The F-15 was born from the difficult lessons learned during the Vietnam War. In the late 1950s, Air Force planners were confident that the advent of powerful new radars and long-range air-to-air missiles... continue reading

posted by eric3579 1 year 11 months ago • 84 views • 14:21

ASM = Anti-Ship Missile. An interesting look into missile design and behaviors across the globe. From YT: Russia has got them... so does Japan, India, Taiwan, and others. So why doesn't the US?

This is the story of America's massive forging presses built during the cold war used to build America's most advanced machinery - the Heavy Press Program. Modern airplanes, missiles, helicopters, turbines... continue reading

posted by nanrod 6 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 528 views • 12:48

Adam debunks the notion that the Soviets caused the Cuban Missile Crisis.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 1 week ago • 101 views • 1:05

YouTube description: Chemical weapon attacks aren’t the only reason to pay attention to Syria. When Syrian-American author and civil rights lawyer Alia Malek woke up to the images of Syrians dying... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months ago • 279 views • 3:02

YouTube description: It’s probably the most well known peacetime battle between the USA and the Soviet Union, in both technological and ideological terms of the 20th century. Although the USA won... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 812 views • 14:23

"Can we go launch one?" YouTube: What was the procedure to launch a nuclear missile? Uranium premieres: July 28 & 29 on PBS at 10pm ET/ 9pm Central France and Germany: July 31 at 10pm on ZDF/arte ... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 576 views • 7:42