strategic defence

We’ll start with this story. Big step up. https://www.newsweek.com/japan-military-shootdown-authorization-china-drone-airspace-intrusion-2095346

June 26 1972 issue of Aviation Week & Space Technology is dedicated to ASD and its work.

Given that in the wake of Ukraines attack on Russian strategic bombers the topic came up several times in other threads, I figured it may be appropriate to dedicate a specific thread to the topic. The topic being the implications of widespread availability of drones and how they can be utilized...

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I just read the "top level budget proposal" linked here: https://spacenews.com/white-house-budget-proposal-would-phase-out-sls-and-orion-scale-back-iss-operations/ (it was suggested by Flyaway in post #98 of the thread White House may seek to slash NASA’s science budget by 50 percent). In the...

I have been reconsidering about the potential of Avro Arrow and its related Canadian made weapon systems After looking at its early cold war era background history for multiple times, I have come to this conclusion below: To be honest, it was really difficult to find an effective combat role...

Ever since the first Zeppelin raids in World War 1 the vulnerability of the civilian population of the UK to attack from the air has been a major factor in shaping our armed forces. The tile "Air Defence of Great Britain" comes from the organisation set up to meet the only air threat imagined in...

The U.S. Army was assigned in 2023 to lead the acquisition and execution plan for the Guam architecture, mention of Patriot, THAAD, SM-3, IFPC and the MRC/Typhon launcher for SM-6 & Tomahawk. Defense News August 20 "The Pentagon is shipping new pieces to Guam’s air-defense puzzle" interview...

Hardened shelters are not likely to be built quick olde fahioned HAS were extremely expenisve ,mostly due to blast doors , not the concrete canopy itself , first step would be just canopies to protect from satelite imageriy as ultimately Ukrainians can send UAVs only on designated targets. There...

Associated with McDonnell-Douglas' Long Range Interceptor (LRI) studies in 1954. Drawing is of the Model 111A weapons bay which could carry 3. Model Description Date Model 103A AIR TO AIR MISSILE CARRYING SPECIAL WARHEAD. 24000LB. THRUST MOTOR. LENGTH 110 INCHES. FIXED FINS. SOLID ROCKET...

Here's a somewhat thorough article about SAGE, the "Semi-Automatic Ground Environment" system co-ordinating air defense over North America from 1958, parts of it surviving operational up until the early 1980s...

I think we could open a new thread for the future US awac platform. I haven't found one. Introduction: U.S. Air Force Gen. Mark Kelly, Air Combat Command leader: https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/air-force-association/2021/09/06/four-questions-with-the-head-of-air-combat-command/

I heard rumors about and little bits of info on successors to the LRI-X interceptors that were hypersonic and had missiles with a range of 500 miles is there any info on them like blueprints and performance information?

I was always wondering why the radar antenna is not parallel to the fuselage (viewed from the side). Can someone elaborate the reason? BR Michael

Su-27SK Datalink Info Operation of equipment for receiving guidance commands and active response 11G6. On-board equipment is designed to receive control commands transmitted from the point of guidance and transmission of flight information at ranges of up to 400 km in direct visibility when...

Request for a pure research machine April '49. May '50 ordered prototypes. ER.100 Contract placed October ER.103 Gannet Superpriority delayed work. construction summer 1952. First flight 28 Oct 1955. Assuming a supersonic fighter is produced based on this research.

Just starting a generic thread here to discuss possibilities and programs. Saw the following in an AvWeek article: "These include a new family of interceptor missiles called SkyFire proposed by Raytheon; hypervelocity projectiles designed by General Atomics, Boeing and BAE Systems; a laser gun...

http://tucson.com/business/local/raytheon-multi-kill-interceptor-reaches-milestone/article_4dc23d66-2f5a-5782-b955-36aa0e4c4e74.html

This document has already been referenced in this forum, but I will include the link anyway because it is a very concise summary of the Air Force's search for a truly new advanced fighter: Lyons, Major Robert P. Jr. (3 April 1986) "The Search for an Advanced Fighter: A History from the XF-108...

Interesting article on what happened to the Sea-Based X-Band Radar, and three other missile defense projects... http://graphics.latimes.com/missile-defense/ Ted