Guns & Gear
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The Walther P99 Got Into James Bond In The Craziest Way
The transcript explains how James Bond’s Walther pistols became culturally iconic, especially through the leap from the classic PPK to…
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A Piece of String Solved the Mystery of the US Air Force’s Crooked SR-71 Blackbird
Summary and Key Points: The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most specialized aircraft ever constructed. With a titanium airframe…
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Finnish and Swedish Jets Intercept Russian MiG-31s in First Joint Mission
Russia’s MiG-31 is one of the older aircraft still in service with the Russian Air Force today, having survived the…
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Lockheed Wanted to Put the F-117 Nighthawk on US Navy Aircraft Carriers. It Proposed 255 of Them at $70,000,000 Each — Almost $17,900,000,000 — and Congress Set Aside $175,000,000 Just to Study Whether It Would Work. The Navy Said No Twice.
Summary and Key Points: Lockheed’s naval F-117 needed a new wing, a reduced sweep angle, folding mechanisms, strengthened landing gear,…
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The 5-Step Household Security Plan to Protect Your Family – reThinkSurvival.com
Most families have a fire plan, even if it’s only “meet at the mailbox.” Very few have a security plan.…
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I Am a Retired US Army Special Forces NCO: NATO Asked for a Weapon to Arm Truck Drivers and Artillerymen Who Would Probably Never Fire It. It Ended Up With DEVGRU, GSG 9, GIGN and the US Capitol Police.
Some weapons are built to win firefights. The MP7 was built to win them in hallways, on ladders, and in…
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First Space Force guardians finish Army jungle school in Panama
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An SR-71 Blackbird Left Andrews Air Force Base in 1984 With Its Own Afterburner Blowing 1,500-Degree Flame Into the Wing. The Pilot Dumped 14,000 Pounds of Fuel to Get the Weight Off and Set 13 Acres of Maryland on Fire.
In 1984, an SR-71 Blackbird (number 960) appeared at a static display at an airshow at Andrews Air Force Base…
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The US Navy Planned to Deliver the Aircraft Carrier USS John F. Kennedy in July 2025. She Is Now Due in March 2027. The 20-Month Slip Came Down to Arresting Gear Certification and the Weapons Elevators — the Same 2 Systems That Held Up USS Gerald R. Ford.
On paper, the USS Ford offers a substantial boost in capabilities compared with the older Nimitz-class ship it replaces. But…
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A Cessna Asked Los Angeles Center for a Ground Speed Check and Got 90 Knots. A Beechcraft Got 125. A Navy F/A-18 Hornet Got 620. Then an SR-71 Blackbird Asked, and the Controller Came Back With 1,842 Knots — About 2,120 Miles Per Hour.
Air traffic controllers routinely provide pilots with ground speed checks. Usually, the numbers aren’t especially notable. It was a different…
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