space weapons

  1. airrocket

    1980's McDonnell TAV Concepts

    MCD MOL Plans
    • airrocket
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    • 1980s anti-satellite cold war department of defense hypersonic mcdonnell douglas nasa space race space weapons strategic defense initiative united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  2. Michel Van

    USA military lunar outpost: Project Horizon, LUNEX ...

    here some Link and PDF about USA military outpost on Moon Project Horizon (ABMA now MSFC at NASA) http://www.astronautix.com/data/horizon.pdf size 1.3 MB http://www.astronautix.com/craft/hortpost.htm http://www.astronautix.com/articles/propter1.htm...
  3. mz

    SDI Brilliant Pebbles

    I've heard about a rocket craft hovering in a hangar and laser pointing an outside target as a systems/targeting demonstration, anybody have more info on this?
    • mz
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    • anti-satellite asat ballistic missile defense cold war post-cold war space weapons strategic defence strategic defense initiative united states united states air force
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  4. overscan (PaulMM)

    Secret Projects: Military Space Technology by Bill Rose

    I must preface this first look review by saying that, while I'm interested in space technology, its not my speciality, so I'm approaching this book from this angle. Bill Rose has put together a well written and nicely illustrated book on various military space projects. Its 192 pages long and...
    • overscan (PaulMM)
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    • anti-satellite cold war early 21st century electronic warfare elint great britain late 20th century nasa photographic reconnaissance post-cold war signals intelligence soviet union space weapons spaceplane ssto strategic reconnaissance tactical reconnaissance third reich united states world war ii
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    • Forum: Books & Marketplace
  5. flateric

    USAF ASD 1986 FUTURE STRATEGIC AERONAUTICAL MISSION ANALYSIS

    [1986]...mission analysis that was conducted by a large number of Air Force and industry organizations. The purpose was to formulate and understand the alternatives for future strategic aeronautical weapon systems and identify promising system concepts to follow those currently in the inventory...
    • flateric
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    • aeronautical systems division air force systems command boeing cold war hypersonic late 1980s lockheed mcdonnell douglas nuclear battlefield rockwell international rockwell space transportation systems division space weapons strategic air command strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance supersonic tactical nuke united states united states air force world war iii
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  6. Tuomasn

    NPO Molniya sub-orbital interceptor

    Found this on the buran.ru website: http://www.buran.ru/htm/bors.htm#bor-7 Please note that it explicitly says the image with the Su-27 on a rocket has no relation to the real appearance of the proposed interceptor. I would guess the actual design might resemble a Spiral / Bor-4 - or then not...
    • Tuomasn
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    • air defence cold war interceptor interceptors npo molniya soviet union space weapons strategic defence sub-orbital ussr
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  7. boxkite

    Chelomey / NPO Mashinostroyeniya LKS

    Maybe Chelomei’s space interceptor ... ? http://www.astronautix.com/craft/lks.htm
    • boxkite
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    • anti-satellite cccp chelomei bureau cold war npo mashinostroyenia soviet strategic missile troops soviet union space age space race space weapons strategic defence tskbm design bureau ussr
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  8. flateric

    Rockwell International MRCC (Multi Role Common Core) TAV

    From http://www.abo.fi/~mlindroo/SpaceLVs/Slides/sld054.htm "Two Rockwell TAV concepts from 1980. The Trans-Atmospheric Vehicle would have the capability to routinely cruise and maneuver into and out of the atmosphere -- either to gain rapid responsiveness for military low Earth orbit missions...
    • flateric
    • Thread
    • 1980s cold war fighter rockwell international space age space race space weapons strategic air command strategic bomber strategic defense initiative united states air force
    • Replies: 24
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  9. SOC

    US Navy Space Cruiser & DARPA/USAF Spaceplane Technology and Research (STAR)

    Found this one on the web, you all might find it to be some interesting reading: http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/reading_room/883.pdf Basically it's a 1983 report covering studies of a new manned spacecraft.
    • SOC
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    • 1980s anti-satellite cold war defense advanced research projects agency space weapons spaceplane strategic defense initiative u.s. navy united states united states air force united states navy usaf
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  10. A

    US Lifting Bodies Studies - START (ASSET/PRIME), FDL, X-24, etc.

    The lifting body program was one of the highlight of the NASA in the 60's. Various machines flew (HL-10, X-24, M2F series) This program only consisted of atmospheric tests...well, that's the "offcial" version But there's two mysteries - 1 Aparently, modified HL-10 were send into suborbital...
    • Archibald
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    • cold war nasa single-stage-to-orbit space age space plane space race space weapons ssto united states united states air force variable geometry
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    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
  11. Tuomasn

    Tupolev Tu-2000 & other VKS projects

    A thread for the Tupolev Tu-2000 aerospaceplane and also other VKS contenders. The Tu-2000A (first two pictures) was to be a 70-90 tonnes demonstrator of the actual SSTO spacecraft. The third pic shows a model that was displayed at the 1992 Mosaeroshow. I'm still not certain whether it's meant...
    • Tuomasn
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    • 1980s 1990s 2000s airliner cccp cold war hypersonic nuclear battlefield post-cold war russian federation single-stage-to-orbit soviet strategic missile troops soviet union space plane space weapons spaceplane ssto strategic bomber tupolev okb ussr
    • Replies: 56
    • Forum: Secret Space Projects
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