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☆ The once-forgotten flying wing has taken over the US's bomber fleet
  + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Ben Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Originally designed before America's entry into the Second World War, the YB-49 flying wing was intended to be America's first intercontinental bomber. US Air ForceThe flying wingThe YB-49 was the final iteration of a flying wing bomber concept created by legendary aircraft designer Jack Northrop, founder of the Northrop Corporation. A larger test aircraft, the N-1M, was tested in July of 1940, proving the potential of the flying wing design. The problems with aerial instability could now be solved by computers utilizing fly-by-wire technology and differential thrust, and so a flying wing design was submitted. In order to maintain a powerful bomber force and to keep up with technological innovation, the Air Force launched the Long Range Strike Bomber program in 2011.
Persons: —, Northrop Grumman, Jack Northrop, Northrop, Dunne, elevons —, William Lewis, Defense Lloyd Austin Organizations: Service, US Air, US Air Force, Northrop Corporation, United States Army Air Forces, US Army Air Forces, Britain, USAAF, Air Force, Flag, Nellis, Nellis Air Force Base, Raider, Technology Bomber, Northrop, ATB, Defense Locations: Nazi, Europe, British, Jan, Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya
☆ Japan's 'Big Whale' submarines add another weapon to bottle up China's navy
  + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Ben Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Named, JS Raigei (“Thunder Whale” in Japanese), the diesel-electric attack sub is the fourth boat of the Taigei-class , which translates to “big whale.”Its launch comes almost exactly one year after the launch of the third Taigei-class sub, JS Jingei (or “Swift Whale”). With a building time of about two years each, Japan has launched a new Taigei-class sub every year since 2020. China’s current sub fleet, numbering some 59 boats, includes approximately 10 improved Kilo-class , 12 Type 039-class , and 21 Type 039A-class diesel-electric attack subs. Japan is building a larger submarine fleet but it is still only about a third the size of China's. AdvertisementJapan has so far launched four Taigei-class submarines since 2018; JS Taigei, JS Hakugei, JS Jingei, and JS Raigei.
Persons: —, JS, Japan’s, ”, Li Organizations: Service, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, JS Raigei, Jingei, Self, Defense Force, AIP, JS Ōryū, JS Tōryū, JS Taigei, US Navy, Center for Strategic, International Studies, JS Hakugei, JS Jingei Locations: Japan, Kobe, Soviet Union, Russia, China, Beijing, Taiwan, East, South China, Miyako Strait, Philippines, Australia, South
☆ Take a look inside Camp David, where presidents host world leaders and escape Washington
  + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Ben Brimelow | Elias Chavez | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Camp David has been a destination for presidential rest and relaxation since it opened. Camp David has been the site of some big national and foreign policy decisions. FDR originally named the property "Shangri-La," a name it kept until the Eisenhower administration, who named it Camp David after his grandson. It has also been the site of diplomatic events like the Camp David Accords in 1978 and the G8 summit in 2012. Here's a look inside Camp David, where presidents go to escape Washington.
Persons: David, Camp David, —, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Eisenhower Organizations: Service, Works Progress Administration, FDR, Accords Locations: Maryland, Camp, Washington
☆ The incredible true story of when WWI stopped for enemy armies to celebrate Christmas together
  + stars: | 2017-12-25 | by ( Ben Brimelow | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The war was supposed to be over by Christmas of 1914, but by December the war was stuck in the gruesome trench warfare WWI is known for. On Christmas Eve and Day a spontaneous truce broke out on the Western Front against the orders of high command. British and German troops meeting in No-Man's Land during the unofficial truce, 1914. A century after the war began, German and British soldiers still get together to play soccer and celebrate Christmas. German and British troops participate in a football match to commemorate the Christmas Truce of 1914, at the ISAF Headquarters in Kabul December 24, 2014.
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