Thoughts On The Forgotten War.
This was the first war where jet powered fighters engaged each other in dogfights. Our primary jet fighters were the F-84 Thunderjet, F9F Panthers and Cougars, and the F-86 Sabers. The Chinese flew the...
View ArticleHate To Say I Told You So, But I Did. Turkey, Watching US Fail To Take...
“ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — Afghanistan and Pakistan are talking about how to make peace with insurgents fighting U.S. troops in Afghanistan, including one faction considered the coalition forces’ most...
View ArticleNo Bad Deed Goes Punished.
The Defense Department has kept up its immense purchases of aviation fuel and other petroleum products from BP even as the oil company comes under scrutiny for potential violations of federal and state...
View ArticleTwo US Soldiers Kidnapped By Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two U.S. Navy service members disappeared in a dangerous area of eastern Afghanistan, prompting a massive air and ground search and appeals on local radio stations for their safe...
View ArticleUS Industrial Might In World War II By The Numbers
There is no more incredible story in industry than the output of US workers and factories in World War II. I have written extensively about this. The manufacturing numbers we put out were a first for...
View ArticleMilitary Hydrofoil Development.
In the 1960’s, suddenly the hydrofoil seemed like a fertile area to explore in naval technology. Seafaring nations across the world began development on the hydrofoils all at the same time. Boeing...
View ArticleThe T 14 Tank.
Some say the T 14 was just an up armored M4 Sherman. It had a 75mm gun, and 100mm of armor, roughly twice that of a Sherman. If not a 75mm gun, a British 6 pounder. Either gun would waste any...
View ArticleIn 2005…A Comparison Of Gun Crime In The US and The UK.
In 2005, in the United States, there were 16,740 homicides. So in 2005, every day, 46 people were killed by another person in the United States. That means that roughly every half hour, someone...
View ArticleAlmost Half A Million Axis POWs Were Kept In The United States.
Button On New Shirt Hid A Compass For POWs . The Germans were surprised at how many Russian POWs they had in such a short interval of time. Almost 3,000,000 people suddenly fell into their...
View ArticleThe United States Decides To Stop Manufacturing Anti Personnel Mines.
It has been a long time coming. A muscular military complex added to traditionally dilatory government bureaucracies made it almost impossible to move legislation banning the use of a popular...
View ArticleInvading Southeast Asia, The Japanese Had Help
Japanese POWs Capitalism tends to create enemies of those not born into its frameworks. It creates nationalists who look at their own country in a new light. The idyllic lifestyle enjoyed by Malaysian...
View ArticleThe US Was The Midwife Of ISIS.
ISIS is a political movement dressed as a religious movement. They believe in their doctrine with the same fervor that America evangelicals believe in the holy word while they are caught cheating...
View ArticleNo Bad Deed Goes Punished.
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View ArticleTwo US Soldiers Kidnapped By Taliban
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two U.S. Navy service members disappeared in a dangerous area of eastern Afghanistan, prompting a massive air and ground search and appeals … Two US Soldiers Kidnapped By Taliban...
View ArticleUS Industrial Might In World War II By The Numbers
There is no more incredible story in industry than the output of US workers and factories in World War II. I have written extensively about … US Industrial Might In World War II By The Numbers Read...
View ArticleMilitary Hydrofoil Development.
In the 1960’s, suddenly the hydrofoil seemed like a fertile area to explore in naval technology. Seafaring nations across the world began development on … Military Hydrofoil Development. Read More »...
View ArticleThe T 14 Tank.
Some say the T 14 was just an up armored M4 Sherman. It had a 75mm gun, and 100mm of armor, roughly … The T 14 Tank. Read More » The post The T 14 Tank. appeared first on Civilian Military...
View ArticleIn 2005…A Comparison Of Gun Crime In The US and The UK.
In 2005, in the United States, there were 16,740 homicides. So in 2005, every day, 46 people were killed by another person in the … In 2005…A Comparison Of Gun Crime In The US and The UK. Read More »...
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