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 – The Navy plans to arm all three Zumwalt-class destroyers with Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic glide vehicles, giving the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Enterprise (CV-6), “The Big E,” was the most decorated U.S. warship of WWII, fighting from the Wake relief...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-35C is the Navy’s first stealth carrier fighter, purpose-built for deck ops with a 51-ft folding wingspan, reinforced...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Connecticut (SSN-22), one of just three elite Seawolf-class attack submarines, has been sidelined since a 2021 seamount collision...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born from a 1970s push for an affordable, carrier-ready multirole jet, the F/A-18 Hornet replaced Navy Phantoms and Intruders...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-15E Strike Eagle began as a contrarian idea: take America’s preeminent air-superiority fighter and turn it into a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Su-27 Flanker was born to counter the F-15 and restore Soviet confidence in air superiority. -After a difficult...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Wisconsin (BB-64) served across three eras: screening carriers and bombarding shores in WWII, smashing rail hubs and batteries...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in the 1930s and sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, USS Yorktown (CV-5) fought from Tulagi to Coral Sea, then...