Aerospace & Defense
On October 2, 2021, USS Connecticut (SSN-22) ran into a seamount at speed in the South China Sea, wrecking her bow, forward ballast tanks...
Hi, what are you looking for?
On October 2, 2021, USS Connecticut (SSN-22) ran into a seamount at speed in the South China Sea, wrecking her bow, forward ballast tanks...
Nobody walked off the street into an SR-71 cockpit. Candidates were already seasoned jet pilots, and the transition to qualified Blackbird pilot or reconnaissance...
The SR-71 Blackbird cruised above Mach 3 and 80,000 feet, flew over Vietnam, North Korea and the Middle East, and never lost an aircraft...
“There can never be too many projectiles in a battle. Whether they are thrown by cannon, rockets, or recoilless devices is immaterial.” George S....
Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls Ukraine a “dangerous stalemate,” and the Kremlin agrees. Russia netted 104 square kilometers from January to late May,...
In the early 1930s the Navy’s first aircraft carriers to fly, the 785-foot helium airships USS Akron and USS Macon, carried up to five...
In 2012 the Luftwaffe sent eight Eurofighter Typhoons and 150 people to Red Flag Alaska for two weeks of basic fighter maneuvers, which the...
The Tu-160 “White Swan” first flew on December 18, 1981, and remains the heaviest combat aircraft ever built: 275 metric tons, variable-sweep wings, Mach...
On April 10, 1963, the world’s most advanced submarine told the rescue ship USS Skylark it was having “minor difficulties,” tried to blow ballast,...
USS Scorpion (SSN-589) sent its last message on May 21, 1968, and never made Norfolk. A Court of Inquiry’s “most likely” cause, an “explosion...