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 US Navy’s Nimitz-class supercarriers underpin America’s ability to sustain global operations for months, powered by twin nuclear reactors...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works is building Vectis, a Group 5 stealth drone aimed at the Collaborative Combat Aircraft role...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After more than 25 years in deep refit, Russia’s 28,000-ton Kirov-class cruiser Admiral Nakhimov is back at sea for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – J-35 vs. Su-35: The Su-35 is Russia’s apex 4.5-gen Flanker: huge thrust, thrust-vectoring agility, long reach with Irbis-E radar and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – France’s nuclear-powered carrier FS Charles de Gaulle (R91) just underscored Paris’s blue-water credibility with a long Indo-Pacific deployment, exercising...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov was the Soviet answer to U.S. carrier power: a heavy, missile-armed STOBAR carrier meant to project fixed-wing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Four Ohio-class SSGNs—each able to fire 154 Tomahawks—retire from 2026–2028, removing 616 missiles from the fleet. -The Navy’s answer:...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Grumman’s F9F-8 Cougar was the U.S. Navy’s swept-wing evolution of the Panther—a timely answer to Soviet and MiG-driven realities...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points: The U.S. Air Force has begun building the F-47, its sixth-generation NGAD fighter, with leaders pushing to have it flying by 2028....