U.S. forces carried out attacks on multiple Iranian targets along the Persian Gulf Monday night, in what U.S. Central Command called “self-defense strikes.”
“U.S. forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran today to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” CENTCOM spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins said in a statement. “Targets included missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to emplace mines. U.S. Central Command continues to defend our forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire.
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Summary and Key Points: NASA received an SR-71 Blackbird in the 1970s despite being officially prohibited from possessing the strategic reconnaissance variant. To conceal the jet, the agency disguised it as a YF-12A interceptor and assigned it a fake tail number — 60-6937 — that actually belonged to a classified Lockheed A-12 whose existence remained secret until 1982.
-The primary visual difference between the two aircraft was the nose shape and forward chine configuration.
-The jet was eventually returned to the Air Force.
Japan’s Soryu-class diesel-electric attack submarine achieves something once considered impossible for non-nuclear boats: weeks of submerged operation without surfacing. The Kockums Stirling AIP engine, licensed from Sweden, burns diesel fuel with liquid oxygen to generate power without breaching the surface. Later Soryu models replaced lead-acid batteries with lithium-ion systems, increasing speed, endurance, and stealth simultaneously.
HMS Vanguard was laid down in 1941 and commissioned on August 9, 1946 — after the war she was built for had already ended. At 814 feet, 30 knots, and armed with 97 guns, including four twin 15-inch main turrets, she was the largest and most capable battleship the Royal Navy ever produced. She never fired those guns in anger. The Cold War made her obsolete before she could prove herself. In 1960, just before decommissioning, she was used to film interior scenes for “Sink the Bismarck.” Two years later, she was scrapped at Faslane.
Summary and Key Points: Seven weeks after the Soviet Union dissolved, a Russian Sierra-class submarine designated K-276 Crab surfaced directly beneath the USS Baton Rouge in the Barents Sea, striking the American Los Angeles-class attack submarine from below. Both boats returned to port under their own power. The Russian crew painted a victory star on their sail.
-The USS Baton Rouge was quietly decommissioned in 1995 — the first Los Angeles-class ever retired — with analysts attributing its early exit to pressure-hull damage the Navy never publicly acknowledged.
Ukrainian ‘mobilization’ has reached demonic levels as old women are assaulted by the depopulation police for protecting their family.
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Two and a half centuries after they died in battle, nearly four dozen Continental Army soldiers were formally laid to rest.
On Friday, May 22, the remains of 44 American soldiers and dependents from the Revolutionary War were buried next to a new monument honoring their and others’ deaths. The soldiers’ remains were transported in a ceremony May 20, moved from the New York State Museum to Lake George Battlefield Park. Two days later they were formally buried with full military honors.
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Summary and Key Points: Naval service demands a sacrifice that goes beyond combat risk. Sailors routinely deploy for six to twelve months, missing children’s birthdays, family milestones, and the ordinary moments that sustain adult mental health. Ships are crowded, private space is almost nonexistent, and family contact is limited. The Navy’s Operational Stress Control program classifies sailors into readiness zones — ready, reacting, injured, or ill — and deploys counselors aboard ships to catch problems early.
Summary and Key Points: The USS Massachusetts (BB-2) was America’s first modern battleship and arguably its worst. Designed for coastal defense rather than blue-water warfare, it rode dangerously low in rough seas, listed when its main turrets rotated, lacked the stabilizing fins standard on comparable ships, and carried armor positioned too low to protect against enemy fire. Its propulsion system broke down constantly. It missed its only real battle, killed sailors in two separate accidents, and spent more time in drydock than at sea.