One solution is the electromagnetic rail gun, or rail gun for short. Using a magnetic field powered by electricity, a rail gun can accelerate a projectile up to 52,493 feet (16,000 meters) per second. And while current Navy guns have a maximum range of 12 miles, rail guns can hit a...
The U.S. Coast Guard said it had investigated many of the incidents and found that known environmental factors, such as weather, were the likely explanations for ships' and planes' disappearances [sources: Williams, Naval Historical Center]. Pilot, librarian and author Larry Kusche, meticulously ...
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced in 2009 that the United States Navy would get half of its fuel and power from clean, alternate sources by 2020. Noah Shachtman explains why the plan to break with the U.S. fleet’s strict dependence on oil is a long shot.Noah Shachtman...
Turn your eyes to the sky and it's likely you'll see more than a few vapor trails—the wispy white lines that jet planes scribble on the great blue canvas stretched above our heads. At the dawn of the 20th century, the very idea of powered flight seemed, to many, like a ludicrous ...
On Wednesday, the Navy will sail its eco-friendly "Great Green Fleet" for the first time -- and maybe the last. The Navy has screwed up its once-promising biofuel plan with a blend of bad politics and questionable analysis, alienating Congress and Pentag
Armed Forces Day came about to organize and replace all the separate Army, Navy, Marine Corp., Air Force, and Coast Guard days that were being celebrated separately every year nationwide. Texas has had a few more military organizations since they were organized in the 1930s.What...
They were developed by the Royal Navy in the early 1900s and first trialled at the end of WW1. They were then successfully deployed in WW2 in British ports both at home, in the Dominions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, Kenya, Ceylon, Penang) or in allied harbours (...
Wasting no time to defend the Israeli murderous raid on the Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza with humanitarian aid, the power that now runs America, the Jewish Lobby and the Jewish-owned mass media, have enlisted none other than Vice President Joe Biden in their latest propaganda cause. Clearl...
The trade dispute between China and the United States (US) since 2018 and the global COVID-19 pandemic since 2020 has significantly impacted China’s
Physical strength is important to qualify for medical tests that are important but it does not mean stopping him or her from becoming an airline pilot, he or she anyway doesn’t have to be able to run a triathlon. Table of Contents for Airline Pilot What is the role of Airline Pilot?