Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-71 Blackbird’s Mach 3 speed, altitude, and modest radar-reduction tempted some to imagine a fighter-bomber variant—outrunning interceptors, dodging...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Space Aircraft Carrier? Key Points and Summary – SpaceWERX has tapped Seattle startup Gravitics to develop an “orbital carrier”—a pre-positioned, in-space launch pad that...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – National Security Journal visited an SR-71 Blackbird at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum outside of Washington, DC....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – At the Cold War’s end, the Soviet Union laid down Ulyanovsk (Project 1143.7), its first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier aimed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The South Dakota-class (South Dakota, Indiana, Massachusetts, Alabama) delivered the mix WWII demanded: nine 16″/45 guns, 16 dual-purpose 5″,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Arizona, a Pennsylvania-class battleship famed for its size and firepower, became a defining symbol of December 7, 1941....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-35A Lightning II has been certified to deliver the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb, transforming America’s premier 5th-generation fighter...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s unrealized “Super Yamato” (Design A-150) was Tokyo’s bid to dominate WWII at sea before U.S. industry fully mobilized....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in 2003, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class carrier powered by twin nuclear reactors and crewed by...