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Stocktrek Images/Getty Images By Brad Hill/June 22, 2024 4: 19 pm EST Many aircraft carriers, just like the one used in «Top Gun: Maverick,» have hull classification codes that begin with CVN. The USS Abraham Lincoln is CVN 72, while USS Nimitz is CVN 68. If anyone were to believe that the United States military doesn’t create […]

Mike Cassidy/Getty Images By Brad Hill/June 22, 2024 3: 15 pm EST Watching a fighter jet take off is a beautiful sight. Anyone who hasn’t been to an air show should really try to see one of the incredible air shows that captivate aviation enthusiasts worldwide at least once. Once you get past the roaring crescendo of its

renata colella/Shutterstock We’ve grown a little spoiled. At some point during the progression of televisions and media devices, remote controls went from infrared sensors that required a direct line-of-sight between the remote and the receiving sensor to controllers that connect via radio frequency (RF) signals. Typically, RF remotes have a dedicated pairing button, which triggers

Veja/Shutterstock When searching for the best prices on electronics, you may often find yourself drawn to deals on devices that aren’t brand new or factory sealed. These can take on multiple forms with many different, sometimes overlapping names, like open box, warehouse deals, scratch and dent, B-stock, renewed, and reconditioned. However, not every manufacturer or

The United States military has a lot of incredible toys at its disposal due to decades of procurements, testing, refining, and manufacturing. You don’t get to fly an F-35 or pilot an M1A2 without going through a lot of steps. It takes a lot of time, money, and effort to put a new vehicle or

Mikolette/Getty Images When you were first learning how to ride a bike as a kid, the bike you were learning on probably didn’t have any special bells or whistles on it, aside from perhaps a literal bell on the handlebars. Learning to ride a bike is hard enough without complicating the matter. However, even after

Deemerwha studio/Shutterstock By Abhinav Lal/Updated: June 18, 2024 12: 51 pm EST Arduino libraries, like libraries for other programming languages, help easily extend the range of functions available to users in the standard integrated development environment (IDE). They are commonly used to interface with hardware (such as a display or sensor) or for adding code functionality

Natural features such as rivers, streams, and ravines have always proved troublesome to people moving from point A to point B. This is historically complicated when in a war setting. Not only do you have to contend with Mother Nature, but the adversarial action as well. The U.S. took its first steps to address such

NicoElNino/Shutterstock By Brad Hill/June 17, 2024 3: 15 pm EST The United States government and nations all over the globe use a wide variety of reconnaissance tools to stay ahead of their rivals. One such tool the U.S. has historically utilized, especially during the Cold War, was the SR-71 Blackbird spy plane. Flying up to 85,000 feet

Tada Images/Shutterstock Anyone who’s ever had to deal with unread emails running into five digits knows the importance of preventing inbox clutter. There are several ways to clean up your digital P.O box, and deleting old or unimportant emails is one of such ways. You free up precious storage space for more important stuff, and