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Dayglo B47 Stratojet at Monthan
Tom Baillie © 10 September 1968
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Tupolev Tu-16 fotografiado en los años de la guerra fria…
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c86:
Convair advertisement, 1953
via Paul Malon
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The amazing Sukhoi T-4 bomber, the Soviet Union’s answer to the North American XB-70A Valkyrie
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Abandoned Russian Submarine Base | Balaklava, Crimean peninsula
The base remained operational after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 until 1993 when the decommissioning process started. In 1996, the last Russian submarine left the base, which is now open to the public for guided tours.
Source: howtobearetronaut.com
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“The Dornier Do 31 E3 VSTOL aircraft. At the beginning of the 1960’s NATO asked for a military short take-off and landing battlefield zone aircraft, which should operate independently of runways but from fast prepared small fields” (via)
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North American XB-70A Valkyrie in flight with wings drooped to 65 percent position. (U.S. Air Force photo)
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Source: scanzen
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Duck And Cover!
Newsweek August 24, 1953
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The zero length launch system or zero length take-off system was a system whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft were intended to be placed upon rockets attached to mobile launch platforms. Most zero length launch experiments took place in the 1950s, during the Cold War.
Source: Wikipedia
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Cowboy Meets the Convair - Andrews AFB - 1953
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Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 jet fighter.
Source: Flickr / johnmford
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