Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
When It Came to the SR-71 Blackbird, No Record Was Safe: You love the SR-71 Blackbird for its sleek lines, intimidating black color, and...
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When It Came to the SR-71 Blackbird, No Record Was Safe: You love the SR-71 Blackbird for its sleek lines, intimidating black color, and...
The U.S.-made A-1H Skyraider was a single-engine propeller-driven warplane. It looked woefully obsolescent in the Jet Age, yet it served ably during the hot...
The American-made B-36 Peacemaker strategic bomber was the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built, thereby rightfully earning its place as one of the exhibits...
What’s undisputed is the fact that the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane (AKA the “Habu” in honor of a highly venomous pit viper [scientific...
Accidents are an unfortunate fact of life, stemming from the inherently flawed nature of human beings (Homo sapiens), and therefore they afflict even the...
Accidents are an unfortunate fact of life, stemming from the imperfect nature of human beings, and therefore they afflict even the best manmade objects,...
As the United States once again prioritizes long-range, survivable strike and reconnaissance platforms, much of the focus has shifted to future systems like hypersonic...
SR-71 Blackbird pilots David Peters and Ed Bethart left Okinawa on a Saturday morning, flying at Mach 3. When they landed in California five...
Twenty-three Russian sailors survived the explosion that sank the Oscar-class nuclear submarine Kursk and waited at the bottom of the Barents Sea for a...
The SR-71 Blackbird was the fastest plane ever built, but it was never allowed to carry a weapon. Lockheed wanted to change that —...