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☆ 40 years ago, a US Navy aircraft carrier ran aground as thousands of sailors' families watched
  + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Miguel Ortiz | We Are The Mighty | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
On April 28, 1983, USS Enterprise arrived in San Francisco after an eight-month deployment. Imagine, then, the frustration felt by sailors and family members alike when a ship ran aground right before it docked. USS Enterprise sails under the Golden Gate Bridge as it returns from a deployment in April 1983. 4,500 sailors and 3,000 family members could now just see each other, but were still far from being reunited. "Our vessel is the Starship Enterprise and this is the USS Enterprise," he later said, "We've got a new drink—Enterprise on the Rocks."
☆ The US's B-29 bomber was more expensive than the nuclear bomb it dropped on Japan at the end of World War II
  + stars: | 2023-03-21 | by ( Miguel Ortiz | We Are The Mighty | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The Manhattan Project cost about $2 billion, or nearly $30 billion in 2021 dollars. The US's B-29 bomber program cost $3 billion, or just over $44.5 billion in 2021 dollars. In total, the program cost about $2 billion, or nearly $30 billion in 2021 adjusted for inflation. It was pushed through though because it was necessary for the Manhattan Project to work and the war to be won. It was also incapable of carrying and delivering the atomic bomb being developed by the Manhattan Project.
☆ 3 times the US military brought back 'obsolete' weapons to take on new enemies
  + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Miguel Ortiz | We Are The Mighty | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +6 min
Most military enthusiasts are familiar with the Reagan administration's 600-ship Navy and the reactivation of the battleships USS Iowa, Missouri, New Jersey and Wisconsin. However, USS New Jersey was brought back into active service once before. US ArmyAn evolution of the famed M1 Garand of WWII and Korea, the M14 battle rifle became the standard-issue rifle for the US military in 1959. It served as the basis of the M21 Sniper Weapon System introduced in 1968 and M25 Sniper Weapon System introduced in 1991. Though both weapon systems have been largely replaced by the M24 Sniper Weapon System, the M14 lives on as the Mk14 Enhanced Battle Rifle.
☆ The F-14 Tomcat first flew 52 years ago. Here's why the US destroyed them rather than let anyone else buy them.
  + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( Blake Stilwell | We Are The Mighty | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
The US Navy's famed F-14 Tomcat fighter jet first flew on December 21, 1970. There was only one foreign customer for the advanced F-14 Tomcat fighter during its heyday: Iran. Rob Tabor/USAFThe Iranian air force was so skilled in the Iran-Iraq War that a lone Tomcat could clear the skies of enemy aircraft without firing a shot. The idea of selling Iran rare F-14 parts so it didn't have to cannibalize its own F-14 inventory was preposterous. It was this concern that led the Pentagon to shred every leftover F-14 Tomcat.
☆ These are 10 most popular fighter planes in service around the world
  + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Miguel Ortiz | We Are The Mighty | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
Using data from Cirium, FlightGlobal published their 2023 World Air Forces directory detailing military aircraft fleets around the world, including the most popular fighter planes. These are the 10 most popular fighter planes in service around the world:Northrop F-5An F-5 Tiger II takes off at Naval Air Station Fallon in Nevada. Despite its age, the J-7 remains extremely popular with 444 in active service. 522 Typhoons are in active service, including with all of the original collaborating countries except France. 545 F-35s are in active service, with more on the way as existing orders are filled and additional orders are placed.
☆ How Recurrent Ventures went from media darling to another publisher hit by layoffs and struggles
  + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Steven Perlberg | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +14 min
Recurrent Ventures made a digital-media splash with acquisitions like The Drive and Popular Science. In May of last year, Recurrent Ventures announced its flashiest deal yet: a $300 million fundraising round led by the private-equity giant Blackstone. To make a more appealing parent brand to house a growing fleet of media properties, they eventually created a new entity called Recurrent Ventures. Recurrent Ventures expanded as it acquired well-known publishers like the 150-year-old Popular Science. Recurrent Ventures shut down MEL Magazine, the men's lifestyle publication it once planned to make the centerpiece of a new lifestyle vertical of sites.
☆ The last shots of the American Civil War were fired in Russian territory
  + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Blake Stilwell | We Are The Mighty | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
During the US Civil War, Union and Confederate ships fought naval battles all over the world. She took 38 prizes and more than 1,000 prisoners, some of them joining the Confederate ship. From there, Shenandoah terrorized American ships in sea lanes around the Cape of Good Hope, through the Pacific, and into the Bering Sea off Alaska. Even after the Civil War was over, Shenandoah continued her Pacific rampage. The skipper just didn't believe Lee's surrender ended the war, even when American whaling captains told him so.
☆ These are the 10 best generals of all time, according to math
  + stars: | 2022-09-14 | by ( Blake Stilwell | We Are The Mighty | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
It starts with comparing the number of wins from that general to a replacement general in the same circumstances. The real power is ranking the general's WAR score, the aforementioned Wins Above Replacement. For each battle, the general receives a weighted WAR score, a negative score for a loss. There were some surprises in the model, like the apparent failures of generals like Robert E. Lee and more modern generals. To see every general's data point and where they sit in the analysis, check out the Bokeh Plot, an interactive data visualization.
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