INTERCONAIR AVIATION & MARINE NOV 67 P-3 ORION_WW2 USN TBF_DLG_INS
EILAT_YAK-40_DRAGON ATGM
ITALIAN TITLE “AVIAZIONE
MARINA” INTERCONAIR
ITALIAN LANGUAGE
MAGAZINE
LOCKHEED P-3 ORION
VP USN MPA
WW2 GRUMMAN TBF
TBM AVENGER TORPEDO BOMBER USN VT (includes COLOR PHOTO GALLERY)
YAKOVLEV YAK-40
JET
McDONNELL DRAGON
ATGM ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILE SYSTEM
GENERAL ELECTRIC
GE-4 / J-5 JET ENGINE
SOVIET AIR FORCE
MIKOYAN MIG-21 IN SWEDEN (includes COLOR PHOTO GALLERY)
RUSSIAN WEAPONS IN
THE MIDDLE EAST (T-55 MBT, Su-57-2 57mm SPAAG, BTR-60P, BTR-50, SA-2 GUIDELINE
SAM, GAZ-69 “SNAPPER”, ZPU-2 AA GUN)
VOITH-SCHNEIDER
CYCLOID PROPELLERS
US NAVY DLG GUIDED
MISSILE DESTROYERS (USS TRUXTUN, COONTZ-CLASS, LEAHY-CLASS, BAINBRIDGE-CLASS,
BELKNAP-CLASS)
ROYAL NORWEGIAN
NAVY (OSO-CLASS FRIGATES, KOBBEN-CLASS SUBMARINES, RAPP, TJELD, STORM,
MINELAYERS AND MINESWEEPERS)
THE CZAR’S
SUBMARINES RUSSIA
GENERAL DYNAMICS
SKIP-1 HOVERCRAFT
VAN SPEIJK-CLASS
A690 GODETIA
HAWKER P.1127 VTOL
HARRIER CONCEPT
DESTRUCTION OF THE
ISRAELI NAVY DESTROYER ELATH EILAT - Eilat
was sunk on 21 October 1967 in Mediterranean international waters off Port Said
in the Sinai, hit by three Soviet-made Styx missiles launched by Egyptian
missile boats. An Egyptian Komar-class missile boat positioned within the
harbour at Port Said fired two missiles at the Israeli destroyer. Eilat's radar
did not reveal any suspicious activity or movements because the Egyptians
launched the missiles from within the port. Eilat's captain ordered evasive
action when the missiles were detected, but the first missile hit the ship just
above the waterline at 5:32 p.m. Two minutes later the second missile struck,
causing additional casualties. While Eilat began to list heavily, the crew
tended to the wounded and engaged in rescue and repair operations while waiting
for additional ships of the Israeli Navy to come to their rescue. But around an
hour later another Egyptian Komar-class missile boat from Port Said harbour
fired two more Styx missiles at Eilat. The third missile hit Eilat amidships,
causing more damage and further fires, while the fourth went astray and crashed
in the water nearby. Eilat sank about two minutes later. Out of a crew of 199,
47 were killed and more than a hundred were wounded.
CARABINIERE - The Alpino class were a group of
two frigates built for the Italian Navy during the Cold War. The design was originally conceived as an
enlarged version of the Canopo-class frigates. The design was however changed
radically with a CODOG machinery suite comprising gas turbines and diesels.
These ships introduced the use of ship-based helicopters and variable depth
sonar into the Italian Navy. The ships
underwent significant modernization in the 1980s with the fitting of new sonar
and electronic warfare equipment. Initially
four ships were planned to be ordered in 1959 to 1961. These ships were to be
named Circe, Climene, Perseo and Polluce in honour of the World War II-era
Spica-class torpedo boats of those names. These ships were postponed while the
designs were updated and two ships were ordered in 1962. Both vessels were built
by CNR in Riva Trigoso and named after types of soldiers and specifically after
two World War II Soldati-class destroyers.
