22:3222:32, 3 September 2023diffhist−279
Nikolai Kuznetsov (engineer)
Removed the very outdated claim that the NK-33 engine "... to this day has the highest thrust to weight ratio of any liquid fuel rocket engine ever produced". The source that is cited provides no sources for its claim. Data cited by Wikipedia shows clearly that the SpaceX Merlin, RD-276 and probably the SpaceX Raptor engines all have higher thrust/weight ratios than the NK-33.
21:3621:36, 22 January 2023diffhist0
Air-to-air missile
→History: Revised the entry in service year of Fireflash from 1955 to 1957, to match the info in the Fireflash Wikipedia page. Moved that sentence to follow the one on Sidewinder and Sparrow, as they entered service before Fireflash
03:2303:23, 10 August 2021diffhist+229
NK-15
→History: Revised original statement that all four N-1 launch failures were due to the NK-15. In fact, only the first two N-1 failures were due to the NK-15.
22:1222:12, 18 April 2020diffhist+184
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
→Design and development: Reworked details of the origin of SM-1 (I-340) to match the details in Belyakov, R. A. and Marmain, J. MiG 1939-1989. Paris, France: Editions Larivière, 1991. Belyakov was MiGs chief designer and had access to the archives, so he is a very credible source.
22:3222:32, 3 September 2023diffhist−279
Nikolai Kuznetsov (engineer)
Removed the very outdated claim that the NK-33 engine "... to this day has the highest thrust to weight ratio of any liquid fuel rocket engine ever produced". The source that is cited provides no sources for its claim. Data cited by Wikipedia shows clearly that the SpaceX Merlin, RD-276 and probably the SpaceX Raptor engines all have higher thrust/weight ratios than the NK-33.
21:3621:36, 22 January 2023diffhist0
Air-to-air missile
→History: Revised the entry in service year of Fireflash from 1955 to 1957, to match the info in the Fireflash Wikipedia page. Moved that sentence to follow the one on Sidewinder and Sparrow, as they entered service before Fireflash
03:2303:23, 10 August 2021diffhist+229
NK-15
→History: Revised original statement that all four N-1 launch failures were due to the NK-15. In fact, only the first two N-1 failures were due to the NK-15.
22:1222:12, 18 April 2020diffhist+184
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-19
→Design and development: Reworked details of the origin of SM-1 (I-340) to match the details in Belyakov, R. A. and Marmain, J. MiG 1939-1989. Paris, France: Editions Larivière, 1991. Belyakov was MiGs chief designer and had access to the archives, so he is a very credible source.