Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On April 15, 1986, during Operation El Dorado Canyon, Maj. Brian Shul and RSO Maj. Walter Watson flew SR-71 #64-17960 over Libya on a...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In April 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets caught fire in its engineering compartment during a routine patrol off Norway’s Bear Island. The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The United States sourced titanium for the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird reconnaissance aircraft from the Soviet Union via CIA front companies. The U.S. built the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is reviving the concept of a nuclear-powered surface combatant outside aircraft carriers for the future Trump-class battleship program — the first...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat fired a Soviet AA-6 air-to-air missile at an SR-71 Blackbird flown by U.S. Air Force Colonel David Cobb near Vladivostok....
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The MiG-25 Foxbat was a supersonic interceptor built by the Soviet Union in the 1970s. This aircraft was designed to protect Soviet airspace from...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress pilots performed 70-degree banks during mid-air refueling as part of the “Whifferdill” maneuver. The Whifferdill is a multi-axis maneuver...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird strategic reconnaissance aircraft was designed to leak JP-7 fuel on the ground. The fuselage panels of the SR-71 were fitted...