Dr. Brent M. Eastwood is the author of Humans, Machines, and Data: Future Trends in Warfare. He is an Emerging Threats expert and former U.S. Army Infantry officer. You can follow him on Twitter @BMEastwood. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and Foreign Policy/ International Relations.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – Chinese scientists claim to have developed a new method for tracking US warships, including aircraft carriers, by using an algorithm to...
Key Points – The USS United States (CVA-58) was a post-WWII “supercarrier” designed to be a sea-based platform for heavy, nuclear-armed bombers, giving the...
Key Points – China’s J-15 “Flying Shark” carrier-based fighter is a prime example of its reverse-engineering prowess, born from an unfinished Su-33 prototype acquired...
Key Points and Summary: In an embarrassing incident for the U.S. Navy, the brand-new Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro (SSN-665) sank at the...
Key Points – Amid a dangerous and proliferating global nuclear threat environment, the U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) program is a top...
Key Points – A direct US military intervention in the Israel-Iran conflict, such as using B-2 bombers to strike Iran’s hardened Fordow nuclear facility,...