Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Among all the tanks produced by the Soviet Union, the T-80 stands out as the black sheep of the family. Forever stuck in the...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1966, Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the only man in history to survive an SR-71 Blackbird disintegrating around him at Mach 3.18...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On January 25, 1966, Lockheed test pilot Bill Weaver became the first man in history to survive a supersonic parachute ejection from an SR-71...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On April 21, 1989, an SR-71 Blackbird nicknamed “Ichiban” was racing past Mach 3 over the Pacific when its left compressor bearing suddenly froze,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Spruance-class destroyer was as large as a World War II cruiser—but Congress nearly killed the program because lawmakers thought the ship didn’t look...
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In 1997, the U.S. military quietly purchased 21 Soviet MiG-29 fighters from the tiny Eastern European country of Moldova—not from Russia, but from a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The SR-71 Blackbird flew from London to New York in 1 hour, 54 minutes, and 56 seconds—an aircraft that literally outraced the sun. Built...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union built its Sierra-class submarines from titanium—a metal so difficult to weld that workers had to wear spacesuits inside hermetically sealed argon-filled...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In January 2025, Brazil announced that it would return a number of its long-stored M60A3 tanks to operational service rather than immediately replacing them...