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D-30F11 aka Izdeliye 70

The PVO had bases all over the frontiers of USSR and they were ideally positioned to perform roles other than just strategic bomber interception by mid 1970s to mid 1980s We are going to limit our discussion to Su-9/11 Yak-28P Su-15 Tu-128/28 Other PVO assets like MiG-23/25/31 already were...

PARG-1VV - R-8R (AA-3 Anab) PARG-10VV - R-4R (AA-5 Ash) PARG-12VV - R-40R (AA-6 Acrid) PARG-13VV - R-3R (AA-2 Aphid) PARG-14VV - R-98 (AA-3 Anab) PARG-15VV - R-4MR AAM (AA-5 Ash) PARG-30VV - R-25 AAM (Sparrow copy - CW - abandoned). PARG-50VV - R-13MK AAM (combined SARH and IR seeker -...

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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...

Pretty simple, what if the Russians don't flip flop around with their 5th gen program and decide to keep developing the Mig 1.44? Would they have a 5th gen(ish) aircraft earlier? what would it's export potential be? how effective would it be? my 2 cents are It would be operational earlier that...

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...

Apparently the SR 71 was able to evade Soviet air defences simply because it travelled too fast. The reason I am interested in this is that there were proposals in 1960/61 for a British ramjet missile (OR 1182) which would fly at speeds in excess of M = 2 and at high altitude. A report was...

Would the history of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union have been different if Grigory Vasilyevech Romanov had been elected as Secretary General of the CPSU on March 11, 1985 rather than Mikhail Gorbachev? Thoughts?

Found a website sometime ago about a variant of the AN-2 that was designed to shoot down U.S. GENETRIX Spy balloons. It had a turbo or supercharger to fly at high altitude. A rear turret was added with a gun. Website had some great side views. Don't think it was ever built.

Hi! Any one has the 3-view drawing of this North American Vigilante mock up? This mock up is historically and technically very important because this is mother shape of MIG25,F-15 and FA-18,etc. And please show me the reason why North American chose single vertical tail stabilizer design.

Last month's DTI carried a blurb on the Mig-31 BM . the last line talked about the Mig-31 BM's ability to counter stealth cruise missiles and Hypersonics. In this context I propose to start a discussion as to how the Mig-31 BM may indeed accomplish the same.

Some time ago, I found this pics in http://legion.wplus.net. It was a soviet project for an AWACS based on a jet powered version of the Tu-114 airliner. In fact, it should be considered a jet powered Tu-126 "Moss" AWACS. Sadly, the page is in russian. Any aditional info (and drawings) should be...

Blackbird: Beyond the Secret Missions A classic book, full of fascinating details about the design and operations of the A-12, YF-12 and SR-71, with good material on peripheral matters like Soviet MiG-25 and MiG-31 and Swedish JA-37 interceptions. <a...

To my shame, this is the first time when I see La-250 in flight.

Hi, a little known aircraft to MiG : MiG-115: was a single-turboprop staggered and unbraced biplane utility aircraft. MiG-125: light business jet powered by two Williams-Rolls FJ-44 turbofans engines.

The 1968 decree authorised the development of 3 versions of the Ye-155M program, Ye-155MP interceptor, Ye-155MF frontal bomber and Ye-155MR reconnaissance. Ye-155MF frontal bomber...

Tupolev worked on a progressive series of designs from Tu-28 improvements to a wholly new VG design. Tu-28A with Vladimir Dobrynin's VD-19 engines (ancestor of the T-4's RD36-41). Tu-128A with MiG-25 style intakes.

Thread to discuss MiG-31 Avionics. Here's a pic showing the multicolour HUD... from Koku-Fan, October 1992.

This thread is for detailled studies of the Soviet derived command and control themes, doctrines, equipments, stations and so. I will post all the info I have about this soon, I would really like people to share opinions about this topic, one of the most under-researched topics about Soviet Air...