warsaw pact

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...

Also covers early nuclear policy. Has anyone heard of Project Sundial which was apparently a planned gigaton bomb parts of the project remain classified even now. https://play.acast.com/s/the-world-wars/tsarbomba-theuntoldstoryoftheworldsbiggestnuclearbomb

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...

If the Soviet Union had been run more pragmatically in the 70s like China was after Deng's modernisations and the Cold War had continued after 1989 one area of great interest would have been tanks. If the Soviet Union had been an active player in 1990 Saddam Hussein would not have invaded Kuwait...

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...

From L+K 1/1969, here is a single seat low-wing light aircraft Project,designed by Mr. Vlada Verner from Czech (as I think) and it was called W-1,it was mentioned in JAWA 1972/1973,but I am not sure if it was a Project or not.

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.

Hello gents, Just found this on the net, needless to say i was jawdropped. Like other such romanian projects, not much information is available. The IAR-318 (if that is the real name!) is an 1980s project, it uses the IAR-330 Puma's engines and drive train but it has a new fuselage. It is not...

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...

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...

http://ciar.org/ttk/mbt/armor/armor-magazine/armor-mag.1994.nd/6berlin94.pdf Thanks to G-AWZT over at MilitaryPhotos.net.

After the war, Ikarus, Zmaj and Rogožarski factories were heavily damaged due to the Axis bombardment in 1941 but also after the Allied bombings in 1944. Most of the equipment was also gone and around 1000 of the workers perished in war. Luckily, the designers and technicians managed to keep...

Hi, The Benes LD-605 was a transport glider prototype at Czechoslovakia in 1951,but it was never completed. Source; Air Enthusiast,1972 magazine.

Hi all, anybody know more about this czech aircraft? Thanks Maveric

Here are some pictures of postwar Letov designs I described at http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5788.msg87405.html#msg87405. All from Nĕmeček's book.

I was wondering if board members had book or paper recommendations of what a sea campaign between NATO and the Warsaw Pact might look like? Information on the strategy and tactics of the US Navy for example. Preferably, the second Cold War during the Thatcher and Reagan years of the 1980s. I...

Who has any materials information concerning Soltyk experimental/projects. From his LWD period: Szpak, Junak, , Zak, Zuch, Mis and Zuraw and later with the TS prefix: TS-7 Chwat, TS-15 Fregata, TS-17 Pelikan, TS-16 Grot and also other not mentioned experimental/projects. If you have any...

The "hovertank" is a staple of science fiction novels and board games, yet in the real world fans and skirts never seem to have supplanted wheels or tracks. Does anyone have any projects or prototypes to share on proposed land-based hovercraft? Cheers, Matthew