post-cold war

Mike Machat shows some of R G Smith's incredible artwork on his Youtube channel. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S4R4B3GxD4

I once read that there were rumors that the DPRK would begin domestic production of a MiG-21 type design in the early 1990s, but those projections obviously never came true. They did assemble MiG-29s from parts supplied by the Soviets and other countries throughout the late 1980s and early to...

Found an awesome article online here of a visit to a museum dedicated to the Ekranoplan designer, Rostislav Alekseyev. Some very interesting models and artwork, attached.

Hi! Su-19M. View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzyfugu/8665382047/sizes/l

I thought there was already a thread for this venerable aircraft, not that this model is venerable. https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/aero-vodochody-demonstrates-l-39ng-in-hungary/141255.article

The RAF's Puma's are due out of service in 2025. What are the likely replacements going to be? I think the most logical choice is one of the Leonardo products AW149?

On this day 4 decades ago, the Royal Air Force receives its first Chinook helicopter http://www.boeing.co.uk/chinook40?sf240237743=1&fbclid=IwAR0F1GCD1qs8Cl9QJHI3C2gcBS80RflFrlUxqF7_2uk1BkL9FkRaC3lI33M (Photo courtesy of Boeing) And the rest is history serving Falklands, Beirut, Kuwait...

In early 1950s Pratt and Whitney was working on supercritical water ducted blower aircraft engine. 410 MW thermal energy source was heating highly pressurized water to 1000F. Here is the description of this engine from Aviation Week , December 19, 1960. 2.98 m low pressure air compressor/blower...

The artist Ron Cobb, known for his work for many science fiction movies and TV series, has passed away. :( Source : View: https://twitter.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1308071692296740864?

I've been researching flight trials of a doppler-sharpened millimetric radar which took place in early 1990s (possibly 1990-4). I've been informed (by an ex-project member) that: Trial was in connection with a smart "fire-and-forget" UK anti-tank munition. Used a dual-mode...

The two USN Command ships Blue Ridge and Mount Whitney were mentioned in another thread. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/17879/take-a-rare-glimpse-inside-the-navys-massive-blue-ridge-class-command-ships They seem to have been very good value. Originally designed to control amphibious...

How many countries converted turreted tanks to Armoured Personnel Carriers? We know about the Canadian "Kangaroos" made from de-frocked M7 Priests and Ram tanks during the summer of 1944. Many Rams were also converted to "Wombat" ammo carriers. Post WW2, Sweden converted a Czech 38T light tanks...

A thread to discuss the avionics of the very interesting JAS-39 Gripen. I will post some information from the Aerofax book shortly.

In the immediate post war era there were interest in improving the flying boats and seaplanes and a number of seaplane aerial refueling tankers were proposed, however they were not competitive with carrier and land aviation. In a era where Carriers and airfields are at risk from missile...

Note: I know there already exists a thread about SAAB designations etc but that thread also includes other companies besides SAAB. Link to thread. While i understand why those companies were included i personally think we should have a thread dedicated to each of them separately as they designed...

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V For some time during last year and earlier this year I was visiting Russian State Library, and had an opportunity to make photos of pages of several military-related magazines from 1950s-2010s stored there, such as Interavia's IDR predecessor - five...

Hi! Here is an unbuilt early design of Type 054 frigate. Using 3K95 Klinok short range surface to air missile.

Back in the Cold War the France, Germsny and the UK embarked on an ambitious programne to produce a family of third generation anti tank missiles. The only survivor is the long range helicopter launched version https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARS_3_LR. Like the SP70 gun and RS80 (described in...

At the end of the Cold War it looked as if the M113 and FV432 would leave service either not to be replaced or to be replaced by more suitable vehicles. Thirty years later, they still serve in many forms and much refurbished. A bit like a London Taxi the simple box on tracks is right for the...