When most people think of submarines, they think of the small, grimy diesel submarines they see in movies. The U.S. Navy's submarines are nothing like that - they're practically spotless, huge submarines. For example, the Ohio class (Trident) submarines are almost 2 football fields long, ...
Sadly, in the decades to come, all that will remain will be the somewhat distorted cinematic glimpses of what actually took place. As part of my research, I have conducted interviews with many submariners in order to explore how their history is versed by Hollywood. I have also been ...
For example, forget those World War II movies where the submarine captain peers through the periscope. On the Virginia class, “the periscope doesn’t go through the hull,” Clark explains. “The periscope is just a camera on a mast that goes up. And then you sit in the control room an...
more neutrons are released and the process continues in a so-called "nuclear chain reaction." The energy is given off as heat, which can be used to drive turbines that generate electricity for the submarine.
My Zeppelin game got bumped up on the production schedule, so I’ve been going full guns on that lately. I finally solved “dynamic lift” for it in a way which makes sense so I’m happy there. Fortunately, you won’t need a degree in Aerodynamics to play the game. I’m ...