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ORIGINAL CAPTION: "Outpost" uses artificial intelligence for geo-locating, classifying and tracking a wide-range of threats, according to manufacturer Lambda Automata. (Lambda Automata photo)...

As the Soviet Union developed its wide range of air and ship launched anti-ship missiles NATO surface vessels needed weapons to counter them. Approaches adopted by individual NATO navies varied widely. Italy deployed 76mm guns and the Aspide system (based on US Sea Sparrow). Netherlands...

Over the decades, been reading up the likes of American uses of first gen night vision / LLTV / E?o systems during the Vietnam War be it, Bell UH-1M INFANT (Iroquois Night Fighting and Night Targeting) - LLTV etc Lockheed YO-3A equipped night vision periscope Air America 'Quiet One' Hughes...

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...

Who would it effect western tank design? Now for those that don't know heres a thread that tanks about the T-74 https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/project-101-t-74-and-rival-70s-soviet-tank-projects-object-450-480-225-226-780.8240/ But he TLDR is that the T-74 was one of the contestants...

The Soviet Navy evolved anti ship missiles for its warships sooner than the West because it was faced with NATO's large surface fleets and their aircraft carriers. The spur to Western nations seems to have been the arrival of new Soviet large surface units in the 60s and the sinking of an...

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_march_2022_global_security_army_industry/trans-atlantic_team_to_develop_technical_concept_for_nato_future_surveillance_and_control_capabilities.html Airbus Defence and Space together with Northrop Grumman and seven industrial players forming the...

The Harrier has become such a crucial part of the Royal Navy and Royal Navy history that I dont think we have yet risked a thread about a world in which it never entered service. Like all early VSTOL designs the P1127 was not easy to fly..It only existed at all because of US funding and...

Digging through some old files, I came across a NAVSEA briefing from 1994 comparing a variety of frigate designs (both US and foreign). The purpose appears to have been a review the "state of the possible" for frigates in this timeframe, possibly with the intention to inform USN decisionmakers...

i found cute looking aircrafts that were small military planes that some were built some were projects only and here they are: the first one is the fouga cm195: was a 1950s franco-spanish light bomber/attack (based off the fouga cm170 trainer) made in france designed by spanish...

From French wiki What if the Rafale was codeveloped between both countries? The Hornet was a very nice aircraft but consolidating several different airframes into one was quite the effort and development was a tough process, it also took some years to really reach its full potential. Could a...

Wiki has quite a good summary of the abortive attempt in the 1980s to design a common escort ship for NATO navies https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFR-90 The thread about the Kidds for the RN reminded me of this programme. It ought to have been possible to design a ship flexible enough to...

Margaret Thatcher's defeat to Michael Foot in Britain's 1983 general election came as no surprise to television pundits. Rising unemployment and failure to reduce inflation despite government cuts, including to the Armed Forces had made the public fed up and willing to try a new course. Prime...

Also covers early nuclear policy. Has anyone heard of Project Sundial which was apparently a planned gigaton bomb parts of the project remain classified even now. https://play.acast.com/s/the-world-wars/tsarbomba-theuntoldstoryoftheworldsbiggestnuclearbomb

I am wondering if anyone has any information on a proposed Super Puma/ Cougar alternative to the NH90. I read somewhere that when the NH90 programme was in its early stages and experiencing the inevitable problems, Airbus briefly considered an updated version of its Super Puma as an alternative...

While the size and importance of France's armed forces in 1914 and 1939 is well understood, their importance since 1945 does not seem to be appreciated. Until the creation of West Germany's Bundeswehr at the end of the 1950s it was France that bore the brunt of providing the largest West...

https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/news_187934.htm The strategy has a fourfold aim: To provide a responsible foundation for its use, acceleration and mainstreaming of technology, protection and monitoring of technologies, identifying and safeguarding against malicious use. Principles of...

We know how much influence the Vietnam War had on US (and other countries) aircraft developments. But what if the Vietnam War had never happened? How would aircraft programs been affected in that scenario? Let's assume in this scenario the Geneva Accords of 1954 end up in a single united...

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/

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...