Category: Military
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HSwMS Göta Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship
Swedish Navy Coastal Defence Ship HSwMS Göta HSwMS Göta was one of three Svea class coastal defence ships built for the Swedish Navy during the late nineteenth century. Constructed at Lindholmens Mekaniska Verkstad in Gothenburg, she was launched in 1891 and completed the following year. Göta formed part of Sweden’s response to the rapidly changing… Read more
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Sukhoi Su-11 (1947)
Sukhoi Su-11 (1947) The 1946 Sukhoi Su-11 was an advanced iteration of early Soviet jet fighter design, developed by the bureau of Pavel Sukhoi as a follow-on to the Su-9. Conceived during a period of rapid technological transition, the aircraft embodied both incremental refinement and significant redesign as Soviet engineers grappled with the aerodynamic and… Read more
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Sukhoi Su-9 (1946)
Sukhoi Su-9 (1946) The Sukhoi Su-9 (1946) was an early postwar Soviet jet fighter prototype developed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau during the immediate aftermath of the Second World War. It should not be confused with the later supersonic interceptor of the same designation introduced in the late 1950s. The 1946 Su-9 belonged to the… Read more