Author: Daniel Tom
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Forget Flying Cars. The World’s First Flying Motorcycle Is Coming.
The Speeder’s design team said the sci-fi sky-bike recently passed flight tests. They expect it to be commercially available by 2023. Flying cars and flying people with jet packs are on the way, so why not flying motorcycles? Jetpack Aviation, which already makes vertical people propellers, just announced a successful test flight of its…
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AbramsX: The Army Has Big Plans for a New Tank
This week, the United States Army’s 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team became the first unit to switch to an upgraded variant of the Abrams main battle tank (MBT) – the M1A2 SEPv3. The brigade completed its transition as part of an ongoing effort to modernize the service’s fleet of armored vehicles. Equipping the 2nd…
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Operation Bolo: The F-4 Phantom Gets Revenge in Vietnam
The 19FortyFive crew visited the National Air and Space Museum and took the below video and photos to showcase one of America’s most powerful fighter jets: The F-4 Phantom. The plane went to war in Vietnam and made some serious history, as we explain below. In 1966, the U.S. Air Force was frustrated…
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‘Sad, lonely, cold place’: Scientist predicts when and how the universe will end
Pour one out for ol’ space and time: A theoretical physicist has used iron’s signature qualities to trace forward to the end of the universe via the increasingly spectacular deaths of the stars. The research appears in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Matt Caplan, a computer-aided cosmologist who researches and teaches at Illinois State University…
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In Croatia, archaeologists discovered remnants of a Roman chariot with horse.
Archaeologists in Croatia uncovered the fossilized remains of a Roman chariot buried with two horses as part of a funeral ceremony. The fossilized remains of a Roman chariot buried with 2 horses as part of a burial ritual have recently been uncovered in Croatia. A large burial chamber for an ‘extremely wealthy family’ was discovered…
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The “Ring Lady” of Herculaneum, a Roman woman around 45 years
The “Ring Lady” of Herculaneum, a Roman woman around 45 years of age who died near the ancient waterfront of the Roman town during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. She was found surrounded by her gold jewellery and still wearing two gold rings on her left hand. [Like the nearby city of…
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Scientists Claim To Have Discover What Existed BEFORE The Beginning Of The Universe!
Non-scientific versions of the answer have invoked many gods and have been the basis of all religions and most philosophy since the beginning of recorded time. Now a team of mathematicians from Canada and Egypt have used cutting edge scientific theory and a mind-boggling set of equations to work out what preceded the universe in…
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Exoplanet KOI-3010.01 is considered habitable with a probability of 84% – Highest EVER
The Kepler mission discovered a planet orbiting the star KOI-3010 using the transit method. Researchers are drawn to this world because it has traits that are similar to those found on Earth. The red dwarf KOI-3010 is located in the constellation Lyra and is 1213 light-years away from us. This is an ancient star, with…
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Aselsan Unveils KORHAN Remote Weapon Station for Armoured Fighting Vehicle
Using internal research and development funding, Turkish defense company Aselsan has developed the Korhan 35 mm Remote Weapon Station (RWS) which is nearing development completion and has already undergone firing trials of its 35mm main armament on an Otokar Arma 8×8 platform. KORHAN is a new generation armored combat system with high firepower, equipped…
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US Navy Nimitz-class USS Ronald Reagan Arrives in Busan for First Fime Since 2017
The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier and the flagship for Carrier Strike Group 5 (CSG 5), USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), along with USS Chancellorsville (CG 62) and USS Barry (DDG 52), arrived in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK) for a regularly scheduled port visit, September 23. During the port visit, Ronald Reagan…