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  1. Grey Havoc

    4468 Mallard

    https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/infrastructure/a33918204/4468-mallard-history/
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    • 1930s 1938 1960s a4-class steam locomotive london and north eastern railway national railway museum steam engine world record world steam record
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  2. T

    Momentum bomb

    I didn't find anything about Momentum bomb project in the forum. In Chris Gibson & Tony Buttler's book "British secret projects: Hypersonics, Ramjets & missles" this project names "RAE Momentum bomb": and "Vickers Momentum bomb": What does it mean? And I have another question. Do you have any...
  3. Grey Havoc

    Lincoln Experimental Satellite series

    https://tech.slashdot.org/story/20/04/24/2248252/long-lost-us-military-satellite-found-by-amateur-radio-operator https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/les-5.htm
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    • 1960s 1970s 2020 experimental military uhf communications satellite lincoln laboratory massachusetts institute of technology tactical satellite communications tri-service program 591 united states of america
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  4. Grey Havoc

    P-GEM (Princeton Ground Effect Machine)

    https://apps.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/256857.pdf
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    • 1950s 1960s department of aeronautical engineering ground effect vehicle princeton university trecom u.s. army x-3
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    An alternative to Soylent Green?

    ;) https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51019798
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    • 1960s 2020 21st century finland food additive protein flour solar foods solein space race synthetic foods
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  6. Dilandu

    Rb 08 anti-ship missile

    This rather obscure Sweden weapon system, actually, quite interesting: It is the first Western shipborne anti-ship missile ever commissioned, and the only one Western SSM close to Soviet cotemporary analogues (like P-15 "Termit"). Interesting to note, that it seems to be essentially an...
  7. Jemiba

    National Research Associates Inc. Hovercraft Designs

    Found in "Helicopter and VTO World, January-February 1961 issue, three designs for hovercraft aimed at te commercial and military market. On http://worldhovercraft.org/insider/aug06_printable.htm a prototype of the Aquagem (Aqua GEM) is shown and three more examples are mentioned. but with the...
  8. Triton

    North American Rockwell Mars Excursion Module (MEM) model

    North American Rockwell Mars Excursion Module (MEM) model found on eBay. URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/1967-ROCKWELL-NASA-MARS-PROTOTYPE-MODEL-SPACESHIP-RARE-/350404751800?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5195c031b8 Seller's description:
  9. Triton

    Royal Navy "Terra Nova" icebreaker

    In the mid-1950s it was decided to increase the Royal Navy presence in the Falkland Islands dependencies. It was hoped to build a new icebreaker and the United States Navy made the plans of the Wind-class icebreaker available. British engines were selected that made the ship much longer. The...
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    • 1950s 1960s british antarctic territory falkland islands dependencies survey great britain royal navy
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    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
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