nuclear battlefield

For all the issues Falcon had in Vietnam, it has to be remembered that unlike Sparrow and Sidewinder, every Falcon kill was an impact kill, implying that on those occasions when things actually worked, it might have been the better missile. AIM-4H was in development to sort out Falcon's worst...

Been trying to find out more on this subject, but there seems to be frustratingly little. I'm interested in finding out data on 1970s-1980s soviet and american radar processors to form an idea about the oft-mentioned gap between the two in this domain. i'm not a computer man so anything detailed...

Now that TSR2 has been the subject of a conference of current experts on the subject, I am asking the BIG question. Could TSR2 have been made to work? By which I mean could it have been designed and developed in such a way as to let the RAF take delivery of say 50 machines by 1970? All...

Hi everyone, This subject has been partially discussed in the context of "US Army without McNamara or Vietnam" discussions, but I wanted to get deeper. It is no surprise that many US Army programs, especially in the 1960's, ended in abject failure or failed to yield a durable, massively used...

I used to nurse the fond belief that only the B52G and H versions carried Hound Dog missiles and that they were only loaded in the "silver era". Thanks to the Internet it turned out that the Dog served well into the 70s and so was carried by SIOP scheme B52s. An example is shown here...

It is mentioned here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S3_(missile) Any more information anywhere?

View: https://youtu.be/kH_DfE88zQs https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/nuclear-vault/2023-03-20/filming-armageddon-air-force-movies-depict-us-preparations

One of the more frightening aspects of the Cold War, especially in Europe was the range and quantity of nuclear weapons deployed for use on the battlefield or against targets involved in the fighting. As NATO developed more effective and accurate alternatives it was able to reduce the range and...

I've been perusing the naval projects section as well as articles about carrier and submarine procurements and figured it would be interesting to discuss some possibilities and alternatives. I'll start with the premise of a shorter Vietnam with no draft or large ground forces build-up, it's...

https://nuke.fas.org/guide/france/theater/s-4.htm https://calhoun.nps.edu/bitstream/handle/10945/26902/britishfrenchstr00bate.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

Just bought the 1968/9 and 1969/70 Jane's Fighting Ships and found two interesting West German naval projects which were planned for the 1970s but were different from the final vessels. The first is for 16 missile equipped fast patrol boats. These would carry the Tartar missile system in...

If things get more interesting, what targets in the UK might Putin nuke? An interesting video, and some backup data: UK Limited Nuclear War Target List View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYWcgF4Wwog

Anyone interested in Australian attitudes to getting nuclear weapons should start with this thread that explains how difficult it is and the US role. https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/uk-thermonuclear-warheads.10419/post-98670 The UK experience with the US would be similar for Australia.

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...

The same type of artillery as the German 540- and 600-mm self-propelled howitzers and the Soviet 406- and 420-mm post-war SPGs. German 280 mm SPG project, WW2 period Other German 280 mm SPG project: Also, German 240 mm (?) SPG (unbuilt "Karl" variant?): 280 mm French (?) project, late WW1...

Purely as a fact check exercise the only instance I could think of where armed forces from nuclear powers came to serious blows was between the Soviet Union and China on the Usuri river in 1969. I think there are regular clashes between Indian and Pakistani forces which have not been altered by...

So what if sometime shortly after ww2 after Britain relises that they are not getting the bomb tech from the United States, but dosnt think it has the resources to make the bomb on its own, so decides to create a joint project with the French, how would that effect both contrys nuclear and...

For those interested, the Angry Planet (formerly War College) podcast has an extensive interview with Steve Jackson about his legendary Ogre game. https://play.acast.com/s/warcollege/sponsored-the-mega-tank-of-the-future Today’s episode is brought to you by Auroch Digital, makers of many fine...

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...

Several months after this thread was made North Korea tested cruise missile with range of 1500 kilometers in September of 2021. During late January of 2022 there was test of even longer range cruise missile by North Korea with range of 1800 kilometers. That is more than enough to cover...