post-cold war

Let’s assume that in the mid-1990s, the governments of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary signed a joint agreement to purchase around 250 new fighter jets. Such a large order would likely attract the attention of the European Eurofighter consortium. Due to limited availability of...

I will try to be brief. Over on the Sino Defense Forum in the Air Force thread, someone made the statement that China now operates the world's largest force of heavy fighters. The PLAAF and PLANAF combined apparently operate a fleet of about 1,263 J-11/15/16/20 and SU-27/30 and 33. The...

Rafael Helispot is/was an Israeli system for non-line of sight infrasound detection and triangulation of battlefield helicopters that was developed in several marks. All I have about it is this: https://irp.fas.org/agency/dod/jason/infrasound.pdf mentions possible further source: "Srour, N...

This sm entry suggests that Dzhokhar Dudayev was killed on 21 April 1996 by a Kh-25 fired from a Su-24M. https://t.me/the_Right_People/49123 Does anyone know what kind of satellite phone he was using that was easily monitored by Russian SIGINT? An Inmarsat?

One of the initial configurations of the Type 26, featured here: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/royal-navy-type-26-frigate.10313/post-100792 https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/royal-navy-type-26-frigate.10313/post-137737 I found several additional photos of the model. The ship...

https://cdapress.com/news/2019/feb/26/darold-cummings-aircraft-designer-has-eye-on-5/ https://www.csulb.edu/no-barriers/article/through-his-support-csulb-alumnus-gives-flight-to-students-goals http://forzaero.net/

The world-famous RKIIGA (Riga Red Banner Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers) will celebrate its 106th anniversary in May 2025. Its history started in 1919 when the School of Aviation Mechanics was opened in Kyiv, which later continued its work in Riga. The institute changed names several...

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/apr/02/val-kilmer-death-age-65-pneumonia

Hi everyone. I need your help. I've attached two pictures. My question: Is there another view of these vehicles? I'd appreciate it if someone could help me. Robert

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https://shipbucket.com/drawings/5965

Part 1 of the Air Historical Branch's history of Typhoon https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/our-history/air-historical-branch/post-coldwar-studies/eurofightertyphoonpart1coldwarorigins1983-1990/

Beloved singer and unparalleled French aerospace historian/writer died yesterday, the 2nd of March 2025, at 80 after a long battle with cancer: For those that are unfamiliar with his top selling history of Soviet and German aircraft, might you find in the below titles a glimpse of what was his...

The Pale Ale designator refers to a U.S. Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) program that operates and maintains Bombardier Q200 (former De Havilland Canada Dash-8-201/202) reconnaissance aircraft as as "Transit Zone Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA)" to support counternarcotics detection monitoring...

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjm9ndw9xeeo https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/27/gene-hackman-actor-wife-found-dead-santa-fe-home/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/gene-hackman-tribute-death/ Greats still going, right, and center. Rest In Peace :(

I was wondering what would be the status of Albanian armed forces in a world where the communist regime survived into the '90s-2000s-2010s-2020s, practically till now. Would be Albania the "North Korea of Europe"? Who would be her main armament sources??? Let's say PRC, DPRK, Cuba??? Any...

Sorry for the somewhat cumbersome title, I've just used the title of the research paper of the "Federal Armed Forces UnderwaterAcoustcs and Marine GeophysicsResearch Institute". I ordered it from the library, triggered by the keywords "radar" and "submarine". Actually, as the title alreay says...

https://spectrum.ieee.org/reconnaissance-satellite