from yt: "Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones are the web's expert on maps. Be it the deserts of Bir Tawil, the maps that show how the internet works, maps used by Soviet spies, maps that are wrong, maps... continue reading

posted by makach 7 months 2 weeks ago • 82 views • 1:37

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

From Youtube, "What started as a simple desire for a better arc lighter got carried away and I ended up making the scariest device I've ever built. In this video I tested a plasma lighter and attempted... continue reading

posted by w1ndex 4 years 7 months 1 week ago • 60 views • 26:02

YouTube description: Hips don’t lie. But a hip x-ray in the Soviet Union of the 1950s might not have been what it appeared to be. In fact, if it was round, it was likely a record. Let us explain.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 361 views • 2:30

YouTube description: The extraordinary story of a runaway Soviet Air Force MiG-23 that flew from Poland to Belgium in 1989, sparking a major security scare between NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and ended... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 424 views • 4:46

YouTube description: In 1951, the American F-86 Sabre went head-to-head with the Soviet MiG-15 in the skies above North Korea. Both sides wanted to capture examples of each others aircraft. The Soviets... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 5 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 824 views • 6:07

YouTube description: Until the mid 1950’s, small short-range airliners like the twin engined IL-14 were really the only type the Soviet Union produced. And that meant flying across the country’s... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 428 views • 10:05

In the far north of Canada sit the DEW Line stations: "Distant Early Warning". Built in the 1950s, these were the sites that would have sounded the alarm if the Soviet Union ever attacked North America.... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 8 months 1 week ago • 22 views • 2:59

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

In Soviet Russia, reversal russians you.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 1,017 views • 3:55

YouTube description: Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill 23,000 people every year in the United States, and the United Nations estimates that by 2050, more people will die from antibiotic-resistant infections... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months ago • 398 views • 14:33

The Lahti L-39 is a Finnish 20 mm anti-tank rifle used during the Second World War. It had excellent accuracy, penetration and range, but its size made transportation difficult. It was nicknamed "Norsupyssy"... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 150 views • 10:14

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