Hiroshima

Key point: The plane broke a speed record for transcontinental flight. Contrary to most other planes designed and used in World War II, Lockheeds P-38 Lightning had twin booms ending in vertical stabilizers and rudders. The pilot sat in a span between twin e…

Key point: The fast kamikaze plane could kill, but it was too little, too late. It is a fallacy that Germany was the only nation to develop combat jets in World War II. In truth, while Germany had the most advanced technology, all of the major powers had jet…

Technically, we didnt know that those 50 or so warheads were still at Incirlik until the Times report confirmed it this week. Its general American policy to neither confirm nor deny the specific location of nuclear weapons on vessels and storage sites oversea…

Photograph Source: Cover of the book Cold Warriors: Writers Who Waged the Literary Cold War When did the Cold War begin? In 1917! When, if ever, did it end? Never! What is its most dramatic moment? The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki! Who …

Straddling two continents, Turkey has one of the most powerful armed forces in Europe or Asia. Over four hundred thousand strong, Ankaras armed forces are divided into the Army, Air Force, and Navy. A Special Forces Corps exists and is subordinate directly to…

Key point: The next phase of mutually assured destruction. On May 22, 2018, the Russian submarine Yuri Dolgoruky slipped beneath the waves of the Arctic White Sea. Hatches along the submerged boats spine opened, flooding the capacious tubes beneath. Moments …

Key point: The next phase of mutually assured destruction. On May 22, 2018, the Russian submarine Yuri Dolgoruky slipped beneath the waves of the Arctic White Sea. Hatches along the submerged boats spine opened, flooding the capacious tubes beneath. Moments …

Recently, a research scientist and official representative for Billy Meier, Michael Horn has claimed that he and his team have discovered the exact impact zone of the destructive asteroid Apophis — nicknamed the ‘God of Chaos’. According to Michael Horn, aste…

Key point: Moscow's deadly weapon is pointless but is still apart of mutually-assured-destruction. On May 22, 2018, the Russian submarine Yuri Dolgoruky slipped beneath the waves of the Arctic White Sea. Hatches along the submerged boats spine opened, floodi…

First came a flash. Thirteen-year-old Setsuko Nakamura felt as if she were drifting skyward. And then darkness. Seventy-four years later Setsuko still remembers the moment of detonation after the U.S. dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the first of two ex…