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2ndclasscitizen posted:Ok, what the hell are these? First one is a Payen Katy, early jet-age experimental plane, second one is Leduc 0.22, prototype ramjet interceptor. One more:  Trident, prototype jet/rocket interceptor.
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iyaayas01 posted:All of those are wacky, but jesus that second one looks like something seriously out of the Thunderbirds. Fabulous, isn't it? Look it dem cockpit:  There was a room for a man inside 
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Baconroll posted:One interesting bit of Cold War (though in this case it was hot war) trivia - When the British ship HMS Sheffield was sunk by the Argentinians in the Falklands war it was carrying nuclear weapons. These were subsequently recovered from the sunken wreck after the war. You sure about that? I didn't think Royal Navy had nukes other than those on SSBNs and on carriers. Was Seadart ever nuclear-capable?
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Plinkey posted:I don't think that the jets do that.  
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Dead Reckoning posted:Mach 3+ stores separation testing would have been something to see. Knock yourself out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYKbPPRFE6o I'm not sure if this is the same test mentioned here, but YF-12 did fire AIM-47 at mach 3.2. "sr-71.org posted:YF-12 Timeline:
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xthetenth posted:Random weird question. Wasn't there a SEAD version of one of the Falcon missiles? Did any of those wacky people in SAC get the idea to put a nuke on one? Yep. Also, what is crazier than SR-71 interceptor variant? B-70 Valkyrie interceptor variant! 
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TheFluff posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUVsyEiACx4  STARBUTT (yeah, I guess it means something else in swedish, but STARBUTT) Gervasius fucked around with this message at 05:50 on Nov 20, 2014 |
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xthetenth posted:Weren't the Brits making operational use of AEW planes with a radar designed during WWII in the 70s or 80s? Shackletons with APS-20s (same radar as TBM-3W) were retired from RAF service in 1991.
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TheFluff posted:
It's a Kh-31, Sunburns are a lot larger.
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B4Ctom1 posted:Ok, who lost this? China, I guess. Looks like CH-3. What are those doing in Iraq? 
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simplefish posted:*Nigeria Oh, I forgot that Iraq and Ukraine aren't only active war zones with fairly modern hardware flying around.
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Red Crown posted:You can get your own SA-6 TEL for $8350, evidently complete with dummy missiles IDEAL FOR PASSENGER TRANSPORT. TAKE YOUR FAMILY FOR A RIDE. Honey, pack up the kids in the ole' Gainful, we're going on a field trip.
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If I were some libertarian hillbilly, I'd put this on my front lawn to intimidate police helicopters.
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Cippalippus posted:A lot of people in Europe don't want armed forces at all. But say, Italian air force has access to nukes? This is something that never gets mentioned in the media, how does that work? Basically, you have american nuclear weapon loaded on Italian air force Starfighter, with two keys that must be used to arm the weapon. Italian officer has one key, USAF officer has the other.
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Speaking of Hustlers with different engines:
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Flikken posted:Someone post cool pictures of airplanes quick!  
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Heliosicle posted:
Top one is Myasishchev M-55 Geofizika and the bottom one is MiG-105.
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Delivery McGee posted:Speaking of ... goofy-looking ... planes...  Blinder had a nice lines and then they went and did... that. Ugh. PYF ugly variant of otherwise pretty plane.
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StandardVC10 posted:Maybe the Dassault Mirage IIIV? I honestly forget how many engines that had. Nine (Also, if you have the chance go visit Le Bourget museum)
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Also looks like a single-engined smaller Rafale, which rings a few bells.
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Airplane!
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mlmp08 posted:lol at putting the Air Force song lyrics in this graphic Pew Pew Pew?
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Nebakenezzer posted:Don't the French have any AA tanks? They have some truck-mounted Mistrals and tracked Crotale launchers.
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Forums Terrorist posted:According to the Soviet evaluation of the F-5 versus the MiG-21bis and -23M, the F-5 was superior in a turn fight at least.  Can a MiG-21 variant fly into space? Because there was a T-38 space trainer proposal for potential DynaSoar crews. http://ghostmodeler.blogspot.hr/2012/09/talons-in-space-northrops-n-205-proposal.html
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mlmp08 posted:There's really no way to look at that without shattering your tables, but it's worth it, just expand that poo poo. Are J-8s really that massive?
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Speaking of squadron patches, I quite like new croatian AF 93. helicopter squadron patch: Because we got 16 new OH-58Ds, courtesy of Uncle Sam.
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aphid_licker posted:
Ridleux, a eu toutes les Beemans?
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Isn't cockpit visibility one of the things F-35 got right? A & C variants at least.
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Jago posted:But isn't nearly all of the shockwave in front of the guns? I mean yeah hearing protection, but it wouldn't level you. Secondaries firing.
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B4Ctom1 posted:Oh man, I can only imagine how that would go. You fire the missile, and the rocket motor durationally fails, the missile never gets the up to speed, the turbofan housing covers pop off just before it hits the water without the turbofan ever firing up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77j4GEZVNWA
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Ukranian Flanker pilots doing dumb poo poo at airshows? What could possibly go wrong? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPtYo7pYUyY
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MikeCrotch posted:we can sell you a few ALARMs You can't since you don't have them anymore 
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timma85 posted:I imagine they do it the same as how the military handles soldier that step on larger mines or ieds. Collect all the pieces, throw it in a body bag, and then have a closed casket ceremony with a casket significantly lighter then it should be. Eh Russians had an open casket ceremony for Vladimir Komarov. Can't get any more ghoulish than that.  http://i.imgur.com/nI20jCD.jpg
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Also, easier maintenance I guess. Doing work on Tu-22 engines must have been hell with them mounted on the top of the aircraft.
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Deptfordx posted:fake Tigers They are called "WZ-10s".
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Would something like Otomatic/Draco be a more affordable solution? Decent range, is a big gun so not as blindingly expensive to use, can fire guided rounds if needed. I guess there's some massive drawback to such systems that I'm not aware of.
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Dandywalken posted:Can the F-22 carry the 120D internally? Or is it too large? Seems clipped to me. 
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No love for nuclear ballistic missile submarine Terrible ? Also, I love the fact that Royal Navy and MN both have SSBNs named Vigilant in active service.
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