Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: An interview with Lionel “Stormy” Boudreaux — one of only 12 pilots who ever flew operational sorties in both the...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On April 15, 1986, during Operation El Dorado Canyon, Maj. Brian Shul and RSO Maj. Walter Watson flew SR-71 #64-17960 over Libya on a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In April 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets caught fire in its engineering compartment during a routine patrol off Norway’s Bear Island. The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
U.S. officials estimate China intends to operate nine aircraft carriers by 2035 — a tripling of its current three-ship fleet in just a decade....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Lockheed S-3 Viking was the only purpose-built, carrier-based, jet-powered submarine hunter the U.S. Navy ever flew. From 1974 to 2009, 188 of these...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Army has terminated the M10 Booker light tank program after spending more than a billion dollars and accepting delivery of 80 vehicles....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
France has approved construction of the most ambitious warship in European history. Named France Libre after Charles de Gaulle’s wartime government-in-exile, the 78,000-ton nuclear-powered...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Drone attacks from above, top-down anti-tank missiles, and hit-and-run ambushes have quietly rewritten what a main battle tank needs to survive. The U.S. Army’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On 9 May, when Russian President Vladimir Putin was presiding over his annual Victory in WWII parade, the combined lack of any meaningful dignitaries,...