Trying to find the earliest year the MiG-21 received the SPS-141 ECM pod, and ASO-2 chaff/flare dispensers.
First, for the SPS-141 there is the only the vague 1970s period usually mentioned online. But is there info as to what year exactly did the SPS-141 (SM-1 or SPS-141-100?) became...
The 'Massive Retaliation' era ~1957-1967 appears to have skewed Defence Projects and Procurement compared to what occurred previously and what occurred in the 'Flexible Response' era where conventional forces were given much greater priority compared to nuclear forces. This made me think that if...
cold war
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
soviet union
sub-strategic nuke
tactical nuke
united states
warsawpact
west germany
western europe
world war iii
Hi,
project of the Praga cargo aircraft from 1947. This type has no numerical designation on the original drawing.
Engine: 2* Walter M-446 600 hp, wingspan: 25 m, length: 14,3 m, height: 4,9 m.
Other technical data were not preserved...
Source: Aviation archive NTM Prague
The possibility of the UK avoiding the 1965 aircraft cancellations has been discussed ad nauseam. I don't propose to get into it here - assume a collective delusion of the UK government, the discovery of a massive gold deposit, or intervention from extra-terrestrial intelligences, as you see...
alternate history
cold war
eastern bloc
fleet air arm
great britain
late 1960s
north atlantic treaty organisation
royal air force
royal navy
warsawpact
western europe
wilson government
Just came across Operation Downfall, and was pondering. What might be the political situation that would warrant the plan coming to fruition? What projects would be pursued and put into production, and what wouldn't? Who would win the war?
Perhaps the 3rd world war would be caused by a...
1948
alternate history
baor
cold war
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
post-world war ii
soviet union
special forces
stay behind troops
stay-behind
ussr
warsawpact
west germany
world war iii
I have a question although not dealing with warships. End 1950s-1960s the Warnow Werft, Rostock, East Germany intended to built a nucelar-propelled cargoship/freighter to be completed by 1965; the decision for the project dat from 19 November 1957. In 2023 professor-ing. Franz Spychala held in...
Here is a recap of all IS- and SWD- designations. For each I have provided a link to a Polish page whenever possible (many other pages exist, notably Wikipedia). The IS- series stopped with IS-7, which became the SWD-7. Apparently the SWD-6X was previously designated IS-6X, but that designation...
https://www.defenseromania.ro/ultimele-zboruri-ale-mig-21-lancer-ale-romaniei-toate-drumurile-duc-la-bacau-zboruri-simultane-catre-bacau-ultima-misiune-a-mig-21_622607.html
It was suposed at the end of the nineties to be an interim solution. Still, 20 years later, they still serve.
View...
2024
armata republicii socialiste românia
cold war
cold war ii
comandamentul apararii antiaeriene a teritoriului
early 21st century
forțele aeriene
forțele aeriene române
late 20th century
post-cold war
romanian air force
romanian people's republic
socialist republic of romania
warsawpact
Hi.
Im looking for photos of Polish SKOT variants:
SKOT 1A (SKOT S-260-1), with SPG-9
SKOT 2A (SKOT S-260-2A), with SPG-9
SKOT 2AM (SKOT S-260-2AM), with 2x 9M14
HM-45 tank.
It was a deep modernisation of the T-54 and T-55 tanks proposed by the Polish industry in the second half of the 1970s - comparable to the PT-91 (compared to the T-72) in terms of the scope of changes.
It was abandoned by the Ministry of National Defence in favour of the USSR...
In a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting on 15 May 1972, five days after the start of the Linebacker I, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Admiral Thomas Moorer said North Vietnam introduced a new mobile SAM, the SA-4 Ganef...
1972
air defence
battlefield air defence
cold war
democratic republic of vietnam
early 1970s
eastern bloc
north vietnam
north vietnamese army
people's army of vietnam
soviet union
spaam
surface-to-air missile
vietnam war
warsawpact
i found cute looking aircrafts that were small military planes that some were built some were projects only and here they are:
the first one is the fouga cm195: was a 1950s franco-spanish light bomber/attack (based off the fouga cm170 trainer) made in france designed by spanish...
This thread is organized by ship type when information is available, and includes general plans when unavailable. It starts with Destroyer plans, moves to Battleship plans, then to Cruiser plans, and finally to Aircraft Carrier plans, followed by lists of various war demands and fleet building...
Ok, this is a scenario I've been working on for a while now, so I'd like to hear other peoples' thoughts on it. It has some plot devices though (the Soviet Union not completely falling apart, Bush restarting the Cold War, etc), but I think it's realistic enough to seem sane from a glance.
In...
1990s
alternate history
cold war
great britain
late 1980s
north atlantic treaty organisation
nuclear battlefield
nuclear powered vessels
royal navy
soviet navy
soviet union
strategic defense initiative
united states
united states navy
warsawpact
The Mi8 Hip Prototype made its first flight on June 24th 1961 (images courtesy Of Russian Helicopters JSC)
So over the years it’s been a pleasure to see either Mi8 or M17 so here are my photos from likes of Farnborough 2016, Heli-Russia 2017, Dubai Air Show 2017 and Austrian Airpower 2019...
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...
Hi,
the VZLU (Výzkumný a zkušební letecký ústav) or Czech Aerospace Research Centre was formed in 1922,as a
military aeronautical research institute,later I will talk about its aircraft and Projects.
cold war
czech republic
czechoslovak socialist republic
czechoslovakia
first czechoslovak republic
interwar period
post-cold war
second czechoslovak republic
warsawpact
Hello there, long time lurker, first time poster as they say, so my first post is a spot of a challenge.
The Cold War instead of ending when it did thanks to Mr Gorbachev being a realist, has continued through to 18th October 2012, NATO forces are now in the process of being reduced, so think...
1990s
2000s
alternate history
cold war
early 2010s
great britain
north atlantic treaty organisation
soviet union
united states
warsawpact
western europe
what-if
Does anyone have any information about the East German T-55 modernization called NAL NRD?
NAL NRD means "Narodowa Armia Ludowa Niemieckiej Republiki Demokratycznej" which is a full Polish name for the armed forces of the former DDR. Could it have been a joint project? Or is it just fiction...
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