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simulating reentry velocities and conditions with a three-stage solid-fuel Lockheed X-17.
A total of 26 X-17 flights were conducted until March 1957.
1958 Aug 27 -Launch Site USS Norton Sound Launch Complex
Argus 1
The Argus series were the only clandestine nuclear ever conducted by the United States.The rocket-launched nuclear warheads were set off at very high altitudes over the South Atlantic,1800 km south-west of Capetown,South Africa. The purpose was to determine the effects of nuclear tests explosions on the Earth’s
magnetic field and the impact to military radar, communications, satellites and ballistic missiles electronics. The earth’s magnetic field is not only off-axis from the earth,but also off centre from the earth’s core. This means the Van Allen Radiation belts are closest to the earth in the region known as the ‘South Atlantic Anomaly’.
Airbus Conducts New A400M Helicopter Air-To-Air Refueling Test Campaign
Airbus Conducts New A400M Helicopter Air-To-Air Refueling Test Campaign
The Airbus A400M performs a simultaneous refueling of two H225M Caracal helicopters. (Photo: Anthony Pecchi/Airbus)
The tests with the A400M involved the day and night refueling of two French Air Force H225M Caracals.
Airbus recently announced the successful completion of a new Helicopter Air-to-Air Refueling (HAAR) test campaign with the A400M four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. The aircraft is now getting closer to the full helicopter air-to-air refueling certification later this year, having completed the majority of its development and certification objectives.
NATO helped deter the Soviets, but Moscow also set up the Warsaw Pact in response.
Key point: NATO and the Warsaw Pact divided much of the world into two hostile, armed camps. How did the world avoid a catastrophe?
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed in 1949 to oppose Soviet expansionism in Western Europe. The end of the war saw the Soviet Union solidify its gains in Eastern Europe, garrisoning countries such as Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and East Germany. NATO was a direct response to the raising of what Winston Churchill deemed the “Iron Curtain.”
This article appeared earlier and is being republished due to reader interest.
By Craig Hoyle2021-03-01T14:50:00+00:00
Leonardo is confident of scoring new business for its BriteCloud air-launched active decoy technology, after recent tests involving unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), and with a capability trial pending for the US Air National Guard (ANG).
Deployed from a flare dispenser, BriteCloud presents a false target to draw an incoming radar-guided missile away from its release aircraft. The electronic warfare technology used is contained entirely within the decoy itself, removing the need for expensive platform integration work.
Source: Air National Guard
BriteCloud 218 will undergo capability trial with the F-16 for US Air National Guard
Leonardo in mid-February announced that its smallest, 218-format version of the decoy – which has dimensions of 2x1x8in – had been deployed from an “Airbus target drone” during a trial conducted for Germany’s defence ministry.