.:SonicBomb:.

Did nuclear fallout Kill John Wayne?

The tragic tale of the "The Conqueror" and the deaths of those involved in its making. The brain child of eccentric billionaire and aviator Howard Hughes, the historical epic cast John Wayne as Temujin aka Genghis Khan.|Read More|

Undark and the Radium Girls

In 1922, a bank teller named Grace Fryer became concerned when her teeth began to loosen and fall out for no discernible reason. Her troubles were compounded when her jaw became swollen and inflamed, so she sought the assistance of a doctor in diagnosing the inexplicable symptoms. Using a primitive X-ray machine, the physician discovered serious bone decay, the likes of which he had never seen. Her jawbone was honeycombed with small holes, in a random pattern reminiscent of moth-eaten fabric. |Read More|

Operation Skyshield

Operation Skyshield was a series of three large-scale military exercises conducted in the United States in 1960s designed to test the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) defenses against Soviet air attack. |Read More|

Cosmonaut Crashed Into Earth 'Crying In Rage'

A cosmonaut circles the globe, convinced he will never make it back to Earth; he's on the phone with Soviet official Alexei Kosygin - then a high official of the Soviet Union � who is crying because he too is convinced the cosmonaut is about to die..|Read More|

Battle of Britain: Remembering the Czech aces

This year marks the 71st anniversary of the "Battle of Britain", when the Royal Air Force successfully defended Britain's shores from Nazi invasion. Among the RAF fighting men were almost ninety Czechoslovak and Polish pilots -- including the top scoring ace of the entire battle.|Read More|

British Airways Flight 9

24/06/1982 - British Airways Flight 9 flew into a cloud of volcanic ash thrown up by Mount Galunggung, causing the simultaneous failure of all four engines and plunging the 263 passengers out of the sky.|Read More|

The Nuclear Powered Bomber

In pursuit of what atomic energy might offer the United States Air Forces, in 1944 a program was initiated to produce an operational nuclear powered bomber.|Read More|

Blue Peacock - The Chicken-powered Nuke

Conceived during the Cold War, the seven tonne device was the size of small truck and was designed to be buried or submerged by a British Army retreating from Soviet forces. |Read More|

Hitler's Stealth Fighter

In the final months of WWII, a jet powered flying wing made its first test flight from a remote airfield deep inside Nazi Germany. Generations ahead of its time, the Horten 229 had been designed to be a lethal high speed fighter-bomber and more importantly, virtually undetectable to Allied radar.|Read More|

Dead Hand - Soviet Doomsday Machine

Dead hand the commonly accepted name for a system developed by the former Soviet Union to allow the country to retaliate against a nation aggressor should a nuclear strike destroy or incapacitate the Soviet leadership. Such a strike is known as a nuclear decapitation.|Read More|