Articles by Carl Chance

The United States spent 5 years and $21.6 million seeding clouds over the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the Vietnam War as a way to extend monsoon season and eventually sever enemy supply lines.  Think […]

The global expanse of US military bases is well-known, but its actual territorial empire is largely hidden. The true map of America is not taught in our schools. Abby Martin interviews history professor Daniel Immerwahr […]

On August 19th, 1960 the CIA recovered the first images from a Spy Satellite as part of its secret Corona Program. The Corona Satellite flew from 1960 to 1970, providing important intelligence om the Soviet […]

In this episode of Learning Military, we are going to review the National Defense Strategy. Last released in 2018, this government document released by thr Department of Defense under then US Defense Secretary Mattis, showcases […]

Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2.053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project’s “Trinity” test near Los Alamos […]

Soyuz 1 was a crewed spaceflight of the Soviet space program. Launched into orbit on 23 April 1967 carrying cosmonaut colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the FIRST crewed flight of the Soyuz spacecraft. From […]

A Podcast all about fighter planes, military aircraft, and aviation history. We will look at the pilots, designers, engineers, and maintainers who have flown or worked on some of the most iconic aircraft in history. […]

What The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was formed in 1949 to provide collective security against the threat posed by the Soviet Union. It has two official languages, English and French.

On September 22nd 1979, the sensors aboard the U.S. Vela Satellite picked up a distinctive signal somewhere in the vast expanse of the South Atlantic ocean. It was a mysterious “double Flash” of blinding light. […]

A group in Amarillo, Texas, watches everything military that flies over. But back in March of 2014, they spotted a ‘flying Dorito’ aircraft, something they’d never seen before. The Air Force has not confirmed this […]