  5. Spook

    Concorde-based bomber photo-manipulation

    Is there anyone who can ID this plane for me? Is this a fake Picture ?! Regards, AK
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    • aérospatiale alternate history british aircraft corporation cold war mcdonnell douglas raf strike command royal air force strategic air command strategic bomber tupolev okb united states air force ussr
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  6. T

    Soviet decoy missiles for bombers in Cold War (similar to the ADM-20 Quail) ??

    Hi everybody, I'm looking for information about soviet decoy missiles launched from bombers, if any. In the USA during the Cold War there were some projects about decoy missiles (i.e. the ADM-20 Quail or the Convair MX-2223), but I didn't find any info about similar projects in the Soviet Union...
  7. Spook

    Progrev-T Tank

    Progrev-T Tank All i know is that this tank had a mig jet engine on its turret and it was suppose to destroy mines. Any more information will be highly appreciated. Thank you
  8. Triton

    Mikoyan Design Bureau

    Does any one know why the name of Mikhail Gurevich was dropped from the Mikoyan-and-Gurevich Design Bureau in 1970 becoming the Mikoyan Design Bureau? Does this also mean that Western aviation books that identify aircraft designed and manufactured after 1970 with the name Mikoyan-Gurevich are...
    • Triton
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    • early 1970s mikoyan gurevich soviet union ussr
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
  9. jzichek

    Soviet Space Propaganda Posters, 1958-1963

    Retronaut.co just put up a beautiful collection of Soviet space propaganda posters from 1958-1963; worth checking out if you are a fan of vintage space art!
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    • astronomical art cccp cold war soviet union space age space art space race ussr
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  10. yasotay

    Kamov Ka-50 / Ka-52 Hokum Family Thread

    It seems the Ka-52 series is going back to Kamov's roots. http://www.newsbcm.com/doc/999 While it does not strike me as a great 'coast guard' helicopter, it would be a wonderful 'pirate guard' helicopter. Of course a couple of those in the US Coast Guard, might make the fast boat challenge...
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    • cold war cold war ii ka-50 ka-52 kamov post-cold war russian federation soviet union ussr
    • Replies: 211
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. flateric

    Ilyushin Il-102

    Avico Press offers a reprint of extremely rare, in-house Ilyushin Design Bureau 44-page album, fully dedicated to this rare bird, a Soviet analogue of Northrop A-9 in terms of unlucky fortune. CD-ROM edition USD $30 For ordering fill a request form at http://www.avicopress.com/shop-1
    • flateric
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    • 1970s cold war frontal aviation late 1960s soviet union ussr
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  12. A

    ASCC/ASIC/US DoD Reporting Name for Soviet/Russian/Chinese Aircraft and Missiles

    Hi all Some additions to widely known file (http://www.designation-systems.net/non-us/soviet.html) with codenames of aircraft and missiles. The information is taken from FAS.org and Wiki (sorry :) ) DOD NATO Missile AA-2D Advanced Atoll without changes AA-2-2 Advanced Atoll...
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    • cold war cold war ii department of defense early 21st century late 20th century north atlantic treaty organisation people's republic of china post-cold war soviet union united states ussr
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    • Forum: Designation Systems
  13. flateric

    OKB-155 (Mikoyan) ASAT

    R-7 launched ASAT system (ca.1958-1959) from MiG museum. Photos (1,2) (c) Vadim Lukashevich (www.buran.ru), (3,4) (c) Sergey Kuznetcov aka Pilot (www.pilot.strizhi.info)
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    • asat cold war orbital denial soviet strategic missile troops soviet strategic rocket forces soviet union space weapons ussr
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  14. W

    Antonov An-2A GENETRIX Balloon Attacker

    Found a website sometime ago about a variant of the AN-2 that was designed to shoot down U.S. GENETRIX Spy balloons. It had a turbo or supercharger to fly at high altitude. A rear turret was added with a gun. Website had some great side views. Don't think it was ever built.
  15. Triton

    Myasishchev M-56

    Model of Myasishchev M-56 from USSR-Russian Aviation & Space Collectibles (Alex Panchenko). Description: Source: http://www.ussr-airspace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_39_38_108&products_id=2005
    • Triton
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    • civil aviation cold war long range aviation nuclear battlefield okb-23 soviet air forces soviet union strategic bomber supersonic supersonic transport ussr v. m. myasishchev experimental design bureau
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  16. flateric

    Belka&Strelka - 50!

    • flateric
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    • cccp soviet union space race ussr
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Bar
  17. Triton

    Sukhoi ekranoplans

    Model of Sukhoi S-90-200 from USSR-Russian Aviation and Space Collectibles. Description: Source: http://www.ussr-airspace.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=28_39_49&products_id=715
  18. Mr London 24/7

    'Tracked' Mini Submarines in Swedish waters - 1980's

    In the Eighties there was an infamous spate of submarine incidents in Swedish waters, apparently involving mini submarines penetrating close to shore (and even inside harbour areas). From the reports at least some of these would appear to have been fitted with Caterpillar/Tank style Tracks...
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    • 1980s crawlers kingdom of sweden red fleet robotics royal swedish navy soviet navy soviet union ussr uuv
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  19. Stargazer

    Sukhoi S- Designations

    Interesting. A little technical correction here: this was S-80 — not Su- for Sukhoi but S- for Simonov. Sukhoi model numbers are not allocated to all the designs, only those that get to the production stage.
    • Stargazer
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    • cold war commonwealth of independent states post-cold war russian federation soviet union ussr
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  20. Triton

    Sukhoi S-80 design concepts

    Models of Sukhoi S-80 design concepts prior to 1993. Source:http://www.reaa.ru/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1228308628/540
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