Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The infamous flat spin that kills Goose in the 1986 film Top Gun is a real engine failure mode of the F-14 Tomcat —...
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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 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird operating at 83,000 feet and Mach 3 over the Soviet Union suffered a sudden engine unstart that yawed the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On July 4, 1974, the CIA dropped a giant mechanical claw nicknamed “Clementine” three miles to the floor of the Pacific Ocean to lift...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On October 3, 1967, U.S. Air Force pilot William “Pete” Knight flew the X-15A-2 to 4,520 miles per hour — Mach 6.7 — setting...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On October 4, 1957, Avro Canada unveiled the CF-105 Arrow — a Mach 2 supersonic interceptor capable of climbing to 50,000 feet, the most...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird flying at 83,000 feet over the Soviet Kola Peninsula lost both Pratt & Whitney J58 engines simultaneously — and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In April 1962, Lockheed Skunk Works flew an A-12 Oxcart spy plane that required an entirely new American titanium industry just to manufacture and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In the late 1950s, the U.S. spent $800 million building a Mach 3.1 strategic bomber that could cruise above 70,000 feet and outrun every...