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Who was Alfred Nobel?

Introduction Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 to 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is best known for having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prize, though he also made several important contributions to science, holding 355 patents in his lifetime. Nobel’s most famous invention was dynamite,… Read More

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What was the Niihau Incident (1941)?

Introduction The Niʻihau incident occurred on 07 to 13 December 1941, when Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service pilot Shigenori Nishikaichi (西開地 重徳, Nishikaichi Shigenori) crash-landed his Zero on the Hawaiian island of Niʻihau after participating in the attack on Pearl Harbour. The Imperial Japanese Navy had designated Niʻihau as an uninhabited island for damaged aircraft… Read More

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What was the Attack on Pearl Harbour (1941)?

Introduction The attack on Pearl Harbour was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbour in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00, on Sunday 07 December 1941. Refer to What is the Pearl Harbour Advance-Knowledge Conspiracy Theory?. The United States… Read More

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What is the Peresvet (Laser Weapon)?

Introduction The Peresvet (Russian: Пересвет, named after Alexander Peresvet, also a wordplay, pere-svet means “supra-light”) is a Russian laser weapon. Most of the information about the complex remains secret; however, according to experts, it is supposed to perform the tasks of Air Defence and Missile defence. The Peresvet is one of the six new Russian… Read More

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What was the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (1987-2019)?

Introduction The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty, formally Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles; Russian: Договор о ликвидации ракет средней и меньшей дальности / ДРСМД, Dogovor o likvidatsiy raket sredney i menshey dalnosti / DRSMD) was an… Read More

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What was the 1988 Remscheid A-10 Crash?

Introduction The 1988 Remscheid A-10 crash occurred on 08 December 1988, when an A-10 Thunderbolt II attack jet of the United States Air Force crashed onto a residential area in the city of Remscheid, West Germany. The aircraft crashed into the upper floor of an apartment complex. In addition to the pilot, five people were… Read More

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What was the Battle of the Falkland Islands (1914)?

Introduction The Battle of the Falkland Islands was a First World War naval action between the British Royal Navy and Imperial German Navy on 08 December 1914 in the South Atlantic. The British, after their defeat at the Battle of Coronel on 01 November, sent a large force to track down and destroy the German… Read More