Category: History
The Other Bomber: The Bockscar
The B-29 bomber has worked it’s way into the annals of history through various means. It was a B-29 that set dozens of flight length…
The Atomic Bombings of Japan
It was an unfathomable decision to make. The president of the United States, Harry S. Truman, was presented with a way to possibly end the…
Laughter From the Skies: The Boeing X-32
The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program was born out of a 1993 requirement by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The requirement established the launch…
Birds of Prey: Lethality in the Skies
It’s a typical pattern of evolution. Each generation recognizes something that was absurd or incredible in the past as ordinary in the present. As time…
The German Surrender & V-E Day
An idea that had seemed so far away at the crux of the war in Europe had quickly come to the forefront of the mind…
Reaching for the Heavens: The Legendary Blackbird
Everyone is familiar with the concept of cause and effect. For every action, there is a reaction of the same or lesser magnitude. Sometimes the…
Elevated Research Priority: High-Caliber, Long-Range Weapons
Folks, About six months ago I fell into a rabbit hole examining a project known as the High Altitude Research Project (HARP), that was originally…
Atomic Annie: She Could Have Been Bigger
Large caliber artillery is not unique to the modern era, nor is it unique to the Cold War where many large artillery pieces were engineered…
Tales of the Feathered Serpent: The Legend of Quetzalcoatl
Most recently, the tale of Quetzalcoatl was brought to my attention in a setting where I was not expecting. Far detached from the legends, Quetzalcoatl…
Weapons of Retribution: Germany’s Super Weapon Arsenal
The Second World War was fought with large leaps and bounds in technology. Truly, in the wars fought between the Age of Revolution in Europe…
