soviet union

Anyone know any sources discussing "shpon" the Soviet impregnated plywood and American Duraloid and Duramold?

I've read numerous books on Cold War histories, which included mention of Soviet air combat tactics, however I've not found one source that described the various air-to-air or air-to-ground tactics that the Soviets employed during the Cold War (either the USSR or their Warsaw Pact allies). This...

The growth of the Soviet Navy was symbolised by Admiral Gorshkov and a global maritime exercise (Okean 70). I was wondering if any clue was emerging to Chinese naval doctrine?

https://news.trust.org/item/20210422092357-ow04l/

The Russian military has finally revealed the rocket-propelled grenade weapon system developed for the Almaz space station project in the 1970s. Links: http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz-shield2.html http://www.russianspaceweb.com/almaz_ops2.html :eek: :cool: View...

Image from PVO museum- allegedly an R-27R seeker

The early R-73 variant, the R-73A bring question to me. Does that variant was equipped with Thrust-vectoring system? Someone says to me that later R-73 has the thrust-vectoring system but not the early one which is the R-73A. Can someone please explain.

The 12th April is the 60th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin being the first man in space. Here’s this weeks Archive on 4 about that historic trip. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000v24g

https://www.space.com/39251-on-this-day-in-space.html

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YN7ifFam1Fk View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lR-KyObLt0 View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drDPFs6j3U0

Удалов К. Г., Рысь Марек Бартини и его проекты. Том 4. Боевые экранопланы. - Москва. 2021 г., 176 с. ISBN: 978-5-4465-3169-1 Hi! I had the opportunity to read Konstantin Udalovs latest book of his publication series about Bartinis work and designs (this is Vol. 4). This time he covers the...

According to one of the coments in the reddit thread below, it is planned for her to shorty become a museum ship in Arkhangelsk. Anyone have any more details on this? View: https://www.reddit.com/r/WarshipPorn/comments/lz8z84/top_view_of_dmitry_donskoy_5198x2923/

https://earth.esa.int/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/c-missions/cospas https://cospas-sarsat.int/en/ https://ec.europa.eu/growth/sectors/space/galileo/sar_en

Hi! Bartini T-117. https://coollib.com/b/290265/read

Found an awesome article online here of a visit to a museum dedicated to the Ekranoplan designer, Rostislav Alekseyev. Some very interesting models and artwork, attached.

Marvelous are thy works, O Lord! In my collection - the old magazine TM Technics for Youth 5-1947. On page 9-10-11 - the first Space Shuttle project in the history of the Soviet Union and Russia. And possibly one of the first in the world. Author: Major General of Aviation P.M. Stefanovsky...

Hi! MiG-17SN. http://ourairports.biz/?p=942 https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/311375-mig-17-sn-experimental/ "When the guns were fired, other unpleasant surprises occurred. For example, firing in gusts with the three weapons rotated upward or downward altered the aircraft’s flight...

Grigorii Ivanovich Bakshayev was interested in the concept of variable geometry aircraft, where the size and/or shape of wings are altered according to the stage of flight, or desired characteristics. There are many methods of achieving this but one of the simplest is the telescopic wing, where...

Hi! MiG I-320. (1) MiG I-320 was a all weather interceptor with radar requested in January 1948. (2) MiG OKB built two prototypes R-1 and R-2. (3) Two crew aircraft with twin engine. (4) The wing had the same aerofoil profile and sweep compared with MiG-15. (5) The airntake was divided into...

Good listings of Soviet naval project numbers are difficult to find. Some were published in books following the events of 1991 and of course Globalsecurity published a list in the late 1990s. No details at all were released of merchant vessels, so about two years I set out to complete a list and...