post-cold war

From last week: https://theaviationgeekclub.com/legendary-fighter-pilot-and-first-us-ace-of-the-vietnam-war-randy-duke-cunningham-passed-away/ https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/randy-duke-cunningham-vietnam-war-hero-convicted-accepting-125115035 Rest In Peace :(

Let's suppose for whatever reason China doesn't manage to get Varyag. My preferred TL is for it to somehow get under russian control, eventually refurbished and serving alongside Kuznetsov. With that out of the way, wonder what will be the options/development path for the chinese carrier...

To kick things off, a good overview video based upon current Ukraine findings: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-N3GGzuO0w

https://en.defence-ua.com/weapon_and_tech/after_10_years_of_development_russian_microwave_weapon_goes_straight_to_museum_instead_of_war_front-15220.html https://t.me/btvt2019/21259 I've never heard of this before. Are there known to be similar predecessor or successor designs?

https://yachtharbour.com/news/sanlorenzo-prepares-sl110a-asymmetrical-yacht-for-cannes-premiere-8111

I've been thinking quite a lot about European manufacturers lately and an intriguing what-if scenario came to mind about an alternative grouping of European manufacturers - sort of following on from this thread...

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/hulk-hogan-dead-wwe-wrestler-actor-1236469089/ https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cwyqq7z2z2wt https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clyzyr4d2rzo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k7kry6pd6o https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cq6m696lgr8o Rest In Peace. :(

Today past a Legend away Ozzy Osborne was godfather of Heavy Metal He and guys from Black Sabbath defined it sound for decades His life was rollercoaster trip to Haven and Hell and back. Ozzy drug use was same level as legendary Lemmy Killmister, both were good friends like Lemmy manage...

Funny that the Germans flew the YFQ-42 / XQ-58 configuration already 20y ago: EADS Barracuda

https://www.marinelink.com/news/society-marine-port-engineers-provides-528024

Hello! I'm not sure what the usual rules are for this stuff, but I wanted somewhere to share my progress and get feedback on a model I'm making. Mods feel free to move / rename / delete as appropriate. I chose the MRF-24X mainly because I wanted to model that intake! I love how weird it looks...

RAF Flight Lieutenant Alan Pollock, who flew a Hawker Hunter jet under Tower Bridge and past the Houses of Parliament, has passed away at the age of 89 years. :( Sources: https://www.forcesnews.com/services/raf/flight-lieutenant-alan-pollack-who-flew-raf-plane-under-tower-bridge-dies-age-89...

Long-range air-defense, multirole fighter, fixed-wing ASW, long range strike, AWACS, EW. . .they had it all for a while.

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/michael-madsen-dead-reservoir-dogs-1236446983/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/michael-madsen-dead-reservoir-dogs-1236306069/ View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8wBdqEKp4A...

On another note: View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WeirdWings/comments/1lp0u1w/av8_harrier_jump_jet_outfitted_with_experimental/

View: https://www.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/1lkv0jd/chinese_pj26_76mm_spaag_vehicle_prototype_on_a/ https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/pj26.htm

One of the most promising applications for ceramics is in gas turbine engines. They can handle much higher temperatures than the metals currently used and are far less expensive. Back in the 70s and 80s, ceramics were hailed as the killer app for automotive turbine engines.

In another thread I mentioned that my group at McDonnell Douglas had come up with a supersonic STOVL fighter/attack airplane that we called Harrier 21. It was supposed to be one of a series of potential AV-8B follow-ons. There was Harrier III Low End, a modest modification of the basic AV-8B...

https://www.haf.gr/en/history/historical-aircraft/ - all detailed aircraft trough period years : 1912-1922 , 1923 - 1930 , 1931-1940 , 1941- 1950, 1951 - 1973, 1974- 1988 , 1988 - and helicopters.

This deserves its own thread, the Znamya program was a Russian attempt to repurpose solar sail research into a space mirror. It consisted of: Znamya 1, tech demonstrator, remained on Earth for its testing Znamya 2, subscale prototype, successfully flown on a Progress mission in 1993 Znamya 2.5...