Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
During the 1970s, NASA wanted to conduct supersonic flight tests using the SR-71 Blackbird, but the aircraft’s existence was still classified and the Air...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Seven weeks after the Soviet Union dissolved, a Russian Sierra-class submarine designated K-276 Crab surfaced directly beneath the USS Baton...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
As the U.S. Air Force prepares to expand procurement of the B-21 Raider beyond the currently planned fleet of 100 aircraft and continues using...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: An American SR-71 Blackbird lost one engine to an inlet unstart at 83,000 feet and Mach 3 during a reconnaissance...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On September 26, 1983, Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov was on the midnight shift at the Serpukhov-15 command center when his early warning satellite...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Lockheed’s F-104 Starfighter was one of the fastest fighters of the early Cold War, capable of Mach 2 on a single General Electric J79...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Lockheed’s YF-12A was a Mach 3.2 Cold War interceptor born from the same Skunk Works lineage that produced the A-12 and SR-71. Built to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Convair B-58 Hustler was the world’s first operational Mach 2 bomber and one of the most dangerous aircraft Strategic Air Command ever flew....
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...