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On October 21, 1970, a U-8 Seminole carrying two US generals disappeared over NE Turkey, then strayed into Soviet airspace and eventually landed in Armenia. The incident is elaborated on several websites, including the State. https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1969-76v13/d20...

To kick things off, a good overview video based upon current Ukraine findings: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-N3GGzuO0w

I honestly tried to put it into "Fictional warships in movies" thread, but it just refused to work with images at all. If moderators would be able to move this thread into proper place, I would be grateful. So the 1939 Soviet war movie "Moryaki" (rus. Sailors). The movie itself is rather...

Putting this in his flying failures series of videos seems a bit harsh, especially in comparison to some of the other aircraft he’s featured in this line of videos. And that description certainly doesn’t seem to match what he actually says in the video. View: https://youtu.be/9UmFyakP0CQ

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Hello! I was wondering what information there is about the CRT screens in the Buran orbiters, or even if they were even functional

Documentary film for the 30th anniversary of VNIITransmash, 1979.In 1966, VNIITransmash-100 was reorganized into the All-Union Scientific Research Institute of Transport Engineering (VNIITM).Research and testing of the T-64A tank's powertrain with the 5TDF engine. Experimental T-64 tank with a...

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I've seen several sites claim that in 1956, the USSR tried to provide the R-2 missile with an RDS-4 fission warhead. The words experimented and tested are used, but I've never seen any photo, diagram, or a sourced history of this brief project and I'd love to know more. Testing this warhead on...

The harbour/port is dredged/demined and Giulio Cesare/Novorossiysk is not sunk. What do the Soviet union do with her?

hesham mentioned that he was considering creating a Bolkhovitinov designations list. So, I thought I'd make a start with my list. I'm sure there are plenty to add ... Aircraft Projects of Viktor Fyodorovich Bolkhovitinov Bolkhovitinov BDD - (Project) 1936 high-speed heavy bomber - BDD : More...

https://www.russianspaceweb.com/dals.html I am curious if any hardware for the DALS, the planned N1/L3 missions scientific equipment was produced or tested. I am also unaware of any scientific equipment that was specific to the fourth unlaunched Lunokhod (Lunokhod 3).

In my files this text, Trying to solve the problem of improving the air-to-ground performance of supersonic aircraft, several domestic design bureaus began working on projects for aircraft with additional lift engines. As a result, in the second half of the 1960s, a number of projects and...

The 9M24 Reseda was a project for a small tactical nuke, roughly analogous to the Davy Crockett. I can't seem to find a diagram of its intended artillery vehicle, a BTR-60 chassis fitted with 2 launchers. https://en.topwar.ru/4522-yadernaya-artilleriya-sssr.html...

https://deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nns/999/list.htm https://deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nbrs/667AM/list.htm https://deepstorm.ru/DeepStorm.files/45-92/nbrs/667AM/k140/k140.htm https://nuke.fas.org/guide/russia/slbm/r-31.htm...

Afternoon all, I'm currently doing some research and have seen a few documents refer that China, after the end of the Second World War, received a small number of IS-3's from the USSR/Russia. Considering the fact I have never seen an image of this, I assume it was very limited (if at all) for...

What if Soviets acquired mirage V via Libya by early 70s and reverse engineered it and produced a ground attack fighter that can be used to fill numbers with VVS and also exported to Soviet client states Pros are Simple design and avionics That should be easily replicated by Soviets , and offer...

The world-famous RKIIGA (Riga Red Banner Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers) will celebrate its 106th anniversary in May 2025. Its history started in 1919 when the School of Aviation Mechanics was opened in Kyiv, which later continued its work in Riga. The institute changed names several...

Part 1 - December 1969 to August 1972 In 1965, the technical research department at OKB-51 Sukhoi received the first information about the start of development of a prospective tactical fighter programme for the US Air Force from US periodicals. No specific details were published of what its...