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  1. stever_sl

    Obscure Harrier variant: MiniCAS for USMC

    Back in the late 1980s or early 1990s (my hard drive failed a couple of months ago and I haven't been able to reconstruct all of my records) I was working in the general area of AV-8B, and specifically its vulnerability to combat damage. The USMC came to us and asked what would be the smallest...
    • stever_sl
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    • close air support cold war early 1990s late 1980s mcdonnell douglas united states united states marine corps usmc v/stol v/stol aircraft vtol
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  2. B

    Boeing 2707 / United Wall Art - Thrift Store Find

    Hello everyone, new here, created an account to post this since I don't see many other places discussing the 2707. I was at the local thrift store(Cleveland, OH, USA) the other day and came across this pretty cool wall art. It's about 5 feet wide and features a blueprint of the 2707 along with a...
    • benk944
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    • airliner boeing cold war jet age space age sst supersonic supersonic transport united air lines united airlines united states
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  3. R

    Alternative RAAF fleets.

    A comment in another thread abut how Australia should have transferred RAN A4s to the RAAF instead of selling them to New Zealand reminded me of a bunch of other Australian decisions. Meteor for Korean War service when we were building Nene-Vampires. Authorising 30 F104s in early 57, cancelling...
    • Rule of cool
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    • alternate history anti-submarine warfare close air support cold war commonwealth of australia electronic warfare fighters royal australian air force royal australian navy strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance
    • Replies: 302
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  4. PreMars

    Question about the speed of Sea Slug Mk1

    In the past, most people considered Sea Slug Mk1 a subsonic missile. but I noticed that the speed of it has been modified (about Mach 1.3) on the littilewars webpage. Could anyone provide me a more detailed explanation? For example, how do those fire reports describe it's speed?
    • PreMars
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    • anti-air warfare cold war great britain missiles royal navy surface-to-air missile
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Military
  5. Flyaway

    PARCAE (ocean surveillance satellite program 1976-2008)

    https://spectrum.ieee.org/reconnaissance-satellite
    • Flyaway
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    • 1980s 1990s cold war electronic warfare elint late 1970s maritime reconnaissance national reconnaissance office naval ocean surveillance system office of naval research post-cold war satellite sigint signals intelligence strategic reconnaissance united states united states navy white cloud
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  6. overscan (PaulMM)

    Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion Program: Manned Aircraft Progress Report 1956-1958 (video)

    View: https://x.com/whatisnuclear/status/1886397754143867189 https://whatisnuclear.com/news/2025-02-03-declassified-nuclear-powered-aircraft-progress-update-manned-flight-film.html View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-8q8INxQEY This is an excellent video with lots of information on the...
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • atomic energy commission cold war jet age nuclear battlefield nuclear powered aircraft strategic air command strategic bomber united states united states air force
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Propulsion
  7. Grey Havoc

    3/4-Ton 4x4 Cargo-Personnel Carrier, XM443E1 (U.S. Army)

    I don't think I have come across this one before: https://www.patreon.com/posts/ordnance-report-90589389
    • Grey Havoc
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    • airborne forces airmobile cold war truck u.s. army united states united states army united states marine corps willys-overland
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  8. Michel Van

    Expulsive Nuclear-Electric Manned Astroliner (ENEMA)

    The Source at Flickr label it as: Expulsive Nuclear-Electric Manned Astroliner (ENEMA) launch. Convair/General Dynamic artist’s concept. (1960-1962) View: https://www.flickr.com/photos/apollo4ever/54280085188/in/photolist-2qGxCeJ got someone more info about this ?
    • Michel Van
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    • cold war convair convair astronautics general dynamics nuclear rockets space age space race united states
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. M

    T95 tank w. nuclear cannon

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    • cold war late 1950s late cold war nuclear battlefield red army russian ground forces tank design tank proposal united states army us army
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  10. Owens Z

    Canada's naval strategy?

    [I have taken the liberty of moving this discussion to its own new thread, to avoid stepping on the toes of Oberon_706's Australia-oriented thread.] Dilandu points out that Canada had 2 coasts to defend in the first half of the 20th century, although I believe that was considered in Ottawa to...
    • Owens Z
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    • 20th century canada canadian armed forces cold war cold war ii early 21st century interwar period maritime command maritime command (canadian armed forces) national shipbuilding strategy post-cold war royal canadian navy world war i world war ii
    • Replies: 140
    • Forum: Military
  11. hesham

    Egyptian Tu-16 vs American aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy in 1972

    Hi, The photo dates back to 1972, specifically November, when the American aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy approached the Egyptian coast. The Tupolev Tu-16 strategic bomber came out and approached it closely, flying over the aircraft carrier. A Phantom F4 fighter from the carrier was...
    • hesham
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    • 1972 arab republic of egypt cold war early 1970s soviet union united states united states navy
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: The Bar
  12. M

    Warsaw Pact Britain - naval strategy and other considerations

    It probably is a somewhat strange topic, more of a mental and visual experiment than anything else (feel free to move it to artwork, if it's more appropriate there). In some sense my primary "enemy" in envisioning this setting is the 1966 Defense Review, which I want to circumvent and reverse...
    • Martes
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    • alternate history cold war cruiser destroyer north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear powered vessels soviet union united socialist kingdom united states ussr-gb warsaw pact
    • Replies: 383
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  13. aim9xray

    Superstar engineer John Hart-Smith skewered Boeing’s strategy | Obituary

    embedded links: Hart-Smith paper on Boeing Outsourcing 2003 reaction to Hart-Smith Paper
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    • aerospace industry boeing cold war commonwealth of australia douglas aircraft company early 21st century late 20th century mcdonnell douglas post-cold war united states
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: The Bar
  14. Dilandu

    Anson-class missile battleships (RN)

    (this ships is from the same AU as Lepanto-class missile battleships) The full description is on my Live Journal, on Russian. The Suez crisis of 1956 became a moment of truth for the Royal Navy. It was impossible to deny anymore, that Great Britain is lagging dangerously behind both United...
  15. Forest Green

    McDonnell Douglas GRM-29A Rocket-Powered Bomber

    View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1874984691633414466 View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1874990524895203505
    • Forest Green
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    • cold war mcdonnell douglas rocket propulsion strategic air command strategic bomber united states united states air force
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  16. PreMars

    Which one is the Terrier launcher on Italian missile cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi, Mk 4 or Mk 10?

    The article on the Naval Analyses website refers to it as the Mk 10 GMLS, but some other sources call it the Mk 4, and even some as the Mk 9 mod 1. Judging from the "carrying 72 missiles" and "stored in a vertical position", it seems to be the same as the Boston-class missile cruiser, which is...
    • PreMars
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    • cold war italian navy italian republic marina militare
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Military
  17. R

    WI Medway Trident and VC10 Super 200?

    Both of these airliners were shrunk at the request of their initial customer, the Trident from 111(130?) seat Medway sized to 97 seat Spey sized and the Super 200 from a 212 seat 28' fuselage stretch to a 174 seat 13' stretch for the Super VC10. The Super VC10 was then embroiled in a public...
    • Rule of cool
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    • 1960s 1970s airliner alternate history civil aviation cold war great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd ministry of aviation ministry of supply vickers-armstrongs limited
    • Replies: 203
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  18. XP67_Moonbat

    Vintage X-15A-3 Desk Model On eBay

    VINTAGE FACTORY NORTH AMERICAN NASA X-15 X-15A-3 DESK MODEL PROTOTYPE DELTA WING Item description from the seller: This vintage factory desk model of the North American Aviation X-15A-3 Delta wing prototype. This was a proposal to achieve Mach 8, the project was cancelled in 1962. Fairly large...
  19. LogicalEnemyResponse

    Unusual mid 80s armed robotic sentry.

    I’ve been searching quite a lot lately for publications(specifically books and magazines)with information on the so-called “PROWLER” robot designed built and tested by Robot Defense Systems of Thornton Colorado around 1985. Nasty piece of tech with twin M60 machine guns,armor-plated chassis,Mark...
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    • 1980s battlefield surveillance cold war robotic combat vehicle robotics ugv united states
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Military
  20. Graham1973

    Nuclear Cow Tipping

    View: https://youtu.be/QuWDDx2-CgA?si=-bbIu8HuOrSeKQ6v
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