Why was the aircraft carrier USS America CV-66 almost impossible to sink when it was used as a test target in 2005 while battleships with much thicker armor were routinely sunk in combat in WW2 using now-obsolete weapons?
The USS America is the only super carrier ever sunk, either on purpose or in combat. It took four weeks and they ended up having to scuttle her…
Are there dead bodies in Titanic?
There are some preserved bodies inside the bowels of the wreckage. The engineers that were trapped in the bottom are believed to had been preserved as they’re buried…
Can China destroy the American Navy fleet if they get into Chinese waters?
China can destroy any fleet anywhere in the world. Not only an American one. Not only near and around China, but anywhere. The idea that China has the…
Is it true that USS Eisenhower (docked for repairs in Souda Bay) hit and severely damaged by multiple Houthi ballistic missiles?
Yes, the Eisenhower was sunk. Fortunately close NATO ally the United Kingdom stepped in to help – you see the Argentines managed to sink HMS Invincible three times…
If a planet is 500 light years away, does that mean that even if you traveled at the speed of light, it would still take you 500 years to get there?
In Special Relativity, we are concerned with different frames and how they compare with each other. So the short answer is you could do it in under 500…
How did the US transport hundreds of fighter planes to Europe during WWII? Did they have the range to fly that far?
In 1942, as the British readied airfields for them, B-17 bombers and P-38 twin engine fighters would self deploy from the US to England. Neither aircraft had the…
Do hunters make good soldiers?
Trust me, you don’t want to have a hunter in your unit. Alright, they might know two or three things about shooting at something (that doesn’t shoot back)…
Is the British SAS better than any force the United States possesses?
In Basra, Iraq, in 2005 two SAS operators working undercover were captured by the Iraqi police. They were held captive and interrogated by the police and “a militia”…
Is the US winning the tariff war?
First of all. There is no “tariff war”. There is an ongoing attempt to bully Canada by an overconfident innumerate pedophile rapist felon who is the laughingstock of…
Would an aircraft carrier be big enough to take weeks to capture if it was boarded? Could a team of sailors/marines/soldiers capture the flight deck and have helicopters quickly fly in to drop off reinforcements? What would combat look like?
We’ll ignore the rest of the Carrier Group and say that the USS Enterprise (NCC 1701) beamed down a landing party. It would only take a couple of…