air defence

The 21cm Maikäfer Flakrakete 42 program stemmed from a Hitler directive in August 1943 to develop an anti-bomber Flak weapon based on the existing 21cm Nebelwerfer artillery rocket according to Gen.der Flak a.D. von Renz’s “Development of German Anti-aircraft Weapons and Equipment of All Types...

Anyone know if AN/TPY-5(V)1 is a marketing exercise to rename the latest variant of the Marine AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) or is it a new radar?

In an incredible journey, 3 months after the onset of a new major military phase in the Ukrainian conflict that led the majority of NATO members to strengthen their defenses and augment their readiness with supplementary aircraft and patrols, a lone Piper Aztec, a civilian General Aviation...

Associated with McDonnell-Douglas' Long Range Interceptor (LRI) studies in 1954. Drawing is of the Model 111A weapons bay which could carry 3. Model Description Date Model 103A AIR TO AIR MISSILE CARRYING SPECIAL WARHEAD. 24000LB. THRUST MOTOR. LENGTH 110 INCHES. FIXED FINS. SOLID ROCKET...

Here's a somewhat thorough article about SAGE, the "Semi-Automatic Ground Environment" system co-ordinating air defense over North America from 1958, parts of it surviving operational up until the early 1980s...

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/advanced-detect-and-destroy-air-defence-system-launched https://www.gov.uk/government/news/advanced-detect-and-destroy-air-defence-system-launched

Israeli SKy Dew Aerostat long range airborne warning aerostat https://theaviationist.com/2021/11/04/israel-sky-dew/?fbclid=IwAR2X2u_0hcfOTjcNxYaki4SKw27vv-twYErbuTDz_4rJ_nAFq4b3eYd7wkA

I think we could open a new thread for the future US awac platform. I haven't found one. Introduction: U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, Air Combat Command leader: https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/air-force-association/2021/09/06/four-questions-with-the-head-of-air-combat-command/

I heard rumors about and little bits of info on successors to the LRI-X interceptors that were hypersonic and had missiles with a range of 500 miles is there any info on them like blueprints and performance information?

It is supposedly a short range air defense missile system built on the Type 96 APC chassis. I tried Googling, but I couldn't find anything on it. The only thing I found was the source I found it from. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. Here is the source I got it from...

I was always wondering why the radar antenna is not parallel to the fuselage (viewed from the side). Can someone elaborate the reason? BR Michael

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/government-considering-purchase-of-military-jet-aircraft-1.4289801 Interesting. This Bear is small because it's 1/144. Those Bears are very high up.

Su-27SK Datalink Info Operation of equipment for receiving guidance commands and active response 11G6. On-board equipment is designed to receive control commands transmitted from the point of guidance and transmission of flight information at ranges of up to 400 km in direct visibility when...

Apart from trainers, Ireland did not operate any fighters to defend its neutral airspace during the Cold War and still does not. New Zealand has also given up its old A4 Skyhawks and had no air defence patrol aircraft. Within NATO, Luxembourg and the Baltic States rely on other members to defend...

https://vpk.name/news/369980_konstruktor_pancirya_kompleks_dorabotali_dlya_borby_s_mini-bespilotnikami.html Starting a thread for pantsir systems. Valery Slugin - on the effectiveness of the use of the "Shell" in real combat operations, new hypersonic missiles for him and variants of military...

All from Lightning F.53 Pilots Notes. Maximum overload: 15G lateral acceleration and rate of roll 30°/sec Motor Burn time: 1.9 sec Max flight time: 13 sec Seeker FOV: 7° Seeker gimbal limit pre-launch: 0° unslaved; 5° slaved by AI23S (export version of AI23B), seeker "looking axis" parallel...

From Norman Friedman's US Naval Weapons (1983) p161-162. Hip Pocket I was authorized on the 30th of August, and evaluated from February-June 1972 The DDG-4 Lawrence was modernised with the following: Chapparel Redeye an IR Search and Track system a CW threat warning radar (sharing the SPS-10...

Request for a pure research machine April '49. May '50 ordered prototypes. ER.100 Contract placed October ER.103 Gannet Superpriority delayed work. construction summer 1952. First flight 28 Oct 1955. Assuming a supersonic fighter is produced based on this research.

Just starting a generic thread here to discuss possibilities and programs. Saw the following in an AvWeek article: "These include a new family of interceptor missiles called SkyFire proposed by Raytheon; hypervelocity projectiles designed by General Atomics, Boeing and BAE Systems; a laser gun...

https://www.facebook.com/TheFriendsofTheTankMuseum/posts/chieftain-sabre-the-sabre-spaag-system-was-a-project-between-ro-and-thompson-csf/1859698144250194/ (Image below is from tanks-encyclopedia.com, original credit jedsite [now JED])