Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Just Dropped Terms of How the War Could Come to an End and Donald Trump Might Not Like It Iran’s supreme leader has laid out Tehran’s terms for ending the war, and Tehran is now suggesting it could reopen the Strait of Hormuz... Georgia Gilholy2 hours ago
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Iran Is Far Weaker Than It Was When the First War Began. That May Be Exactly What Makes a Second One So Dangerous Summary and Key Points: If Washington restarts its air war against Iran to force open the Strait of Hormuz and demand a nuclear surrender,... Harry J. KazianisJune 7, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The War With Iran Quietly Drained Weapons America Can’t Replace for Years. A Second One Would Empty the Shelves What A Second American Air War Against Iran Would Really Cost: The fragile truce between Washington and Tehran has hardened into a stalemate that... Harry J. KazianisJune 7, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Hardest Part of Building a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier Isn’t the Nuclear Reactor or Hull. It’s the One System That Keeps Failing Summary and Key Points: A nuclear-powered supercarrier is one of the most complex machines humanity has ever built — yet the part that gave... Harry J. KazianisJune 7, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The SR-71 Blackbird Had a Strict Speed Limit. On One Flight Over Libya, Its Pilot Blew Right Past It Summary and Key Points: Muammar Gaddafi had drawn a “line of death” across the Gulf of Sidra and swore to shoot down any aircraft... Stephen SilverJune 7, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The U.S. Navy Spent 4 Weeks Trying to Sink One of Its Own Aircraft Carriers — and for Most of That Month, It Couldn’t Summary and Key Points: In the spring of 2005, the United States Navy set out to sink one of its own aircraft carriers —... Harry J. KazianisJune 7, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More What Happens to a Fighter Pilot’s Body in the Seconds It Takes to Eject Is Brutal Beyond Belief Summary and Key Points: When two American pilots ejected from their F-15Es over Iran and were pulled to safety, they survived something most people... Stephen SilverJune 7, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The U.S. Navy Says Its New Nuclear Missile Submarine Will Be the Quietest and Deadliest Ever to Slip Beneath the Waves Summary and Key Points: It is being built to do something no weapon ever wants to be used for: survive the unthinkable and strike... Kris OsbornJune 6, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More A Retired Blackbird Officer Says the SR-71 Wasn’t Killed Over Cost — It Was Killed to Win the F-22 Contract Summary and Key Points: For more than three decades, the official story of the SR-71 Blackbird’s retirement has been simple: the legendary spy plane... Brent M. EastwoodJune 6, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More China Is Building Aircraft Carriers Bigger Than the USS Ford — but They Can’t Do the One Thing That Makes a Supercarrier Deadly Summary and Key Points: China is building aircraft carriers at a pace not seen since World War II. By 2035, the Pentagon expects Beijing... Steve BalestrieriJune 6, 2026