German Radio-Controlled Glide Bomb Hs 293 The Glide #Bomb which was nick-named “Chase-me-Charlie” was dropped from airplanes and used against ships. It was guided by a #Radio Signal, controlled through a Joystick The Hs 293 had no effect om the outcome of the war at sea. #WWII

Sary Shagan (Kazakhstan) Launch Complex B for Long-Range ABM Systems: V-1000; A-350 and 51T6 "Gorgon". The latter was last tested from here in October 2002. The Picture is from 2012. Map from #CIA ‘#Antimissile Complex Sary Shagan, #USSR’, April 1961. #Soviet #Russia

Xmas Train from Copenhagen Central Station.

Peenemünde East, Prüfstand IX Workshop - View from the Road to the Front of the Former Prüfstand IX Workshop. #Nazi #Missile #Rocket #Peenemuende #flickr flic.kr/p/2poWxCT

Peenemünde East, Prüfstand IX Workshop #Nazi #Missile #Rocket #Peenemuende #V2 #flickr flic.kr/p/2pqUJJg

#Ängelholm Aviation Museum The JAS 39 #Gripen (Griffin) is a light single-engine supersonic multirole #fighter #aircraft manufactured by #Saab AB. Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with fly-by-wire controls. As of 2020, more than 271 Gripens have been delivered.

Khodynka Aerodrome (opened 1910, closed 2003) was the first airport in #Moscow. From 1923 to 1926 it was named "Central L. D. Trotsky Aerodrome" and then became "Central M. V. Frunze Aerodrome". It housed a number of stored #aircraft from #Sukhoi and Mikoyan-Gurevich (#MiG).

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Kan du huske, hvornår du kom på X? Det kan jeg! #MinTwitterÅrsdag

The 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗼𝗺𝗯’s (SDB) key features include its small size (increased payload on aircraft), and its precision guidance system, typically GPS or inertial navigation systems combined with laser or infrared homing for terminal guidance. #bomb #guided

Méry-sur-Oise “Frontlager 1401” In late 1942, the Hennocque Quarry at Méry-sur-Oise was selected for #V2 storage, designated “Frontlager 1401”. The Quarry was developed into a Subterranean Rail Station. The project ended by bombings on July 5, Aug. 2 and 3, 1944. #WWII #Nazi

Total #Eclipse of the Sun, April 08, 2024, Greenville TX

The #B1 #Bomber “Star of Abilene” exhibited at the #Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Texts are from the Dyess Exhibition.

𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙈𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙨: Schwere Artillerie-Abteilung 485 Set up Nov 17, ‘43 as a mot. div. to launch #V2' s with 3 batteries and 3 fuel columns. From Aug '44 485th Art. Reg. Photos of 4 launch pads at Heek, #WWII #Rocket

RUSSIAN NIP-16 Deep Space Communications Center North, at #Vitino, #Crimea. #Yevpatoria NIP-16 in Yevpatoria included two sites located 10 kilometers apart: the receiving station at Site 1, near the village Vitino, and a transmitting station at Site 2, near the village Uyutnoe.

The R-12 was a Soviet theatre ballistic #missile during the Cold War. NATO designation was SS-4 Sandal. The R-12 was a threat to Western Europe and deployments of R-12’s to Cuba caused the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. Iran’s Shahab-4 is likely an offshoot of the R-12. #Ukraine

Pleiades (no Shooting Stars), Northern Light & Milky Way, from Nyord, Moen, Denmark on the night 12-13 August. #Pleiades #Milkyway #Northernlight

A “Supermoon” is when the Moon is at its closest point to Earth and also a full moon. A seasonal blue moon is four full moons one season instead of three. The third moon in this lineup is a blue moon. On Aug. 19 a seasonal blue super moon occurred. #supermoon #bluesupermoon

In Jonastal, Thüringen, Buchenwald ‘Häftlinge’ secretly dug 25 tunnels, commanded by SS General Hans Kammler. The site was abandoned at end of #WWII. Possible construction purposes: (a) Final HQ for the #Führer Adolf #Hitler, (b) Military comm post (c) V-2 production facility.

Partial #Lunar #Eclipse, September 18, 2024. View from Gülser Eisenbahnbrücke, Koblenz, Germany.