Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
As strange as it sounds, the U.S. military acquired Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets following the dissolution of the USSR. Thanks to the tiny former Soviet...
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As strange as it sounds, the U.S. military acquired Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets following the dissolution of the USSR. Thanks to the tiny former Soviet...
During the Cold War, a collaborative effort between the U.S. and West Germany designed to develop a cutting-edge battle tank emerged as the “MBT-70” project....
Saab 35 Draken Was Built to Fight Russia: Following the Second World War, Sweden maintained a policy of neutrality – yet at the same...
Russia’s so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine has sparked a renewed round of interest in the country’s military technologies and weapons systems, though admittedly...
The Papa-class Submarine was a total beast: When one considers the main attributes of a submarine, speed is not generally top of the list. While...
The XF-85 Goblin was an idea that never made it into the Air Force’s mainstream thinking for many reasons: Its manufacturer called it the “Goblin”—and...
As my History Hit email subscription dutifully reminded me, yesterday (as this is written), 2 February, marked the 80th anniversary of the Battle of...
A little over a century ago, the October Revolution in Russia would herald the establishment of the Soviet Union and the rise of communism...
Pity the poor MiG-19 “Farmer.” Here in the (virtual) pages of 19FortyFive as well as myriads of other sources on military aviation history, plenty...
What made the SR-71 special: When the Soviet Union shot down Gary Power’s U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance plane in 1960, the US recognized an urgent...