Showing posts with the label Military

Adrian Carton de Wiart: The Most Battle-Scarred Soldier

Oct 13, 2023

No one who has been touched by war has emerged from the experience unchanged. In the case of Adrian Carton de Wiart, who had participated in...

The 1,000-Ton Nazi Tank That Was Never Built

Aug 11, 2023

In the midst of the Second World War, the Nazis unveiled prototypes for an array of extraordinary weaponry, spanning colossal aircraft, adva...

One-Million-Liter Test Sphere

Jun 18, 2021

Tucked away at a corner of Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, dwarfed by buildings on three, sides stands a relic of Cold War—a humongous ...

Tsar Tank

May 20, 2020

Before World War I, military tanks were a mere concept. Leonardo da Vinci made sketches of a human-powered armored vehicle, with canons all ...

Britain's Last Remaining World War One Memorial Tank

Sep 2, 2019

After the end of the First World War, many British towns received gifts from the National War Savings Committee as recognition for the commu...

Flying Aircraft Carriers

Aug 31, 2019

Germany’s mixed success with Zeppelins during the First World War convinced the British and the Americans to take a closer look at these fly...

The German Hair Force: The Military’s Failed Experiment With Long Hair

Aug 20, 2019

Like every other country, the German armed forces, the Bundeswehr, have strict rules on grooming. The Bundeswehr decrees that soldiers and o...

Thailand’s Aircraft-Less Aircraft Carrier

Sep 27, 2018

The aircraft carrier is the ultimate symbol of military strength. Enormously large and with a full fleet of combat aircrafts on its deck, th...

The Landlocked Navy of Mongolia

Sep 21, 2018

Many landlocked countries with no access to the open ocean maintain navies, which might seem odd at first. But once you realize that aside f...

Mach Loop: The Valley of Fighter Jets

Nov 7, 2016

Nestled between the towns of Dolgellau and Machynlleth, in central Wales, is a series of grass covered valleys that is renowned the world ov...

Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex: A Giant Military Complex That Was Operational For Only 24 Hours

Apr 30, 2015

At the height of the Cold War, a Soviet nuclear attack was a genuine threat and the United States decided that a defense program was needed ...

World’s Highest Speed Limit at Holloman Air Force Base

Jan 22, 2015

If highway speed limits of 70-80 miles per hour is too slow for you, pay a visit to Holloman Air Force Base in south-central New Mexico, in ...

The Mock Village of Copehill Down

Feb 12, 2014

Copehill Down on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, may look like a typical English village, but on closer inspection something doesn’t ...