late 1980s

  1. L

    Aerospace patents by Munoz saiz Manuel from 1987

    found in the spanish patent data base:
    • lol90oo
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    • airliner bomber cold war kingdom of spain late 1980s
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Patent Pending
  2. 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: 30
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  3. dauby09

    Advanced Tactical Support Aircraft (ATSA) US Navy

    Late 80s (88-90) US Navy Program to replace the E-3C, S-3B and EA-6B carrier-based AEW, ASW and EW aircraft. I believe it evolved into the E-X program to replace the E-2, this is why i’m attaching the image of the Boeing E-X proposal, which is seen here in ASW markings. (VS-24 scouts was an S-3...
    • dauby09
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    • aew airborne early warning anti-submarine warfare asw carrier based cold war early 1990s electronic warfare late 1980s naval aviation tanker aircraft u.s. navy united states navy usn
    • Replies: 33
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. I

    Rockwell Multisensor Target Acquisition System (MTAS)

    I was watching a video about the M1 Component Advanced Technology Testbed (CATTB), and found mention of a Multisensor Target Acquisition System (MTAS) using Millimeter Wave Radar, Infrared and other sensors to detect targets in a Battlefield obscured by smoke or other detection inhabiting...
  5. Grey Havoc

    PZ 87-140

    View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/185cohm/the_panzer_87100/ https://fighting-vehicles.com/tanks/pz-87-leopard-2/ Note: The KWS (Kampfwertsteigerung) III program, also referred to as KWS Stage III, was formally cancelled in 1995. Somehow I wouldn't be surprised if both the...
    • Grey Havoc
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    • bundeswehr cold war early 1990s eidgenössische konstruktionswerkstätte federal military department (switzerland) federal republic of germany heavy tank late 1980s mbt panzer 87 program post-cold war schweizer armee swiss army swiss army federal construction works swiss confederation switzerland tank design west germany
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  6. Stargazer

    Krasnodar SKh-2 "Challenger": a unique agricultural aircraft prototype

    This story fascinates me... It shows what can be done when you have little resource but a lot of creativity... Unfortunately, the page which I took this article from had been saved onto my computer, and doesn't seem to be only any longer. Only one forum topic (in Russian) deals with this...
  7. B

    Ambulance Capsule

    Anyone have time to translate?
    • Barrington Bond
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    • 1989 cold war european space agency france french fifth republic kingdom of spain late 1980s space age space race west germany
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. TheKutKu

    Euclid ULLV SSTO

    I stumbled upon this while reading Edward Hujsak's 1994 The Future of U.S. Rocketry. ULLV stands for "Ultra Large Launch Vehicle" This is a concept by the "Perigee West Company of La Jolla, California", which Edward Hujsak happened to be the president of, the company got several hundred...
    • TheKutKu
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    • cold war department of defense early 1990s heavy lift vehicle late 1980s nasa nuclear rockets post-cold war single-stage-to-orbit ssto super-heavy-launch-vehic ullv united states
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. Voltzz

    Wallop Industries Rampart/Skysnare

    Source Jane's Radar & Electronic Warfare Systems 1993-94
  10. scrubhead

    Bradley IFV Block 3 concepts

    This probably doesn't fit here but I couldn't find any other suitable thread in the army projects forum, please remove if its too out of topic. Four months ago on Reddit I posted some FMC block 3 Bradley concept art and couldn't find a source. Lo and Behold I found it again alongside other...
    • scrubhead
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    • 1980s bofors cold war fmc food machinery corporation ifv late 1980s naval gun north atlantic treaty organisation u.s. army united states united states army
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  11. Hood

    1987 Netherlands LST

    In 1987 the Royal Netherlands Navy began studying an 8,000 ton LST for the 1993-97 construction programme which would have the capacity to carry 600 Marines. This pre-dates the LSD effort which began in 1990 which resulted in the Rotterdam-class. These have a capacity for 600 troops but offer...
    • Hood
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    • amphibious warfare vessel cold war kingdom of denmark kingdom of the netherlands landing craft late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation royal netherlands navy tank
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  12. B

    High Adaptability Surface Combatants

    Saw this in an article as I was looking for some information on the Reformers of the 1970s-1980s: "Hart and Lind have long made public their dismay with America's supercarriers, which, they argue at length, are vulnerable, too expensive to deploy in the numbers needed, and carry the wrong kind...
    • Bgray
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    • aircraft carrier anti-air warfare anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare area air defence asuw asw cold war great britain late 1980s royal navy united states united states navy vstol carriers
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Secret Naval Projects
  13. Grey Havoc

    S-4 and S-45 IRBM projects (France, Cold War)

    https://nuke.fas.org/guide/france/theater/s-4.htm https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/26902/britishfrenchstr00bate.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1er groupement de missiles stratégiques armeé de l'air cold war commandement des forces aériennes stratégiques early 1990s force de dissuasion forces aériennes stratégiques france french fifth republic icbm intermediate range ballistic missile irbm late 1980s nuclear battlefield sol-sol balistique stratégique
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  14. Grey Havoc

    Noisy-Le-Grand metro project (France, late '80s / early '90s)

    View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWxESIzJhCU From the comments thread:
    • Grey Havoc
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    • early 1990s france french fifth republic late 1980s people movers personal rapid transit railways sk4000 soulé-kermadec station k transport hectométrique
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: The Bar
  15. flateric

    ASWS Advanced Strike Weapon System

    Late 80s program - a low-cost LO ATG missile using Tomahawk and Maveric elements. Boeing ASWS report bits from Worthpoint + some details from Senate hearings
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    Extended Cold War Naval Development

    Ok, this is a scenario I've been working on for a while now, so I'd like to hear other peoples' thoughts on it. It has some plot devices though (the Soviet Union not completely falling apart, Bush restarting the Cold War, etc), but I think it's realistic enough to seem sane from a glance. In...
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    • 1990s alternate history cold war great britain late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield nuclear powered vessels royal navy soviet navy soviet union strategic defense initiative united states united states navy warsaw pact
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Alternative History and Future Speculation
  17. Grey Havoc

    32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-57356140
    • Grey Havoc
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    • 1989 1990s beijing cold war late 1980s people's republic of china post-cold war
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: The Bar
  18. M

    Yugoslavia UAV project VBL-2000

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    • majevica
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    • aeronautical technical institute (yugoslavia) cold war drone early 1990s late 1980s socialist federal republic of yugoslavia the air force and air defence unmanned aerial vehicle unmanned air vehicle vazduhoplovnotehnički institut yugoslav air force yugoslav people's army
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  19. R

    140mm smoothbore gun

    In the late 1980s, research started on the new next-generation tank gun. It was quickly determined that it needed to be 140mm calibre. Initially it was to fire the same projectiles as the 120mm gun but at a higher velocity from a similar smoothbore barrel. My question - what was the British...
    • Rickshaw
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    • cold war early 21st century france great britain late 1980s late 20th century post-cold war united states west germany
    • Replies: 72
    • Forum: Secret Army Projects
  20. phrenzy

    9K720 Iskander (SS-26 Stone) SRBM

    I have been researching Russian strategic and tactical missile systems development and posture through the transition from U.S.S.R to the Russian federation for a university project and have come across some very interesting information about the development of the ISKANDER-M TEL and it's recent...
    • phrenzy
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    • cold war cold war ii commonwealth of independent states early 21st century late 1980s late 20th century nuclear battlefield post-cold war red army russian federation soviet union srbm tactical ballistic missile tactical nuke ukrainian crisis
    • Replies: 211
    • Forum: Military
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