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  1. Grey Havoc

    35th anniversary of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster

    https://news.trust.org/item/20210422092357-ow04l/
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    • 1980s 2021 biorobots chernobyl chernobyl exclusion zone cold war nuclear power soviet union ukraine unesco
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    • Forum: The Bar
  2. Grey Havoc

    Biak Launch Center (Late '70s, 1980s)

    According to Wikipedia there was an attempt to revive the project in the late 2000s (from 2006 onwards, and possibly into the early 2010s) in co-operation with the Russians. Initially at least this version of the plan included an air launch element. It appears to have been at this time when the...
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    • 1980 1980s 20th century 21st century aeronautical and space agency biak space port cold war indonesia lapan national institute of aeronautics and space orde baru republic of indonesia space age space race
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  3. zebedee

    British Aerospace NBJ (New Business Jet)

    Apart from a 3 view drawing and a small paragraph in Richard Payne's Stuck on the Drawing Board, I've not been able to find much information about this design, however I recently stumbled across a 'brochure' for it. It appears to be for internal use within BAe and is dated 5th September 1989...
  4. TinWing

    Vickers Submarine Oil Tanker for BP

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/submarines/comments/bzv7p7/inspired_by_the_bow_reactor_post_how_many_of_you/
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    • 1980s british petroleum cargo submarine cold war great britain nuclear powered vessels nuclear-powered tanker post-cold war the british petroleum company p.l.c. united kingdom vsel
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. Grey Havoc

    Airfix

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjxaJgxXavc Note that this video was made before the current Covid-19 related model making renaissance had really gotten underway.
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1930s 1940s 1950s 1980s 20th century 21st century model making models toymaker united kingdom
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  6. Grey Havoc

    The Aurora, Revell, Monogram Models Story

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBgCRQ2wIvw
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    • 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s late 1940s model making models toymaker toys united states
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    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  7. Grey Havoc

    Highland Express

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmZJD7PZjEY
  8. Grey Havoc

    COSPAS-S&RSAT

    https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cospas https://cospas-sarsat.int/en/ https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/space/galileo/sar_en
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s 21st century canada cold war france search & rescue satellite aided tracking system soviet union space system for the search of distressed vessels united states
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  9. Grey Havoc

    H.M.S. Speedy (P296, Speedy-class Hydrofoil)

    Ladies and Gentlemen, HMS Speedy: View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/lognu9/951_x_717_jetfoil_patrol_vessel_hms_speedy_p296/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Speedy_(P296) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:HMS_Speedy_(P296)...
  10. Grey Havoc

    Iridium satellite system

    https://www.airspacemag.com/space/the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-iridium-5615034/
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    • 1980s 1996 2000 ad air & space magazine boeing iridium communications iridium satellite constellation leo satellite motorola corporation satellite phones
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  11. Grey Havoc

    Waffenträger Wiesel 1 development

    One of Porsche KG's (from 1972 onwards Porsche AG) interesting Cold War military projects. View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRb3o5OJsHo
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    • 1969 1970s 1980s airborne forces airmobile bundeswehr cold war deutsches heer fallschirmjäger federal republic of germany military history visualized north atlantic treaty organisation west germany
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    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  12. RavenOne

    40 Years ago today - Rendlesham Forest UFO incident RAF Bentwaters / Woodbridge

    Happy Xmas all and 4 decades ago on this day well 26th rendlesham forest incident between Twin bases of RAF Woodbridge (home of then 67th Aerospace Recovery & Rescue Squadron with HH53C Super Jolly Green Giant and HC-130H Combat Shadow and 81st TFW with A-10 Warthog) Bentwaters had other lot of...
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    • 1980 1980s cold war early 1980s great britain royal air force united states air force
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: The Bar
  13. Y

    Royal Navy mid-1980s planning

    SSomewhere online I've seen a document from he early-mid 1980s with Royal Navy planned surface ship construction through to the mid-1990s. It had projected order dates for 24 Type 23 frigates, eight AORs, and two more CASTLE class OPVs. I seem to recall that it was an omnibus document from the...
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    • 1980s 1990s cammell laird cold war great britain royal navy swan hunter vosper thornycroft vsel yarrow shipbuilders limited
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  14. Grey Havoc

    Austrian Wine Poisoning Scandal (Fredrik Knudsen)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhN-o2ame-4
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    • 1970s 1976 1980s 1984 1985 20th century adulteration anti-freeze wine germany republic of austria west germany
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    • Forum: The Bar
  15. covert_shores

    Canada's Theseus AUV - cold war mega-UUV project

    More info: Article https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/07/12/canada-secret-cold-war-drone-submarine-is-still-relevant-today/ Bruce Butler's site: http://brucebutler.ca/into-the-labyrinth.html Podcast Bruce Butler did with SUT...
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    • 1980s 1990s arctic cold war lduuv spinnaker sonar array
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    • Forum: Military
  16. D

    Abrams based IFV

    So I've heard that during the mid 80s there were attempts to create a 60-ton class IFV based on the M1 Abrams some designs even mounting the 75mm Areas cannon is this true any drawings
  17. hesham

    Australian Light Aircraft Prototypes & Projects

    From JAWA 1984/85, here is a Free Flight Hornet S10 tailless aircraft.
  18. Hood

    RTM.322 Turbofan Variant

    I have come across a turbofan variant of the RTM.322, the RTM.322-20 rated at 2,338lbf. The project was circa 1984. The only aircraft I know of proposed for the engine was the BAe P.164-108A trainer. I found a diagram of the RTM.322-20 which is attached. Does anyone have any further details...
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    • 1980s cold war france rolls-royce rolls-royce turbomeca turbomeca united kingdom
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Propulsion
  19. Flyaway

    Hubble Space Telescope

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    • 1980s 20th century 21st century cold war nasa post-cold war space race united states
    • Replies: 160
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  20. Grey Havoc

    Ferranti F100-L Microprocessor family

    https://revaldinho.github.io/f100l/doc/F100CPU.html
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