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Voyager 2 is one of the greatest engineering achievements in history. Launched in 1977, it visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune before sailing on...
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Voyager 2 is one of the greatest engineering achievements in history. Launched in 1977, it visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune before sailing on...
What Made The A-7 Corsair II So Special? Merriam-Webster defines the word corsair as “PIRATE especially: a privateer of the Barbary Coast.” So then, when...
Nakajima B5N, Explained – Last year, I wrote a three-part series for 19FortyFive commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. One of...
The U.S. Navy retired its S-3 Viking fleet from active-duty service in 2016. However, NASA acquired one of these planes back in 2004
“Don’t give me McDonnell’s Voodoo./There’s nothing that she will not do./She’ll really pitch up, she’ll make you throw up,/Don’t give me McDonnell’s Voodoo.” Thus...
How has the T-72’s once-vaunted armor become so vulnerable? It boils down to the so-called “jack-in-the-box” design flaw.
Last year, On 18 September 2022, the United States Air Force proudly celebrated her 75th Birthday. Fast forward to 14 October 2022, and the 75th anniversary...
Whenever a reader asks me to write about a specific weapons system, I do my best to accommodate. With that in mind, one of...
There is no obvious use for nukes in the Ukraine war which is not vastly outweighed by the likely costs. Putin is reckless but...
Since the start of the Ukraine war in February of last year, there has been a regular current of alarmism and exaggeration among observers...
The XM25 could have been a game-changer for the US Army as a new platform to fire grenades. But sadly, for many reasons, the...