2000s

  1. L

    Chinese carrier program without Varyag?

    Let's suppose for whatever reason China doesn't manage to get Varyag. My preferred TL is for it to somehow get under russian control, eventually refurbished and serving alongside Kuznetsov. With that out of the way, wonder what will be the options/development path for the chinese carrier...
    • lancer21
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    • 1990s 2000s aircraft carrier alternate history naval aviation people's liberation army naval air force people's liberation army navy people's republic of china plan post-cold war vstol carriers
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  2. Grey Havoc

    Hulk Hogan RIP

    https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hulk-hogan-dead-wwe-wrestler-actor-1236469089/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyqq7z2z2wt https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzyr4d2rzo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k7kry6pd6o https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cq6m696lgr8o Rest In Peace. :(
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s actor cold war ichiban japan movie star popular culture post-cold war professional wrestling terry gene bollea united states world championship wrestling world wrestling federation wrestler wwe championship wwe hall of fame
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
  3. TheKutKu

    Chinese orbital launcher projects

    I noticed there wasn't a general thread for this, so I created this since there are a lot of unrealised chinese launcher projects. Starting with one that's already described on astronautix, but I'm posting a source, taken from Xiandong Bao "A Modular Space Transportation System" (IAF-92-0857)...
    • TheKutKu
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    • 1990s 2000s aerospace industry china aerospace science and technology corporation china national space administration early 21st century heavy lift vehicle late 20th century ministry of aerospace industry (prc) people's liberation army people's republic of china post-cold war satellite communications satellite phones
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  4. H

    Were the Dutch De Zeven Provincien frigates built in the Netherlands or Romania?

    The reason why I'm posting this is because there doesn't seem to be information regarding where the hulls were built. I'm not sure if the hulls were built in Romania then shipped to the Netherlands for assembly.
    • hsinchong
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    • 2000s early 21st century late 1990s late 20th century post-cold war royal netherlands navy
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  5. D

    Rumsfeld's Alternative Fleet Architecture Design and the Weapon Ship/Combat Systems Ship (X-WPS)

    Hello all. Today I was doing some research into the AGS's LRLAP shells, trying to confirm a hunch I have that the original unit price was drastically lower than the stated $800,000-$1,000,000. I sort of confirmed that, as well as finding information saying the AGS was supposed to fire other...
    • Deleted member 29851
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    • 2000s battleship crazy department of defense dod lcs navy secdef transformation united states united states navy war on terror zumwalt
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  6. Z

    A-12 Avenger Scenario(s)

    What happens if the USN A-12 Avenger enters service and how might that come about? Could this require a different design? Does the USN have to change requirements? What's the effects of having a LO Attack platform entering service in the late 90's to early 2000's? How does this affect the...
    • zen
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    • 1990s 2000s all-weather attack aircraft alternate history cold war general dynamics grumman mcdonnell douglas naval aviation northrop post-cold war stealth united states united states navy vought what-if
    • Replies: 115
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  7. Temistocle

    Some russian SLV rockets at the beginning of the 2000s

    Hi, in a conference proceedings book I found some interesting russian rocket projects (+ some history) at the beginning of the XXI century from these bureaus: SRC (Makayev) 1) the Volna, developed from RSM-50 SLBM (SS-N-18) 2) the Shtil, developed from the RSM-64 SLBM (SSS-N-23) 3) the...
    • Temistocle
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    • 2000s early 21st century late 20th century post-cold war russian federation
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. KHambsch

    Plasma Magnetic sail

    I think this propulsion concept fell between the cracks at the time the Phase I and II NIAC reports were released in I believe circa 2007. To start with, this is a type of sail which exploits the solar wind, is considered a drag device...like a sailboat in the wind. For this reason I'm not...
    • KHambsch
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    • 2000s deep space probes nasa
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Propulsion
  9. Grey Havoc

    Ocean Atmosphere Sensor Integration System (OASIS) [NASA long duration solar powered autonomous surface vehicle, 2000s]

    https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA497223.pdf
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2000s asv late 2000s nasa nasa goddard space flight center nasa/gsfc wallops flight facility noaa solar powered vessel (naval) solar-powered war on terror
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  10. athpilot

    Kistler K-1 Bedpost Rocket

    The Kistler K-1 is dicussed in some threads here, but I could not find a dedicated thread to it, so... Here is the animation of Bedpost Rocket by Hazegrayart. From the video description: " An early design concept sometimes referred to as the Bedpost Rocket the Kistler K-1 was a two-stage...
  11. helmutkohl

    What if India did not acquire the Gorshkov?

    the sale of the Gorshkov was, and still is one of India's most controversial naval acquisitions. I recalled that it was close to not going through due to changes in pricing and schedule. Lets assume that India decided NOT to go with the Gorshkov - How would this happen? - What would India's...
  12. Grey Havoc

    Shenyang J-11 PLAN/PLAAF

    For the 1960s/1970s fighter project, see here. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/planaf-j-11bh-fighter-seen-using-potentially-new-ecm-pod
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 2000s 2010s 2020s 21st century asat cold war ii late 1990s people's liberation army air force people's liberation army naval air force people's republic of china shenyang
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  13. helmutkohl

    Alternate history: Boeing won JSF

    Boeing and Lockheed beat out McDs, GD, and some other companies to become the two finalists for JSF. Boeing went with a somewhat more conventional engine arrangement, but an unconventional shape Lockheed was opposite and chose a more novel engine arrangement, but had a shape more similar to the...
  14. RavenOne

    AW139 two decades

    Today is 20 years since the AW139 took Flight https://www.leonardocompany.com/en/press-release-detail/-/detail/03-02-2021-2-leonardo-celebrates-the-aw139-helicopter-s-20th-anniversary-of-its-1st-flight?f=%2Fhome First time I came across AW139 or then BellAgusta AB139 was these Mock ups at...
    • RavenOne
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    • 2000s 2010s agustawestland bell agusta aerospace company bell helicopter company bellagusta cold war ii early 2020s early 21st century leonardo leonardo s.p.a. post-cold war war on terror
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  15. G

    Russia sticks with the MIG-1.44?

    Pretty simple, what if the Russians don't flip flop around with their 5th gen program and decide to keep developing the Mig 1.44? Would they have a 5th gen(ish) aircraft earlier? what would it's export potential be? how effective would it be? my 2 cents are It would be operational earlier that...
    • griml0ck122
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    • 1990s 2000s alternate history cold war commonwealth of independent states post-cold war russian federation soviet air defence forces soviet air forces soviet union v-pvo
    • Replies: 28
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  16. VictorXL188

    NASA Morphing Wing

    Apologies if this is the wrong area for this, but I came across this model for sale on E Bay. It purports to be a NASA project for a Morphing wing, and was proposed in the early 2000s. Does anyone know any more about this project?
  17. Grey Havoc

    Distant Thunder / NetSAT littoral water system (DARPA)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b84Wzh-kH_s https://www.darpa.mil/attachments/TestimonyArchived(April%2020%201999).pdf
    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2000s acoustic modem brown water captor darpa defense advanced research projects agency early 21st century green water late 1990s late 20th century littoral operations sub brief united states navy
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  18. hesham

    Guizhou JL-9 (FTC-2000) Advanced Jet Trainer

    From Air Force 2001/1, here is a Guizhou JL-9 (FTC-2000) Adnaced Jet Trainer supersonic aircraft,clearly based on F-7.
    • hesham
    • Thread
    • 2000s people's liberation army naval air force people's republic of china
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  19. Grey Havoc

    Tiberium (Command and Conquer series)

    • Grey Havoc
    • Thread
    • 2000s 2008 computer games ea games
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: The Bar
  20. Flyaway

    Europa Clipper

    Time this has its own thread. https://spacenews.com/europa-clipper-seeking-savings-as-cost-reserves-plummet/
    • Flyaway
    • Thread
    • 2000s 2010s 2020s deep space probes jet propulsion laboratory late 1990s nasa nuclear power
    • Replies: 218
    • Forum: Aviation & Space
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