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 – Japan’s unrealized “Super Yamato” (Design A-150) was Tokyo’s bid to dominate WWII at sea before U.S. industry fully mobilized....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in 2003, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class carrier powered by twin nuclear reactors and crewed by...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – At $13.3B, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the Navy’s largest, most advanced carrier, fielding EMALS, Advanced Arresting Gear,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A triple MiG-31 incursion into Estonian airspace rattled NATO capitals and revived a key question: why is Russia’s 1980s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – YF-23 “Black Widow II” chief configurator Darold Cummings has sketched three upgrade tracks to push the F-35 beyond today’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The B-1B entered service in 1986 as a fast, low-level penetrator with a huge payload and terrain-following radar. -But...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After nearly 40 years of service, the B-1B Lancer is heading for retirement in the 2030s. -The Air Force...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Army’s XM30—formerly OMFV—is a soldier-centric Bradley replacement designed to fight manned or unmanned. -Prototypes from American Rheinmetall...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China-linked researchers once simulated a B-21 Raider being shot down by Mach-6 missiles, but analysts question the scenario’s realism...