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Loading A Naval Gun

September 9th 2011 02:25

USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of her nine 16"/50 and six 5"/38 guns during a target exercise.

The gif below shows how modern naval guns are loaded with their shells and gunpowder.

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The strategic advantages of submarines were set out in 1648 by Bishop John Wilkins of Chester, England:

• Tis private: a man may thus go to any coast in the world invisibly, without discovery or prevented in his journey.
• Tis safe, from the uncertainty of Tides, and the violence of Tempests, which do never move the sea above five or six paces deep. From Pirates and Robbers which do so infest other voyages; from ice and great frost, which do so much endanger the passages towards the Poles.
• It may be of great advantages against a Navy of enemies, who by this may be undermined in the water and blown up.

• It may be of special use for the relief of any place besieged by water, to convey unto them invisible supplies; and so likewise for the surprisal of any place that is accessible by water.
• It may be of unspeakable benefit for submarine experiments.

Submarines were first widely used during World War I (1914–1918) and now feature in many large navies.

Thanks to Dark Roasted Blend. Here are images from inside various submarines from models dating from World War Two, through the Cold War, to the present day. For more see the article "Cramped Efficiency".

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Inside a Missile Silo

February 18th 2011 02:42

A Missile Silo is an underground vertical cylindrical container for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles. They typically have the missile some distance under the surface, protected by a large "blast door" on top. They are usually connected, either physically or electrically, to a launch control centre.
Below are some images taken from inside a Nuclear Missile Silo as seen on Ego TV. View the full article here.

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USS Nimitz

February 2nd 2011 02:06

USS Nimitz steams behind USNS Bridge

The Nimitz-class supercarriers are a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. With an overall length of 1,092 ft (333 m) and full-load displacements of over 100,000 long tons, they are the largest capital ships in the world. Instead of the gas turbines or diesel-electric systems used for propulsion on many modern warships, the carriers use two A4W pressurized water reactors which drive four propeller shafts and can produce a maximum speed of over 30 knots (56 km/h) and maximum power of around 260,000 shp (190 MW). As a result of the use of nuclear power, the ships are capable of operating for over 20 years without refuelling and are predicted to have a service life of over 50 years.

Nimitz is preparing for a 2009 regularly scheduled Western Pacific Deployment.

All ten carriers were constructed by Newport News Shipbuilding Company in Virginia. Nimitz, the lead ship of the class, was commissioned on 3 May 1975 and George H. W. Bush, the tenth and last of the class, was commissioned on 10 January 2009. Since the 1970s, Nimitz-class carriers have participated in many conflicts and operations across the world, including Operation Eagle Claw in Iran, the Gulf War, and more recently in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Propeller of a Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier

The USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is the lead ship of this class. She is one of the largest warships in the world. She was laid down, launched and commissioned as CVAN-68, but was redesignated CVN 68 (nuclear-powered multimission aircraft carrier) on 30 June 1975 as part of the fleet realignment of that year.

Flight Deck

The ship was named for World War II Pacific fleet commander Chester W. Nimitz, who was the Navy’s last fleet admiral. Unlike all subsequent Nimitz class carriers, Nimitz only uses her namesake's surname. She is also the only carrier of her class and the most recent supercarrier not to be named for someone who held elective office in the United States.

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia pages for USS Nimitz (CVN-68) and Nimitz class aircraft carrier.

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New Photos Found of Pearl Harbor

January 28th 2011 02:04

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on the morning of December 7, 1941. The next day the United States declared war on Japan resulting in their entry into World War II.

Four U.S. Navy battleships were sunk (two of which were raised and returned to service later in the war) and all of the four other battleships present were damaged. The Japanese also sank or damaged three cruisers, three destroyers, an anti-aircraft training ship and one minelayer. 188 U.S. aircraft were destroyed, 2,402 personnel were killed and 1,282 were wounded.

The power station, shipyard, maintenance, and fuel and torpedo storage facilities, as well as the submarine piers and headquarters building (also home of the intelligence section) were not attacked. Japanese losses were light, with 29 aircraft and five midget submarines lost, and 65 servicemen killed or wounded. One Japanese sailor was captured.

The attack was a major engagement of World War II and came as a profound shock to the American people. Domestic support for isolationism, which had been strong, disappeared. Germany's ill-considered declaration of war on the U.S., which was not required by any treaty commitment, moved the U.S. from clandestine support of Britain (for example the Neutrality Patrol) into active alliance and full participation in the European Theater. Despite numerous historical precedents for unannounced military action, the lack of any formal warning by Japan, particularly while negotiations were still apparently ongoing, led to President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaiming December 7, 1941 "a date which will live in infamy".

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for the Attack on Pearl Harbour.

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Animals in War

December 29th 2010 01:38

The Animals in War Memorial is located at Brook Gate, Park Lane, on the edge of London’s Hyde Park and was designed by leading English sculptor, David Backhouse. Unveiled on 24 November 2004 by the Princess Royal, it exists as a memorial to the countless animals that have served and died under British military command throughout history.

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Planes Breaking The Sound Barrier

December 17th 2010 02:10

F/A-18F Super Hornet

In aerodynamics, the sound barrier refers to the point at which an aircraft moves from transonic to supersonic speed. (This is about 1,250 kilometres per hour or 770 mph, the point at which the aircraft is travelling at the same speed as the sound it's producing) The term came into use during World War II when a number of aircraft started to encounter the effects of compressibility, a collection of several unrelated aerodynamic effects. By the 1950s, new aircraft designs started to routinely "break" the sound barrier.

F-16 Fighting Falcon

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Wartime Innovations

December 15th 2010 01:48

As reported on the Highest 5 Magazine, necessity is the mother of invention. Throughout our history the needs to succeed in battle have led to many inventions and innovations that society uses today, some of which ironically couldn’t survive without.
Below are a few inventions of war which may surprise you. Read the full article here.

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War Photographs That Changed the World

November 29th 2010 05:50

War photography can be very powerful. Throughout history is has been used to sway political opinion in both directions, or simply to depict the horrors and truth of war. Brainz.org put together an extremely good piece detailing 10 War Photographs That Changed the World Forever (click to visit). Below are some extracts from that article.

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Kashmir

September 29th 2010 02:33

Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range. Contemporarily, Kashmir denotes a larger area that includes the Indian administered state of Jammu and Kashmir (Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh), the Pakistani administered Gilgit-Baltistan and Azad Kashmir, and the Chinese-administered regions of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram Tract. The United Nations and other local entities use the designation Jammu and Kashmir to geographically denote said area.

The Kashmir conflict refers to the territorial dispute over Kashmir, the northwesternmost region of South Asia. The parties to the dispute are India, Pakistan, China, and the people of Kashmir

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Living Pictures of US Soldiers

July 30th 2010 02:42

At the beginning of the 20th century, English photographer Arthur S. Mole and his American colleague John D. Thomas took these living photographs which show thousands of American soldiers posing as symbols of American history.

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D-Day

June 28th 2010 02:52

June 6th, 2010, marked the 66th anniversary of the successful 1944 Allied invasion of France.

The operation was the largest amphibious invasion of all time, with over 160,000 troops landing. Allied naval and merchant navy personnel in over 5,000 ships were involved. The invasion required the transport of soldiers and material from the United Kingdom by troop-laden aircraft and ships, the assault landings, air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire-support. The landings took place along a 50-mile (80 km) stretch of the Normandy coast divided into five sectors: Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword

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High Speed Images of Rockets

May 21st 2010 02:49

In today's post we take a look at high speed imagery of rockets, tanks, ship guns and other weapons being fired.

These images are sourced from Banned In Hollywood. See the full photo set here
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