Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his “special military operation” against Ukraine, it was touted as a short, intense invasion in which Kyiv would...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Synopsis: Russia’s arms sales to China in the 1990s and 2000s helped accelerate Beijing’s modernization—fighter jets, air defenses, engines, submarines, and destroyers that seeded...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class ballistic missile submarines are designed to replace the aging Ohio-class and sustain America’s most survivable nuclear...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: A century ago, the U.S. Navy tested a startling idea: a “flying aircraft carrier.” -The rigid airships USS Akron and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Synopsis: The X-20 Dyna-Soar was a Cold War-era attempt to build a reusable, piloted, winged spaceplane that could ride a booster into space, “skip”...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Operation Midnight Hammer revived a debate Washington thought was settled: whether to expand the B-2 Spirit fleet even as the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The Iowa-class battleship became a legend in part because it was a triumph of industrial scale: millions of design hours,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Even after the Soviet Union collapsed, U.S. and Russian submarines continued to play cat-and-mouse in the Arctic, tracking boomers and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: During the early Cold War, Sweden’s neutrality didn’t eliminate its vulnerability, so Stockholm explored maximum self-reliance—including a survivable nuclear delivery...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Aircraft carriers remain central to maritime power projection heading into 2026, with the United States still dominating in size, capability,...