Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
This is the latest installment in my – and 19FortyFive’s – ongoing series on Red Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) ballistic missile capabilities. As...
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This is the latest installment in my – and 19FortyFive’s – ongoing series on Red Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) ballistic missile capabilities. As...
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...
Pity the poor MiG-23 “Flogger” jet fighter. Built to replace the older – as in 1955 vintage – MiG-21 Fishbed, and intended to contend...
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...
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,...
The German Heckler & Koch (HK) P7 9mm “squeeze-cocking” pistol is one of the most unique semiautomatic pistols ever made. Unique in a very...
ORSIS T-5000: Aahh, the wonderful world of sniper rifles. So many to choose from, so little time and money. As far as Western-made sniper...
Nazi Germany developed a massive tank that broke all the rules. There was just one problem – well, two: It was too big and...
Russia’s T-34 Tank, a History: In response to my recent 1945 articles on the ubiquitous Soviet-designed MiG-21 “Fishbed” and MiG-23 “Flogger” jet fighters, a couple...