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De Havilland Mosquito: How good was it? To most Westerners, the mosquito is a blood-sucking insect that’s merely an annoying pest. But in some parts...
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De Havilland Mosquito: How good was it? To most Westerners, the mosquito is a blood-sucking insect that’s merely an annoying pest. But in some parts...
While attending the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s (VOC) annual China Forum in Washington, DC, two weeks ago, one of the guest speakers inspired...
The Soviet Communist system by its very nature eschewed entrepreneurialism. However, even under the dark days of Joseph Stalin, inventiveness and creative thinking could...
Pity the poor MiG-23 “Flogger” jet fighter. Built to replace the older – as in 1955 vintage – MiG-21 Fishbed, and intended to contend...
“Den carry me back to ole Virginny/To ole Virginny shore,/Oh, carry me back to ole Virginny,/To ole Virginny shore.” Thus goes the chorus to...
Earlier this year, we told you the story of the U.S. Navy’s Seawolf-class submarines. Only three of those subs were built, thanks to the...
Many Glock models use mainstream calibers and similarities in design. The Glock 38 .45 GAP is different. This gun uses a caliber that’s non-mainstream...
Aahh, the dear old SR-71 Blackbird, subject of my first-ever article for 19FortyFive. Arguably the crowning achievement of aerospace engineering genius Clarence “Kelly” Johnson...
“Strike Eagle, Strike Eagle, they call me by name/I bombed the hell outta Goldwater Range…” So begins the song that Dick Jonas—Vietnam War fighter...
Without a doubt, two of the most significant submachine guns (SMGs) of the Cold War era are the Israeli-made Uzi and the American-made M-10,...