Now that the bomber is actually flying, it’s worth asking: how many stealth bombers does the United States actually need? With China, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, and North Korea all dominating the headlines for one reason or another, the 80–100 bombers the U.S. Air Force originally wanted...
It's not that simple though. An atom's properties can change considerably based on how many of each particle it has. If you change the number of protons, you wind up with a different element altogether. If you alter the number of neutrons in an atom, you wind up with an isotope. For...
Does Suicide Bombing Work? Fighting Suicide Bombers Dying for God Artists often depict the martyred St. Bartholomew draped in his own flayed skin, bloodied yet unbowed. Shane Gorski/Creative Commons License To understand suicide bombers, you have to understand the idea of martyrdom. Martyrs ...
By February 1917, the war had taken a massive toll on Russia — both in the loss of human lives and in the form of a severe nationwide famine. When a metalworking plant closed, resulting in the loss of many jobs, strikes and protests broke out. Russia was in a state of chaos. The ...
We think that Santa could have a large stock of antimatter in the North Pole -- could that be why Canada, Russia and the U.S. are all scrambling to claim the Arctic? Another big problem with antimatter propulsion drives is the intense amount of gamma radiation released from the matter-...
Many Army officers benefitted from overseeing the camps, not otherwise having the opportunity to supervise large groups of personnel in the period between the world wars. Also in 1933, Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany. [Pictured: Members of the Civilian Conservation Corps in the Pacific ...
I think the answer is maybe. The Director of National Intelligence, James R. Clapper, recently testified and said that Al-Qaeda in Iraq is moving into Syria. They have long used Syria as a place where they could transfer suicide bombers from around the Middle East,...
But because of the tandem bicycle landing gear arrangement on Boeing’s bombers, they can’t rotate to climb any more than your car could. To take off, the bombers’ wing has to be in a flying attitude to generate lift on the ground, and that’s how they’re built: with the wing ...
Renamed in 1949 after aviator Edward ‘Butch’ O’Hare, who single-handedly attacked a formation of nine heavy bombers approaching his aircraft carrier in 1942, the airport’s original code was carried over. Another puzzle is why the letter X features in so many airport codes, such as LAX ...