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This isn't literally about Nixon going to Chennai. I'm wondering more about the plausibility and implications of Nixon trying to forge an alliance between the United States and India. It seems that Imperial Iran was closer to Pakistan than India in the 1960s, which could complicate a pivot...

Automobile advertisements tend to emphasize horsepower rather than torque, unless the advertisement is for a truck. Historicall, almost all vehicles would have had more torque than horsepower, as few engines would be capable of reaching the torque/horsepower crossover point of around 5,252...

In the 1950s there was a competition to provide Strategic Air Command with a new strategic bomber to replace the Convair B-36 Peacemaker. The path was somewhat convoluted, but eventually it led to a fly-off between the Convair YB-60, a jet engine variant of the B-36, and the Boeing XB-52. The...

Argentina hired many German experts to help it develop nuclear, aerospace, and armaments technology in the 1940s and 1950s. Could Spain have done something similar, perhaps purchasing German war surplus as well?

Modern hydraulic fracturing technology was developed starting in the 1980s by George P. Mitchell, who developed the technology for use in shale formations. Starting around the mid to late 2000s the technology began being adopted by energy companies in the United States, leading to a surge of...

The pressurized water reactor is great for a naval vessel, especially a submarine, but the boiling water reactor has a number of advantages over it for civilian nuclear energy. BWR designs tend to be less stressed due to operating at lower pressure, radiation, and temperature levels. They also...

This is for the era prior to 1970, when ballistic missiles and early warning systems were not as developed. I've done quite a bit of research on Air Defense Command, and it is rather striking how poorly it performed in exercises. The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment System would have helped to...