Now that manufacturing is back in America, is it time for Europe to buy all American?
I’m a recently retired CEO of a small US-based hard-tech manufacturing company with a global customer base, and a global supply chain. I’ve lived and breathed this stuff…
What’s it like inside an aircraft carrier during a heavy storm?
During my time on a carrier, we went through a hurricane not once, but twice. We were in the Atlantic returning to our home port but first, we…
If it is true that the ICE Agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, does that prove she did hit him with her car?
“OK, I’m just going to say it straight up. “I don’t care. I didn’t know her. No one I know knew her. Her death means absolutely nothing to…
Why is Russia always run by psychopaths, criminals, robbers, or other irresponsible people?
Everyone who lived in the Soviet Union and many today would immediately recognize this brutalsky reinforced concrete fence with diamond pattern. Its official name is PO-2 Fence Slab….
Do dogs really want to be petted?
Yes, but probably not the way you’re doing it. I used to think all dogs loved head pats until I started really diving into canine body language. It…
If the Soviets had decided to push the Allies out of Western Europe at the end of WW2, could they have done it?
Stalin asked Marshal Zhukov that very question in 1945. His answer: No. Westerns have a myth about the Red Army being this enormous inexhaustible machine that steamrolled its…
How long can an Ohio-class submarine stay submerged?
The Ohio-class nuclear submarine was designed for extended strategic deterrent patrols. Each submarine is assigned two complete crews, called the Blue crew and the Gold crew, each typically serving…
Why is the F-35 terribly flawed but the F-22 wasn’t?
The F-35 has been clubbing F-15s, F-16s, F-18s, like baby seals in recent exercises. And In Red Flag 17–1 when the F-35 was declared out of weapons, the…
How large can an aircraft carrier be made to accommodate as many aircraft as possible?
HMS Habakukk was planned to be 2000′ long, 300′ wide, and able to carry 200 planes including heavy bombers! While it was theoretically possible to build it, the…
Which US Navy jet was the most difficult or the easiest to land on the Aircraft Carrier?
Most difficult or worst? Almost certainly the Voight F7U Cutlass. 25% of the production run was lost to landing accident. Carrier Captains started ordering them off their ships…