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A nuclear aircraft carrier carries roughly 5,000 people and Navy cooks prepare upwards of 18,000 meals a day. That takes 1,600 pounds of meat,...
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A nuclear aircraft carrier carries roughly 5,000 people and Navy cooks prepare upwards of 18,000 meals a day. That takes 1,600 pounds of meat,...
In 2005 a Swedish diesel-electric submarine put simulated torpedoes into USS Ronald Reagan. A year later a Chinese Song-class boat surfaced within torpedo range...
The logic of the capital ship is impeccable. The impediments are daunting for the Trump-class. The Congressional Budget Office puts each hull at $18...
USS Guitarro was still under construction when a civilian crew began flooding tanks in her after section. Half an hour later a second crew...
In May, USS Texas fired blanks from her forward 14-inch guns during the final stages of her restoration at Galveston. The last time those...
The kill chain ran through the rear cockpit: the Combat Tree interrogator, the radar lock, the Sparrow geometry — and the Air Force gave...
On this day in 1965, ten men entered SEALAB II off La Jolla — and Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter stayed 30 straight days on...
A carrier commissioned eight days after Japan surrendered launched a German ballistic missile from her flight deck, then flew F/A-18s against Saddam Hussein 44...
When the American military destroyed Saddam Hussein's army in Kuwait, Chinese planners were reportedly stunned by the ferocity and speed of it. For thirty-five...
Commissioned in November 1961, Enterprise was built with eight Westinghouse A2W pressurized-water reactors arranged in four independent propulsion units, producing roughly 280,000 shaft horsepower...