Dr. Brent M. Eastwood

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Planned 32 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers and Built Only 3 — Each Cost $7,500,000,000 and Their Main Guns Were Never Fielded

The U.S. Navy originally planned 32 Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers. Only 3 were built — USS Zumwalt, USS Michael Monsoor, and USS Lyndon B. Johnson....

Brent M. Eastwood1 hour ago

Pascagoula, MS - The future USS Jack H. Lucas (DDG 125) completed acceptance trials, May 18. DDG 125 is the first Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer built in the Flight III configuration. Photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

$100,000,000 in Damage: 2 U.S. Navy Destroyers Collided With Civilian Ships Within 2 Months and Killed 17 American Sailors

2017 was not a good year for the U.S. Navy’s surface fleet. Two deadly collisions haunted the maritime branch. The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers were...

Brent M. Eastwood3 hours ago

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

$141,000,000,000 Will Be Spent on the Sentinel ICBM Program — 81% Higher Than Original Estimates

Lost in the shuffle of constant news of negotiations to finally end the U.S-Iranian war and the rise of fuel prices with a global...

Brent M. Eastwood1 day ago

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62), while participating in Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024, fires the first naval strike missile from a U.S. destroyer July 18. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jordan Jennings)

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Hormuz Oil Crisis: 1,000,000,000 Barrels Have Vanished From the Global Market Due To Iran War — Pakistan Has Only 20 Days of Supply Left

Up to 1 billion barrels of oil supply have been removed from the global market. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed for...

Brent M. Eastwood1 day ago

PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 1, 2024) The Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26) comes alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a fueling-at-sea, Oct. 1, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group 9, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. An integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides he realistic, relevant training necessary to execute the U.S. Navy’s role across the full spectrum of military operations – from combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. U.S. 3rd Fleet works together with our allies and partners to advance freedom of navigation, the rule of law, and other principles that underpin security for the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Richard Tinker)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran’s Demand: War Reparations From the U.S. to End the Conflict — Trump Called It ‘Totally Unacceptable’ Ahead of His Xi Meeting

President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to end the U.S.-Iran war. Tehran’s demands include U.S. war reparations, full Iranian sovereignty over the Strait...

Brent M. Eastwood1 day ago

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Russia Built the MiG 1.44 to Beat the F-22 in the 1990s — Its Design Data Now Lives On in the Su-57 and Su-75 Stealth Fighters

Russia’s Mikoyan Project MiG 1.44 was conceived in the late 1980s as the Soviet Union’s answer to the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Tactical Fighter...

Brent M. Eastwood3 days ago

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Before He Walked on the Moon, Neil Armstrong Applied to Fly the X-20 Dyna-Soar — A Mach 5 Spaceplane That Was Cancelled and Never Flew

In 1960, nine years before he walked on the moon, a 30-year-old test pilot named Neil Armstrong applied to fly the X-20 Dyna-Soar —...

Brent M. Eastwood4 days ago

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Canada Built a Mach 2 Fighter in 1957 and Destroyed Every One in 1959 — Its Engineers Went to NASA and Helped Build the Apollo Program

On October 4, 1957, Avro Canada unveiled the CF-105 Arrow — a Mach 2 supersonic interceptor capable of climbing to 50,000 feet, the most...

Brent M. Eastwood4 days ago

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

On July 29, 1967, the USS Forrestal Burned for 17 Hours — 134 Sailors Died and John McCain Was Almost One of Them

At 10:50 a.m. on July 29, 1967, a Zuni rocket misfired in its launcher aboard the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, igniting...

Brent M. Eastwood4 days ago

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Brent M. Eastwood

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

The U.S. Navy Planned 32 Zumwalt-Class Destroyers and Built Only 3 — Each Cost $7,500,000,000 and Their Main Guns Were Never Fielded

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

$100,000,000 in Damage: 2 U.S. Navy Destroyers Collided With Civilian Ships Within 2 Months and Killed 17 American Sailors

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

$141,000,000,000 Will Be Spent on the Sentinel ICBM Program — 81% Higher Than Original Estimates

Dollars and Sense

Hormuz Oil Crisis: 1,000,000,000 Barrels Have Vanished From the Global Market Due To Iran War — Pakistan Has Only 20 Days of Supply Left

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran’s Demand: War Reparations From the U.S. to End the Conflict — Trump Called It ‘Totally Unacceptable’ Ahead of His Xi Meeting

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Russia Built the MiG 1.44 to Beat the F-22 in the 1990s — Its Design Data Now Lives On in the Su-57 and Su-75 Stealth Fighters

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Before He Walked on the Moon, Neil Armstrong Applied to Fly the X-20 Dyna-Soar — A Mach 5 Spaceplane That Was Cancelled and Never Flew

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Canada Built a Mach 2 Fighter in 1957 and Destroyed Every One in 1959 — Its Engineers Went to NASA and Helped Build the Apollo Program

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

On July 29, 1967, the USS Forrestal Burned for 17 Hours — 134 Sailors Died and John McCain Was Almost One of Them

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