Pyongyang s arms industry is poor and backward but full of surprises.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The North Korean People’s Army Type 88 rifle is similar to the Soviet-era AK-74 with one key difference: unusual helical magazines that carry up to five times as many rounds as conventional 30-round magazines.
One of the largest armies in the world has adopted one of the most unusual variants of the AK-series of assault rifles.
The North Korean People’s Army Type 88 rifle is similar to the Soviet-era AK-74 with one key difference: unusual helical magazines that carry up to five times as many rounds as conventional 30-round magazines.
Did You Know?—the Royal Navy Participated In the Battle of Britain
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Hitler Shouldn t Have Bet on the XX1-Class Wonder Submarines
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Underwater Chernobyl? In 1985, a Dying Submarine Poisoned Miles of Russian Territory
In 1985, a Soviet submarine undergoing a delicate refueling procedure experienced a freak accident that killed ten naval personnel.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The
K-431 incident was one of several involving Soviet submarine reactors. Ten Soviet submarines experienced nuclear accidents, and one other,
K-11, also suffered a refueling criticality. The U.S. Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet, by contrast, suffered zero nuclear accidents not only during the Cold War but all the way up to the present day.
In 1985, a Soviet submarine undergoing a delicate refueling procedure experienced a freak accident that killed ten naval personnel. The fuel involved was not diesel, but nuclear, and the resulting environmental disaster contaminated the area with dangerous, lasting radiation. The incident, which remained secret until after the demise of the USSR itself, was one of many nuclear accidents the S
Tanker War: Iran Lost Big When It Took on the U.S. Navy
The narrow straits of the Persian Gulf had become a shooting gallery due to the Iran-Iraq War, still raging seven years after Iraq’s surprise invasion of Iran in 1980.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The Tanker War demonstrated how Iran could retaliate against foreign pressure through calibrated, and semi-deniable attacks on the valuable shipping passing through the narrow waters of the Gulf even though the campaign failed to inflict substantial economic damage, or indeed sink many large ships.
On July 21, 1987, a gigantic 414,000-ton supertanker entered the Persian Gulf with an unusually prominent escort a U.S. Navy missile cruiser and three frigates.