The installation was America’s nuclear arsenal in the event of an atomic war with the Soviet Union. Nuclear-armed bombers and submarines used speed, countermeasures, and stealth to ensure their survival…
A lot of countries and individuals are sanctioned by the international community, but its not often we see the effects of international sanctions while that country is actively engaged in…
One of the unintended consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been the insane development of cheap but effective weapons that have been decimating Russia’s invasion force. The Ukrainian battlefields…
What’s the fastest fighter jet in the world? If you’re thinking F-15, F-22, or F-35, or even the Su-57, then go back and read the headline – there is a…
The Lockheed P-3 Orion served as the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare aircraft for most of the Cold War. In service since 1962, the turboprop plane was getting long in the tooth…
Rockets are adaptable weapons that can perform a variety of roles on the modern battlefield and in other wars centuries before. Artillery can be traced back to ancient China when the…
There’s nothing new about the military and its strange experiments. Years after the fact we are still hearing about their countless attempts and new and outrageous tactics, most of which…
On March 27, 1945, Germans launched their remaining V-2 missiles in a last-ditch attack against the Allies. German scientists had been developing a long-range missile since the 1930s. At that…
The distinctive design of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 is most commonly associated with the Vietnam War. But when Operation Desert Storm launched in February 1991, the Air Force needed an…
In the largest air strike of Desert Storm, 72 U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons took off from the Persian Gulf to refuel over northern Saudi Arabia. Their target was…