AvatarLefty LeeBeirut The Tragic Physics of the Deadly Explosion in Beirut WIRED - Rachel Lance On August 4, 2020, a massive explosion blasted deadly waves through downtown Beirut. Then, video of the fireball rippled around the world almost as …
AvatarLefty LeeWreck German U-boat sunk in North Sea surveyed for the first time Newschain - The Newsroom A First World War German submarine sunk in 1917 has been surveyed for the first time using scanners and deep-sea video. Scientists used sophisticated …
AvatarLefty LeeRichard Spencer Study Identifies Site Where Crusader King Richard the Lionheart Defeated Saladin smithsonianmag.com - Alex Fox An Israeli archaeologist says he’s pinpointed the precise location of one of the Third Crusade’s most famous clashes: the 1191 Battle of Arsuf, which …
AvatarLefty LeeMunitions Work On Decaying Bomb-Filled Shipwreck In U.K. ‘Carries Risk’ Of Catastrophic Explosion Forbes - David HamblingPort officials in Beirut are reportedly under house arrest, as their failure to safely handle a vast stockpile of ammonium nitrate is blamed for the blast which devastated the city. Beirut is not the capital
AvatarLefty LeeSoviet Union Maybe This Hulking Soviet Tank Wasn’t A Stinker, After All Forbes - David AxeIn June 2014, in the early weeks of the war between Russia and Ukraine, separatists in eastern Ukraine were desperate for heavy weaponry. Rebels in Kostiantynivka, a city in Donetsk Oblast, eyed a 68-year-old
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