October 2026

USS Saratoga of the Forrestal-Class Aircraft Carriers

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1,000-Pound Bombs Made in 1953 Turned a 75,000-Ton US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal Fire Into a Catastrophe. 7 of the Korean War-Era Bombs Were Among the First to Detonate

Korean War-era 1,000-pound bombs with weakened casings cooked off within minutes, and crews fighting with water spread the burning fuel. The aircraft carrier USS...

Brandon WeichertOctober 1, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Began Building Its $22,000,000,000 Constellation Frigate at 87% of the Blueprints. A Year After Killing It, the Navy Is Buying a Coast Guard Cutter

Canceled last November after a 20-ship, $22 billion plan collapsed, the frigate is being replaced by an upgraded Coast Guard Legend-class cutter. HII has...

Brandon WeichertOctober 1, 2026

USS Enterprise Nuclear Aircraft Carrier US Navy

Aerospace & Defense

A Rack of 500-Pound Bombs Blew a 22-by-18-Foot Hole in Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Beside a Tanker Holding 6,000 Gallons of Jet Fuel. She Was Back at Sea the Same Year

The USS Enterprise aircraft carrier fire burned more than three hours 70 miles from Pearl Harbor and knocked out the ship's own firefighting gear....

Brandon WeichertOctober 1, 2026

StG44 Assault Rifle. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: 550 Rounds a Minute, a 30-Round Magazine, 400 Meters, 10.5 Pounds. The Germans Got Every Number Right on the StG-44 in 1944 Except the Last One.

The 7.92x33mm Kurz was the Mauser case chopped to 33 millimeters — enough reach for the fights soldiers were actually in, light enough to...

Steve BalestrieriOctober 1, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Needed a New Stealth Fighter Badly to Compete with China: The New Boeing F/A-XX Is One Massive Upgrade

Technical details are classified and Boeing's own image is likely provisional, but the F/A-XX jet is expected to shed the tail fins of the...

Caleb LarsonOctober 1, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

Raid the Museum: The NASA SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 Comeback Is Going to Need What Looks Like a Minor Miracle to Get Off the Ground

Its cavities may be packed with sand and water, its engines have sat for 30-plus years, and the spare parts were disposed of in...

Caleb LarsonOctober 1, 2026

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1,000-Pound Bombs Made in 1953 Turned a 75,000-Ton US Navy Aircraft Carrier USS Forrestal Fire Into a Catastrophe. 7 of the Korean War-Era Bombs Were Among the First to Detonate

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Began Building Its $22,000,000,000 Constellation Frigate at 87% of the Blueprints. A Year After Killing It, the Navy Is Buying a Coast Guard Cutter

Aerospace & Defense

A Rack of 500-Pound Bombs Blew a 22-by-18-Foot Hole in Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS Enterprise Beside a Tanker Holding 6,000 Gallons of Jet Fuel. She Was Back at Sea the Same Year

Aerospace & Defense

I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: 550 Rounds a Minute, a 30-Round Magazine, 400 Meters, 10.5 Pounds. The Germans Got Every Number Right on the StG-44 in 1944 Except the Last One.

Aerospace & Defense

The US Navy Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Needed a New Stealth Fighter Badly to Compete with China: The New Boeing F/A-XX Is One Massive Upgrade

Aerospace & Defense

Raid the Museum: The NASA SR-71 Blackbird Mach 3 Comeback Is Going to Need What Looks Like a Minor Miracle to Get Off the Ground

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