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...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s CATOBAR carrier Fujian just flew the stealthy J-35B, sharpening questions about the U.S. Navy’s reliance on a 1970s-era...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Ottawa’s F-35 acquisition is proceeding—cautiously. Canada is contractually committed to 16 jets and prepping bases, training, and infrastructure for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Turkey boasts a massive tank fleet—Leopard 2/1s, M60 variants, and M48s—yet much of it is old, diverse, and maintenance-heavy....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Navy railgun advanced fast—and then vanished. The reasons were practical: barrels cracked from brutal heat and electromagnetic stress...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Montana class was the U.S. Navy’s unbuilt “super battleship”: larger than Iowas, with twelve 16-inch guns, thicker armor,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Britain’s HMS Vanguard and France’s Le Triomphant—both ballistic-missile submarines—accidentally collided while submerged on 3–4 February 2009. -Operating quietly on...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Su-34 has been pivotal and punished in Ukraine. Open-source visuals indicate 37–41 airframes lost—about 30% of Russia’s pre-war...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After the Soviet collapse, advanced weapons were stranded across new states. In 1997 the United States quietly bought 21...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s long-rumored H-20 stealth bomber is meant to give Beijing true intercontinental strike reach and complete a nuclear triad....