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Something flew toward Moscow at unusually high altitude — and Russia's own Defense Ministry confirmed intercepting a "long-range operational-tactical missile," without saying whose. Russian...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s Project 23560 Lider-class destroyer was Moscow’s bid to rebuild a blue-water navy with one ship that did everything: a nuclear-powered surface combatant displacing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Russia’s Sukhoi Su-37 Terminator was Moscow’s answer to American stealth fighters like the F-22 Raptor. Built on a modified Su-27M airframe with Saturn AL-31FP...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The world’s most expensive warship came home Saturday. And as one retired U.S. Navy commanding officer told me yesterday: “No one knows when she...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is steaming through the Red Sea right now, anchoring a French-led coalition trying to reopen the Strait...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is retiring every single Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser by 2029 — and with them, more than 1,200 missile launch cells the surface...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: An interview with Lionel “Stormy” Boudreaux — one of only 12 pilots who ever flew operational sorties in both the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On April 15, 1986, during Operation El Dorado Canyon, Maj. Brian Shul and RSO Maj. Walter Watson flew SR-71 #64-17960 over Libya on a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In April 1989, the Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets caught fire in its engineering compartment during a routine patrol off Norway’s Bear Island. The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
U.S. officials estimate China intends to operate nine aircraft carriers by 2035 — a tripling of its current three-ship fleet in just a decade....