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How US getting ready for Russian invasion of Europe

How US getting ready for Russian invasion of Europe

⏩Here’s how the US is preparing for a possible Russian attack in Europe ⏩30-30-30-30 readiness plan. ⏩Fresh US tanks, troops flow into Europe. ⏩NATO chief urges allies to hike budget. ⏩ Keeping carrier strike group in Europe The Pentagon is increasingly focused on Russian deterrence in Europe, and additional U.S. …

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Why SR-71 BLACKBIRD made this super low knife-edge pass

Why SR-71 BLACKBIRD made this super low knife-edge pass

The beautiful main image of this article feature the famous photo of an SR-71 Blackbird‘s performing a super low flyby. The story behind this event is quite interesting and is explained by Brian Shul in his book Sled Driver. “I was flying the SR-71 out of RAF Mildenhall, England, with …

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Air Force Fighter jets Zero-length launch system ZELL program

Fighter jets Zero-length launch system ZELL program

The zero-length launch system or zero-length take-off system (ZLL, ZLTO, ZEL, ZELL) It was a system whereby jet fighters and attack aircraft were intended to be placed on short-burn duration, often solid-fuel, “drop-away” rocket booster units, deployed with mobile launch platforms. The U.S. Air Force, the Luftwaffe, and the Soviets’ …

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Air Force Weapons Lab Transmission-Line Aircraft Simulator

B-52 BOMBER SITS ON A GIANT TRESTLE

ATLAS-I stands for  Air Force Weapons Lab Transmission-Line Aircraft Simulator It is a top-secret testing facility, code-named Trestle, was built close to Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), on the southeast of the city of Albuquerque in New Mexico. ATLAS-I was a matchless testing contraption for the effects of electromagnetic pulses …

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