Category: Military
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ROKS Hansando Korean Training Ship
ROKS Hansando Korean Training Ship ROKS Hansando (ATH-81) is one of the Republic of Korea Navy’s most advanced and versatile training and support ships. Commissioned in 2021, the vessel represents South Korea’s growing maritime ambition and technological capability. Named after Hansando Island, the site of Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s famous naval victory during the Imjin War Read more
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Douglas XB-19
Douglas XB-19 The Douglas XB-19 project was intended to test flight characteristics and design techniques for giant bombers. Despite advances in technology that made the XB-19 obsolete before it was completed, the Army Air Corps believed the prototype would be useful for testing despite Douglas Aircraft wanting to cancel the expensive project. Its construction took Read more
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Morane-Saulnier M.S.406
Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 The Morane-Saulnier M.S.406 was France’s most numerous pre-war/early-war single-seat fighter and the evolution of the earlier M.S.405 prototype. Designed to meet a 1934 French “C1” requirement for a modern single-seat interceptor, the M.S.405 (first flown 8 August 1935) was developed into the production M.S.406 with a stronger airframe and the Hispano-Suiza 12Y engine; Read more