The Super Hercules is the most recent variant of the C-130 Hercules and is one of the largest in the family. From wing tip to wing tip, it measures 132 feet (40 meters), and nose to tail 112 feet ...

The body of a long-range missile lives only for its nose. Once shot into space, the nose, with its payload of thermonuclear explosive, speeds on alone, and its problem becomes re-entry into the ...