Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
SR-71 Blackbird pilot Dave Peters told his RSO Ed Bethart that they “probably would’ve never come out of that cloud” if they had flown...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On August 12, 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea after a 65-76A hydrogen-peroxide torpedo exploded in her starboard torpedo...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On May 15, 1972, an SR-71 Blackbird called the “Rapid Rabbit” — distinguished from the rest of the fleet by the Playboy Bunny logos...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1999, Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works designed the X-44 Manta — a “Multi-Axis, No Tail Aircraft” built on the F-22 Raptor fuselage with a...
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Lockheed Martin Just Won an $11.4 Million Contract to Upgrade Israel’s F-35I Adir — Funded by Israel
In March, an Israeli F-35I Adir shot down an Iranian Yak-130 over Tehran — the first time an F-35 stealth fighter ever destroyed another...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy decommissioned the USS America supercarrier in 1996—then deliberately tried to sink her in 2005 off Cape Hatteras as part of a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Pentagon, in the second Trump era, has changed many rules to become more restrictive, especially regarding fitness and beards. But now, the Navy...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In April of 2003, during the initial invasion phase of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Maj. Kim Campbell was flying an A-10 Thunderbolt II when it...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Pentagon spent $5 billion developing a carrier-based stealth bomber shaped like a triangle — nicknamed ‘The Flying Dorito’ — before Dick Cheney killed...