Category: History
125 – Blackburn Buccaneer
According to Ernest Hemmingway, a man has only one virginity to lose in fighters, and if it is a lovely plane he loses it to, there his heart will eRead More…
Fort Drum: America’s Unsinkable ‘Concrete Battleship’
Fort Drum, originally known as El Fraile Island, is a huge, now ruinous complex of concrete and steel that once guarded the southern entrance to ManRead More…
Russia’s Most Secret Nuclear Missile Explodes? The Skyfall Accident
The 9M730 Burevestnik Petrel, or SSC-X9 Skyfall, is a state-of-the-art Russian experimental nuclear-powered cruise missile. The Skyfall is only one Read More…
The Rocket Ship Plane! -The CRAZY VTOL Convair Pogo!
Carrying 48 rockets and the most powerful engine of its type outside the Soviet bloc, this buzzy little fighter could fly just as fast and pack a puRead More…
Britain’s Highly Unusual Crescent-Wing Victor Bomber
The V force was a legendary team of bombers built to serve during the post-war crisis. However, they would not carry ordinary bombs, but nuclear weaRead More…
When Cuban MiG-23s fought Mirage F1s. In Africa?!?
Our video talks about a forgotten air war in the heart of Africa. When South African military fought the Cuban military, intervening across the AtlaRead More…
Vanished with No Record – The USS Seawolf Submarine
USS Seawolf SS-197 completed 14 successful patrols hunting Japanese vessels through the Southeast Asian waters before inexplicably vanishing in OctoRead More…
The Truly Bizarre Humpback F-107A Ultra Sabre
In the early 1950s, North American Aviation used the airframe of its successful F100 Super Sabre to build a prototype for a US Air Force all-weatherRead More…
Ancient Ballistics & Massive Siege Weapons | Ancient Discoveries (S6, E8) | Full Episode
We reveal how the science and technology of ballistics actually dates back to the ancient world. Using state of the art forensic techniques and the woRead More…
The Best Fighter Never Built? Northrop F-20 Tigershark
During the 1970s, a program was created to ensure that America’s allies could face the Soviet Union’s air threat. The ensuing FX program would develRead More…
America’s Only SUPERHEAVY, the T28 | Cursed by Design
Over the years this tank has received many names. Originally known as T28 and T95 in more modern times it has become known as the Doom Turtle or Zoom Read More…
Afrika Korps – Furthest South Raid
The story of Sonderkommando Blaich’s daring raid on Chad in January 1942, the furthest raid south made by Rommel’s Afrika Korps.Read More…
The Delta Force Mission in America’s Backyard – Operation Urgent Fury
In 1983, the tiny 110,000-citizen nation of Grenada witnessed a severe confrontation between Western democracies and Communism. The small islaRead More…