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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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