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08/02/2024

Pre-order alert: "POLARIS: SUBMARINES, MISSILES, THE US NAVY AND THE ROYAL NAVY" by John Boyes is out in October
Read more 👉 https://fml.pub/polaris
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆
The atom bombs dropped on Japan at the end of the Second World War opened the door to the nuclear age.
Seeing the potential for developing nuclear energy for the US Navy, Captain Hyman Rickover initiated a research programme that culminated in the launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine. Meanwhile, ballistic missile technology was developing fast, but still relied on complex liquid fuels.
The US Navy partnered with the army to develop a ballistic missile for both services, but withdrew when solid fuels became a practical proposition. Under the leadership of RADM William Raborn, the US Navy set up its own project: the Polaris weapon system.
In 1960, the first missile-armed nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN) left on patrol, with forty more to follow. Two years later, when Britain’s Blue Streak and Skybolt plans were cancelled, Harold Macmillan and John F. Kennedy agreed for Polaris to be supplied to the Royal Navy.

Pre-order alert: "POLARIS: SUBMARINES, MISSILES, THE US NAVY AND THE ROYAL NAVY" by John Boyes is out in October

Read more 👉 https://fml.pub/polaris

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰-𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗦 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆

The atom bombs dropped on Japan at the end of the Second World War opened the door to the nuclear age.
Seeing the potential for developing nuclear energy for the US Navy, Captain Hyman Rickover initiated a research programme that culminated in the launch of USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine. Meanwhile, ballistic missile technology was developing fast, but still relied on complex liquid fuels.

The US Navy partnered with the army to develop a ballistic missile for both services, but withdrew when solid fuels became a practical proposition. Under the leadership of RADM William Raborn, the US Navy set up its own project: the Polaris weapon system.

In 1960, the first missile-armed nuclear-powered submarine (SSBN) left on patrol, with forty more to follow. Two years later, when Britain’s Blue Streak and Skybolt plans were cancelled, Harold Macmillan and John F. Kennedy agreed for Polaris to be supplied to the Royal Navy.

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08/02/2024

"NIGHT HAWK: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KAREL KUTTELWASCHER DFC AND BAR, THE RAF’S GREATEST NIGHT INTRUDER ACE"
Read more 👉 https://fml.pub/night-hawk
The story of the RAF's top World War Il night intruder ace has been revealed in this fantastic new edition. Although he had a German surname, Flt It Karel Kuttelwascher was a Czech. Flying with the RAF's legendary No. 1 Sqn, he destoyed 15 aircraft in only three months, earning him the Distinguished Flying Cross twice in just 42 days and making him the RAF's top night intruder ace.
After a daring escape from German-occupied Czechoslovakia he flew in the ferocious Battle of France and then took part in the final weeks of the Battle of Britain as one of Churchill's 'Few'.
Flying long-range Hawker Hurricane IIC armed with 20mm cannon, the wartime media dubbed him 'The Czech Night Hawk'. His amazing feats included the knocking out of three Heinkel bombers in just four minutes.
The details of Kuttelwascher's astonishing exploits and his life after war service are told in this updated reprint of "NIGHT HAWK" by Roger Darlington.

"NIGHT HAWK: FLIGHT LIEUTENANT KAREL KUTTELWASCHER DFC AND BAR, THE RAF’S GREATEST NIGHT INTRUDER ACE"

Read more 👉 https://fml.pub/night-hawk

The story of the RAF's top World War Il night intruder ace has been revealed in this fantastic new edition. Although he had a German surname, Flt It Karel Kuttelwascher was a Czech. Flying with the RAF's legendary No. 1 Sqn, he destoyed 15 aircraft in only three months, earning him the Distinguished Flying Cross twice in just 42 days and making him the RAF's top night intruder ace.

After a daring escape from German-occupied Czechoslovakia he flew in the ferocious Battle of France and then took part in the final weeks of the Battle of Britain as one of Churchill's 'Few'.

Flying long-range Hawker Hurricane IIC armed with 20mm cannon, the wartime media dubbed him 'The Czech Night Hawk'. His amazing feats included the knocking out of three Heinkel bombers in just four minutes.

The details of Kuttelwascher's astonishing exploits and his life after war service are told in this updated reprint of "NIGHT HAWK" by Roger Darlington.

07/24/2024

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