Why are aircraft carriers virtually unsinkable?
Years ago, an unnamed aircraft carrier was conducting flight operations. Naturally everyone was focused on getting the airplanes on and off the deck, since this is what carriers…
Canada claims to have a large amount of electricity made by hydro power. Since Canada is frozen up to 6 months every year, what do they do for power when all the rivers are frozen?
I recall one winter many years ago, when I was a teenager, living in a small town in Ontario Canada and we spent hours tramping through the countryside…
Does U.S have any F-14 fighter jets that can fly?
The majority of people think that every F-14 exists in the museums either stored up or on display only, nevertheless, there are those that are stored in special…
If the USS Iowa went toe-to-toe with the Yamato, who would have the advantage and why?
This is the front turret face of the Yamato class battleship. The armor is 26″ thick: You will notice a nice, even, 16″ hole in it. Here is…
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 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…