Centurion Tank: Hull 169041, the Emu Field Atomic Blast and Vietnam
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The British Centurion was drafted in 1943 as a heavy cruiser tank able to take hits from German ...
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USS Missouri: Tokyo Bay Surrender, a Chesapeake Grounding and Cher
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!USS Missouri, BB-63, was an Iowa-class fast battleship ordered in 1940 and commissioned in 1944,...
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Kirov-Class Battlecruisers: Nuclear Plus Steam and a Zircon Missile Refit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Project 1144 Orlan, known by NATO as the Kirov class, are the largest surface combatants in serv...
19 Loka 21min
Mall of America: No Central Heat, a Partner Betrayal and a $10 Sears Lease
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Mall of America sits on the 78-acre site of Metropolitan Stadium, the old home of the Minnes...
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COSCO: The Yin He GPS Standoff, the Port of Piraeus and Shipping to Russia
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!COSCO, the China Ocean Shipping Company, was founded in 1961 as a Chinese government agency. Its...
19 Loka 22min
William Levitt: A House Every 11 Minutes, Whites-Only Deeds and ITT Ruin
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!William J. Levitt was born in Brooklyn in 1907 to a second-generation Jewish immigrant family. H...
19 Loka 21min
Salomon Brothers: The IBM Coup, Mortgage Bonds and a Treasury Bid Scandal
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Salomon Brothers was founded in 1910 by brothers Arthur, Herbert and Percy Salomon with clerk Be...
19 Loka 27min
T-90 Tank: A Renamed T-72, India's Bhishma and Clay Bricks in the Armor
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The T-90 came out of a post-Soviet crisis. In 1992 Russia was fielding three incompatible tank f...
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