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  1. JFC Fuller

    V-Bomber Avionics Developments?

    The V-bomber fleet spent most of its life with relatively primitive avionics for the age, as far as I can tell only two major(ish) changes were ever made, the first was the addition of the ARI 5959 (General Dynamics AN/APN-170) J-band terrain following radar, however this came with restrictions-...
  2. Skyraider3D

    TSR2: Hell-For-Leather

    Hell-For-Leather After their nuclear attack against a Soviet industrial target, the crew of this TSR2 dive back to the relative safety of supersonic low-level flight. With the bomber’s cover now broken, a “Shilka” self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is the first enemy unit to respond. As they...
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    • aerospace industry british aircraft corporation cold war early 1960s english electric company limited free fall nuclear bombs great britain late 1950s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf germany raf strike command royal air force strategic bomber sub-strategic nuke tactical nuke tactical reconnaissance vickers-armstrongs world war iii
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  3. P

    Vulcan's Hammer: V-force Aircraft & Weapons Projects Since 1945

    After my post someone pointed this out to me - any ideas/comments ? http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vulcans-Hammer-V-force-Aircraft-Projects/dp/1902109171/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1289860167&sr=1-1 .
  4. Nick

    UK AEW 1980s replacement competition

    Back in the 80s it was finally realised that the Avro Shackleton AEW was obsolete and later that the Nimrod AEW.3 project was very unlikely to work correctly. The UK Government and MoD went looking for a replacement and settled on the E-3D Sentry which entered RAF service in 1990. What were the...
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    • air defence airborne early warning awacs cold war great britain late 1980s north atlantic treaty organisation raf strike command royal air force uk air defence region
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. P

    Air launched Polaris and Pershing missiles

    BSP4 mentions proposals for air-launched versions of the Polaris and Pershing missiles for use on RAF Vulcans, does anyone have any performance estimates for these and how would they have compared to Skybolt?
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    • albm british aircraft corporation cold war great britain lockheed lockheed missiles and space company martin marietta martin marietta corporation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf strike command royal air force strategic air command united kingdom united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  6. S

    Military Concorde

    Curious to know if Concorde was ever considered in a military role, maybe as a recce aircraft or cruise missile platform? Would this have been feasible?
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    • alcm cold war electronic warfare elint great britain hypersonic nuclear battlefield raf strike command royal air force sigint signals intelligence strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance supersonic transport tactical reconnaissance
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  7. Mike Pryce

    BAe Nimrod AEW.3

    The preferred UK AEW for the RAF was always the Nimrod as it was big and in production. In 1966 studies looked at various radar options, but lack of money delayed it. All of the above comes from 'Airborne Early Warning, design, development and operations' by Mike Hirst, Osprey, 1983.
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    • 1960s 1970s 1980s air defence airborne early warning british aerospace plc cold war gec-marconi gec-marconi electronics ltd great britain hawker siddeley aviation ltd north atlantic treaty organisation raf fighter command raf strike command royal air force uk air defence region
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  8. overscan (PaulMM)

    UK Requirements: SR(A) 1236 CASOM

    Contenders General Dynamics Tomahawk/Airhawk AGM-137 TSSM Loral Vought ALCAM (ATACMS derivative) McDonnell-Douglas AGM-84E Rockwell Extended-Range AGM-130E with Williams P8300 turbofan Brunswick Defense ITALD Texas Instruments JSOW Rafael AGM-142 DASA/Hunting/Bofors KEPD250 Aerospatiale ASMP-C...
  9. overscan (PaulMM)

    UK Requirements: SR(A) 1244

    Contenders Aerospatiale ASLP Boeing SRAM-T (SRAM-2 derivative) Martin Marietta/BAeD/Hunting TASM-UK Source: John Fricker "RAF Operational Requirements" Air International May 1993
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    • aérospatiale boeing cold war fleet air arm great britain martin marietta ministry of defence nuclear battlefield post-cold war raf strike command royal air force royal navy tactical nuke united kingdom
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    • Forum: Secret Missile, Bomb and Gun Projects
  10. P

    EE Canberra, Evolution, Variants and Projects

    I was thinking the other day, 'did the British ever think of, or look at a carrier-based variant of the English Electric Canberra light bomber'? Does anyone know an answer to this? Regards Pioneer
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    • cold war english electric company limited great britain nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf strike command royal air force strategic air command strategic reconnaissance united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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