and the Soviets slipped into a decadeslong period of animosity that became known as the Cold War, both nations developed an even more powerful nuclear weapon — the hydrogen bomb — and built arsenals of warheads. Both countries augmented their fleets of strategic bombers with land-based ...
In the 1990s, most of the suicide bombers were male, many with backgrounds full of poverty and personal frustration. Today, these individuals come from both sexes and varying economic backgrounds. While many are young adults, others are middle-aged or even children. Yet the personal loss aspect...
B-17 bombers play a starring role in this series. What did you have to work with? Jac Fitzgerald:When I came on, the whole machine was well underway. For the airfield sequences, two tow-built planes had been built one-on-one scale, which could be moved but not at speed and certainl...
Before Watching: Dr. Strangelove (1964) "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) is an iconic satire about the consequences of nuclear war and arms race. If you want to get as much out of it as possible, there are a few things you need to keep in mind before watching: ...
Valley’s team hastily trained a handful of veteran B-17 navigators as radar operators. Over the final months of 1943, with much of Europe hidden beneath clouds, the radar-equipped bombers were sent on missions to evaluate whether a navigator could, by peering only at the radar scope and na...
No one has built a shield over America. If climate were so bad in so many regions, we’d also already be starving, or at least having serious trouble growing anything. Even cows on scrub oak. So, you know? All of this is nonsense. They view the world through a half formed network ...
Ford built more than 1.1 million cars for 1930 -- almost twice as many as Chevrolet and more than 14 times as many as Plymouth. The 1930 Ford Model A received a number of changes that seem minor now but were major at the time. All models retained the "little Lincoln" styling crafted ...
However, although countries raced to build hypersonic, intercontinental ballistic missiles (and hypersonic missile interceptors), we are still many years away from civilians traveling at the speed of sound. Contents What Is Hypersonic Speed? Hypersonic Jet Planes Living on Air Taking Flight ...
The European nation’s energy revolution has made it a leader in replacing nukes and fossil fuels with wind and solar technology.