Soviet Navy Project 1080 ballistic missile cruiser. The intention was to create a land-attack capability similar to that offered by a US Navy aircraft carrier. Design work was begun in 1970 by Neva PKB.
General Characteristics
Displacement: 15,000 to 16,000 tons
Length: 215 meters (705 feet)...
Models of ekranoplan aircraft carrier and T-20A transport ekranoplan designed by Robert Bartini while at Beriev Aircraft Corporation.
Source: http://www.beriev.com/eng/Pr_rel_e/pr_110e.html
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seaplane
soviet union
transport aircraft
unmanned aerial vehicle
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wig
Hi everybody
Chevaline MRV and Polaris
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevaline
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/polaris.htm
Poseidon and Trident with 14 MIRVs
http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/slbm/c-3.htm
http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/trident.htm
ICBM-X with 20 MIRVs or more ...
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soviet strategic rocket forces
space weapons
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united states army
united states navy
Seeing the An-72/71 mentioned in another post made me think of something I read many years ago. ISTR mention of a COD variant of maybe the An-28 proposed for the Kuznetsov & another AWACS proposal besides the An-71, & it was to be based on the An-26 or An-32 or something. Was this just some mis-...
The Soviets had a number of stilborn aircraft carrier projects from the 1930's all the way through to the 1990's.
One of the most studied was Project-72 dating back to WW-II (1943) I think. Other projects include Project-69A, Project-85 and Project 1123 (Moskova concepts) before getting to the...
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vstol carriers
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeUe6aVib08
A nice video showing (among other things) the Lun Ekranoplan at its final resting place in Kaspisk(?).
While searching thru my bookshelf I re-found a book about projects from Beriev ... and also this - at least for me - unknown ASW-project ! ???
Was it an alternative one to the Tu-142 ASW-version or an independent proposal ?
Source: see last pic !
Cheers, Deino
For counter Ticonderoga Class, Soviet also want a new class fighting ship which could be build in scores. Afterall, the Kirov class is too expensive. So here we see a new class that looks nuch similar with Ticonderoga.
[EDIT: Not a real project - MODERATOR]
Hallo,
we know most of this company's aircraft ,such as:
MBR-2,MBR-4,MBR-7,MDR-5,MP-1,KOR-1,KOR-2,KOR-3,KOR-4,KOR-9,MS-4,MS-5,
MS-7,MS-8,IL-143,R-1,B-10,VVA14,14M1P,M-62,A-50,A-60,
Be-2,4,6,8,10,12,14,30,32,40,42,44,103,132,200,976 and 2500.
But there are anther aircraft and projects:-
C-13...
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civil aviation
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fighters
flying boat
maritime patrol aircraft
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
redfleet
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soviet air forces
soviet navy
soviet union
airliner
cccp
civil aviation
cold war
electronic warfare
jet age
nuclear battlefield
redfleet
soviet air forces
soviet navy
soviet union
space age
sst
supersonic
supersonic transport
transport aircraft
tupolev okb
ussr
Initiative design of Korchagin's OKB, multi-purpose 'sea working horse' VTOL, born as branch of Korchagin-Beriev (Bartini) VVA-14 cooperative work, was proposed as smart alternative to Yak-38, supported by hi-rank naval aviation staff, but killed by MAP (Ministry of Aviation Industry).
Drawings...
The 1968 decree authorised the development of 3 versions of the Ye-155M program, Ye-155MP interceptor, Ye-155MF frontal bomber and Ye-155MR reconnaissance.
Ye-155MF frontal bomber...
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mig-31
post-cold war
project
redfleet
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soviet air defence forces
soviet air forces
soviet navy
soviet union
swing wing
swing wing mig-31
ussr
v-pvo
ye-155mp
cold war
electronic warfare
heavy bomber
interceptors
long range aviation
nuclear battlefield
post-cold war
redfleet
russian air force
soviet air forces
soviet union
strategic bomber
strategic reconnaissance
tupolev
tupolev okb
ukraine
ussr
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