How did Canada issue a do not travel advisory on the United States?
Yeah, as someone from the US, I gotta say: this is getting fucking embarrassing. The US, at present, is hell. No other modern nation would have let itself…
Why is ‘double tapping’ by military personnel banned/illegal?
In Vietnam, as a tank driver, I remember some action near the Cambodian border in an area we called The Elephant Ear because on a map, it resembled…
What is the logic behind MAGA’s thinking that tariffs are good for America?
I was in a room full of my engineering managers. These are all highly educated, highly intelligent men who are quite capable of doing math. They are also,…
What happened to all the “flak” shot at planes during war? Did it drop harmlessly to earth? Have there been any recorded fatalities?
As usual, Mythbusters to the rescue. They didn’t really test this but rather an adjacent conundrum of whether a bullet fired high up in the air might be…
Was selling Alaska to the USA a mistake by Russia?
Back in 1867, Russia had two choices with Alaska. World in 1857, ten years before the purchase, Alaska is a Russian territory Most Russian centers of population and…
What does Roland Bartetzko think about possible deployment of the US Army 82nd Airborne to Iran?
The 82nd Airborne Division has cancelled all its training exercises and has been put in an elevated state of readiness. Now, some people speculate that this could mean…
It’s 2am and I’m lost at sea. I see a ship on the horizon, and shoot a flare. The ship is the USS Nimitz. What happens on the carrier in order for me to be rescued if all the pilots are asleep?
Will the carrier assist even though I am not American? You have been under observation since long before you spotted the ship with your mark one eyeballs. You’ve…
From a geographical perspective, why is it said that Iran’s natural terrain is difficult to conquer?
From Alexander the Great to the Arab Empire, from the Mongol cavalry to the Ottoman army, and then to the Anglo-Russian rivalry in modern times and the encirclement…
Were the SR-71 Blackbird ever overflown over North Korea with reaction of the air defenses?
In 1981, North Korea made an attempt to attack an S-71 using a Soviet S-75 Dvina missile. This is a missile that was in use since 1957 and…
Why haven’t turboprop planes been completely replaced by jet aircraft?
Here in Portland, when I flew out of PDX to anywhere on the West Coast I used to fly in one of these: This is a Bombadier Q400…