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  1. QuadroFX

    Russian nuclear propulsion spacecraft "Nuklon"

    Nuclear propulsion spacecraft "Nuklon" / "Нуклон" / "Nucleon" also known as TEM / ТЭМ ( Transport and Energy Module ) / Транспортно-Энергетический Модуль / Transportno-Energeticheskiy Modul' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TEM_(nuclear_propulsion) The assembly process has started! :cool...
  2. Grey Havoc

    Project 10510 nuclear powered icebreaker

    Also somewhat confusingly referred to as the Leader-class, not to be confused with what is now the Project 23560E Shkval-class light cruiser. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2020/07/russian-shipyard-begins-construction-of-leader-nuclear-powered-icebreaker/ ORIGINAL CAPTION: The Leader...
  3. Sineva

    Pantsir gets new sams

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  4. panzerfeist1

    Interplanetary Travel Besides the Moon Projects

    Roscosmos sets task of drafting Venus exploration program tass.com "KHIMKI, January 31. /TASS/. Roscosmos has set a task of drafting a Venus exploration program similar in scale to Russia’s lunar program. The new program will incorporate the project Venera-D, the leading designer of the...
  5. panzerfeist1

    Pantsir Updates

    https://vpk.name/news/369980_konstruktor_pancirya_kompleks_dorabotali_dlya_borby_s_mini-bespilotnikami.html Starting a thread for pantsir systems. Valery Slugin - on the effectiveness of the use of the "Shell" in real combat operations, new hypersonic missiles for him and variants of military...
  6. Grey Havoc

    Russian Space Program

    http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-space-delays-idUSKBN1590Y6
  7. G

    Patrol icebreakers project 23550.

    Photo of Ivan Papanin, first ship of the class. 27 November 2019 was laid down first serial (second in construction) patrol icebreaker Nikolai Zubov of project 23550. Intended for patrolling in all climatic zones, including tropical and arctic waters, it, having displacement of 9000 tonnes, has...
  8. Flyaway

    Sukhoi SU-34 travelling along a highway

    Not sure you’d see many western aircraft transported like this. https://theaviationist.com/2019/10/31/wait-what-what-is-a-russian-sukhoi-su-34-doing-driving-along-the-road/
  9. N

    Space Station (R)alpha

    Hello everyone. I am new to the forum and I want to ask if my fellow members would be willing to post any documents, diagrams, concept art, etc. they may possess describing proposed configurations of the ISS when it was called "Space Station Alpha" back in 1993-4. I am seeking material depicting...
  10. A

    Russian PL-19 / Nudol ASAT system

    Hi, It seems we did not have any thread opened yet on this Russian ASAT system tested a few months back, making headline news these days… Now fixed. Feel free to add info as it comes. A.
  11. overscan (PaulMM)

    Sukhoi S-70 Okhotnik UAV

    Let the fun begin :) Source: http://paralay.iboards.ru/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2683&start=150&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
  12. Grey Havoc

    Soviet Super Chicken (the Smena) reborn

    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-09/putin-resurrects-soviet-super-chicken
  13. Grey Havoc

    Russian National Reusable Space Rocket program

    Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center's offering seems to be in the lead at the moment, development wise at least. Russia's Khrunichev Center Develops Concept of Reusable Rocket (Spacedaily)
  14. Flyaway

    The return of Lunar Soyuz?

    A possible return to its Lunar roots for the venerable Soyuz spacecraft. Russia's Soyuz Spacecraft Could Find New Life as a Lunar Taxi https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a22074215/soyuz-lunar-station/
  15. Flyaway

    Proton rocket to cease flying

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/06/russias-proton-rocket-which-predates-apollo-will-finally-stop-flying/
  16. magnus_z

    Manned spacecraft (Russia 2018)

    12:38 05/04/2018 https://aboutspacejornal.net/2018/04/05/%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BB-%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%BC%D1%8B%D0%B9-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BC/ Roscosmos has developed a manned...
  17. Brickmuppet

    9M730 Burevestnik (SSC-X-9 Skyfall) cruise nuclear-powered missile

    Putin announcerd that the Russians are developing a nuclear powered strategic cruise missile. Presumably it would be armed with a nuclear warhead since flying an open cycle reactor over anyone would probably be a nuclear attack anyway...
  18. Orionblamblam

    Sukhoi Su-25

    Russians Scramble To Edit Wikipedia So The Kremlin's Claims Make Sense I note that on the English-language Wikipedia page for the Su-25, there's this bit of wisdom: Does the exchange rate between feet and meters change at lower altitude?
  19. Flyaway

    The second launch from Russia’s new spaceport has failed

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2017/11/the-second-launch-from-russias-new-spaceport-has-failed/ You can find more detail on the flight including the payloads aboard on the link below. http://spacenews.com/contact-lost-with-satellites-after-soyuz-launch/
  20. Flyaway

    Lotos ELINT Spacecraft

    http://www.russianspaceweb.com/2017.html#milsat
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