US MILITARY
Added on: 18th Jan 2016
AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE TOP GUN MOVIE
IN 1986, THE US NAVY STATED THAT THE NUMBER
OF YOUNG MEN WHO WANTED TO BECOME NAVAL
AVIATORS WENT UP BY 500 PERCENT.
A NON-LUBRICATED CONDOM IS PART OF THE
UNITED STATES MILITARY STANDARD ISSUE
PARACHUTE PACK SURVIVAL KIT (SRU-16). APART
FROM ITS PRIMARY FUNCTION, IT CAN ALSO SERVE
AS A CONTAINER CAPABLE OF HOLDING UP TO
1 LITRE OF WATER.
SO FAR, THE U.S. NAVY HAS ONLY HAD ONE SHIP
HELD CAPTIVE BY ANOTHER NATION. IN 1968,
NORTH KOREA TOOK THE USS PUEBLO SPY SHIP IN 1968.
TODAY, THE SHIP IS MOORED IN A RIVER IN PYONGYANG
AND SERVES AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION.
ACCORDING TO THE DOD’S LATEST BASE STRUCTURE
REPORT, THE US ARMY HAS BASES IN AT LEAST
74 COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.
THE US NAVY STILL OPERATES WOODEN SHIPS. MADE
FROM OAK, FIR AND CYPRESS, THESE SHIPS ARE
DESIGNED TO CLEAR MINES FROM VITAL WATERWAYS.
IN 1968, THE US ARMY DEVELOPED A GIANT
FOUR-LEGGED ROBOT KNOWN AS THE “WALKING TRUCK”.
THE ROBOT WAS STRONG ENOUGH TO LIFT A CAR
AND COULD WALK AS FAST AS 5 MPH BUT IT WAS
NEVER USED IN PRACTICE AS OPERATING IT
WAS EXTREMELY EXHAUSTING.
THE US NAVY DEVELOPED A SPECIAL RESEARCH VESSEL
THAT IS CAPABLE OF OPERATING BOTH VERTICALLY
AND HORIZONTALLY. KNOWN AS THE FLIP
(FLOATING INSTRUMENT PLATFORM), THE VESSEL
HAS TWO DOORS IN MOST OF ITS ROOMS,
ONE TO USE WHEN THE SHIP IS HORIZONTAL,
ANOTHER WHEN VERTICAL.
THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR REMAINS THE DEADLIEST
WAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE US ARMY. IT IS
ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 750,000 SOLDIERS WERE
KILLED IN THE WAR, WHICH IS BY FAR THE HIGHEST
NUMBER OF ALL THE WARS THE ARMY HAS
EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN.
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