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  1. Skyraider3D

    TSR2: Hell-For-Leather

    Hell-For-Leather After their nuclear attack against a Soviet industrial target, the crew of this TSR2 dive back to the relative safety of supersonic low-level flight. With the bomber’s cover now broken, a “Shilka” self-propelled anti-aircraft gun is the first enemy unit to respond. As they...
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    • aerospace industry british aircraft corporation cold war early 1960s english electric company limited free fall nuclear bombs great britain late 1950s north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield raf bomber command raf germany raf strike command royal air force strategic bomber sub-strategic nuke tactical nuke tactical reconnaissance vickers-armstrongs world war iii
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    • Forum: User Artwork and Models
  2. Triton

    NATO vs Warsaw Pact naval war book recommendations

    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...
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    • 1980s cold war navy north atlantic treaty organisation nuclear battlefield warsaw pact world war iii
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    • Forum: Military
  3. flateric

    USAF ASD 1986 FUTURE STRATEGIC AERONAUTICAL MISSION ANALYSIS

    [1986]...mission analysis that was conducted by a large number of Air Force and industry organizations. The purpose was to formulate and understand the alternatives for future strategic aeronautical weapon systems and identify promising system concepts to follow those currently in the inventory...
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    • aeronautical systems division air force systems command boeing cold war hypersonic late 1980s lockheed mcdonnell douglas nuclear battlefield rockwell international rockwell space transportation systems division space weapons strategic air command strategic bomber strategic reconnaissance supersonic tactical nuke united states united states air force world war iii
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
  4. S

    Lockheed SR-71 / YF-12 Blackbird

    Just wondering if anyone knows what the tested maximum altitude and speed of the A-12/SR71 was? I contacted the USAF recently and they simply stuck to the published figures saying it flew at 85,000ft and could reach Mach 3.3. This doesn't seem to make sense as variants of the F-4, F-104 and...
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    • air defence air defense command central intelligence agency cold war elint interceptor lockheed nuclear battlefield photo-recce post-cold war remote sensing sr-71 strategic air command strategic defence strategic reconnaissance supersonic united states united states air force vietnam war world war iii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  5. P

    Strategic Weapons Launcher (SWL)

    ‘Strategic Weapons Launcher’ “SWL” 1n the late 1960’s and early 1970’s the US became very concerned about the growing accuracy of the Soviets new and future ICBM’s and SLBM’s. This accuracy would threaten the Strategic Air Commands (SACs) fixed ICBM silo fields in a ‘first strike’. The USAF...
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    • aerojet general air force systems command albm cold war early 1970s icbm late 1960s lockheed military airlift command minuteman i/b nuclear battlefield space and missile systems organization (usaf) strat-x strategic air command thiokol united states air force world war iii
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    • Forum: Secret Postwar Aircraft Projects
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