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 – Russia’s hyped MiG-41 “sixth-generation” interceptor—pitched as a Mach 4.3, ultra-stealth, nuclear-capable answer to America’s F-47 NGAD and the Navy’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Guitarro sank at the pier in 1969 when an open sonar-dome manhole—left uncovered during transducer work—let floodwater drag...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Aircraft carriers face real peril from anti-ship ballistic missiles, hypersonics, quiet submarines, and massed drones—threats that could sideline traditional,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Army plans to modernize the AH-64 Apache into the 2060s, extending a combat career that began in 1975....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Pentagon is advancing the Navy’s F/A-XX program toward a contractor downselect, with Boeing and Northrop Grumman reportedly in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 2015, HMS Talent—a Trafalgar-class attack sub—struck floating ice while tracking Russian submarines, ripping a six-foot hole in her...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The RAH-66 Comanche was a stealthy scout/attack helicopter designed to replace the OH-58 and complement or even supplant the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov was conceived as a “heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser” to slip through the Bosporus, fielding Su-33/MiG-29K jets from a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 1992, USS Baton Rouge collided with Russia’s B-276 Kostroma in the Barents Sea during a covert patrol, a...