cold war

Hello from Russia. A rare diagram of the space station of the British Interplanetary Society from the book 1959 Project Satellite. Kenneth W. Gatland This is the first futuristic scheme in Dr. Gatland's books. All information about this umbrella https://www.bis-space.com/technical-projects/...

Hi. Im looking for photos of Polish SKOT variants: SKOT 1A (SKOT S-260-1), with SPG-9 SKOT 2A (SKOT S-260-2A), with SPG-9 SKOT 2AM (SKOT S-260-2AM), with 2x 9M14

HM-45 tank. It was a deep modernisation of the T-54 and T-55 tanks proposed by the Polish industry in the second half of the 1970s - comparable to the PT-91 (compared to the T-72) in terms of the scope of changes. It was abandoned by the Ministry of National Defence in favour of the USSR...

A more theoretical question than alternative history, was there any interest within SAC to develop a "Heavy" ICBM to match the R-36's capabilities? If so, could it fit within the existing Titan II launch sites? Titan II and R-36 are somewhat surprisingly similar in diameter and height, though...

very strange and odd Tank Design from 1950s special this ammo autoloader View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0dw32rPUu8

AII information I can get from wiki about the missiles is vague. “The Super 530F and Super 530D share the same general aerodynamic features and internal layout with cruciform low aspect ratio wings, cruciform aft controls, and 30 kg high explosive fragmentation warhead. However the 530D has a...

This was a discussion that began in the Gripen thread, but rather than have this "what-if" go off topic there, I felt it would be best to have a dedicated thread here as it's an interesting "what-if" As we know.. the Gripen replaced the larger/heavier Viggen. its a small, light weight design...

As we all know, the USAF went into Vietnam without a dedicated air superiority fighter and suffered for it, particularly in the early years with unreliable sparrows/sidewinders, no cannons on the Phantoms, and inadequate BFM training. Que the arrival of the F-4E, along with better missiles and...

https://thespacereview.com/article/4440/1

In the late 1950s the US deployed a bewildering range of tactical nuclear weapons in Western Europe. The US Army had its spectacular 280mm atomic cannon mounted between two trucks. It then had smaller 8" warheads for the M115 howitzer which were made available to the UK and other NATO allies...

https://history.nasa.gov/sp4543.pdf This document published in 2009 contains a summary of published books about NASA history and also a guide to the collections and archives found at various NASA locations. Looks potentially useful for researchers.

I've been searching for quite a long time a reason(or reasons) for the UK, Canada and Norway to have dropped out of MIDS program in 1991, just before the signing of the MIDS PMOU. They were indeed a MIDS program members since phase one. Particularly interesting is the case of UK, since they were...

Among the many reasons for the failure of the problematic Ford Aerospace M247 Sergeant York was the unreliability of its tracking radar system. The M247 Sergeant York's tracking radar was a modified version of the Westinghouse AN/APG-66 from the F-16 Fighting Falcon (see below). Westinghouse...

Perhaps one of the greatest what-ifs of post World War Two history is what would have happened if the US and UK had succeeded in getting the Atomic Bomb to work? President Truman and Curtis Le May's round the clock bombing of Japan drawing on the destruction of Dresden by the RAF and USAAF is...

Quoted by Gary Paul Johnston and Thomas B. Nelson in "The World's Assault Rifles" - This rather curious and unusual weapon was part of a program during the 1970s to develop a very high rate of fire assault rifle (RFCT: Rifle à Forte Cadence de Tir ). Firing rate experiments were carried out by...

After reviewing various resources, I found information, about battleship Strasbourg, after the end of the war, was proposed to be rebuilt as a light aircraft carrier. But there is very little information and this is at the level of "mentions". Now I wondered if there was such a project or did it...

I was thinking if it is plausible to get a mobile launcher for either Thunderbird or Bloodhound missiles on a Centurion tank chassis.

The seller does not state whether this is an original company model. https://www.ebay.com/itm/325276872562?hash=item4bbc032f72:g:tvsAAOSwIsNixd6Q

According to the American Fighting Vehicle Database (http://afvdb.50megs.com/), both the M41 Walker Bulldog and the M47 Patton shared the same turret ring diameter of 73.0 inches / 185.42 centimeters. That got me thinking: Has there ever been any real-life proposals to retrofit the turret of...

My attempt to "Brasilianize" the Mapinduzi logo. A badly done NO Barbarossa timeline. A Greater/Longer Afghanistan. Considering Taliban aspirations I wouldn't be surprise if it becomes a reality ONE day. A collapsed Ethiopia someone did for me in alternatehistory,com. Another flag I...