How did the US transport hundreds of fighter planes to Europe during WWII? Did they have the range to fly that far?
In 1942, as the British readied airfields for them, B-17 bombers and P-38 twin engine fighters would self deploy from the US to England. Neither aircraft had the…
Do hunters make good soldiers?
Trust me, you don’t want to have a hunter in your unit. Alright, they might know two or three things about shooting at something (that doesn’t shoot back)…
Is the British SAS better than any force the United States possesses?
In Basra, Iraq, in 2005 two SAS operators working undercover were captured by the Iraqi police. They were held captive and interrogated by the police and “a militia”…
Is the US winning the tariff war?
First of all. There is no “tariff war”. There is an ongoing attempt to bully Canada by an overconfident innumerate pedophile rapist felon who is the laughingstock of…
Would an aircraft carrier be big enough to take weeks to capture if it was boarded? Could a team of sailors/marines/soldiers capture the flight deck and have helicopters quickly fly in to drop off reinforcements? What would combat look like?
We’ll ignore the rest of the Carrier Group and say that the USS Enterprise (NCC 1701) beamed down a landing party. It would only take a couple of…
Why was the B-58 not a success?
Ah, Convair B-58 Hustler. I kinda love that plane The problem with B-58 is that it could only do one mission well. The Hustler would carry an external…
Why are ship engines so massive yet have so little horsepower?
You must be joking? Some of the container ships and cruise ships have engines ranging from 60000 -100000 hp. That’s a massive engine with a lot of horsepower….
Why isn’t it taught that George Washington was not the first President of the United States, but the first one under the Constitution?
Because George Washington was the First President of the United States.Prior to the creation of the Constitution, the position was not “The President of the United States.” The…
Why does the B-52 take off without rotating?
Virtually EVERY powered airplane built, at full takeoff power, at sea level, on a cold and dry day, with a long enough runway and with standard takeoff trim…
Does NASA refuse to use a Hubble telescope to take pictures of the Moon rovers left behind previously?
Jacob Fox is completely correct. The Hubble Space Telescope is not capable of taking pictures of the Apollo landing sites for 2 reasons: As several others have written, lunar…