Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s navy is rapidly expanding its carrier fleet—with three carriers now operational and a fourth Ford-class-like supercarrier on the...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The 1999 simulated sinking of the USS Theodore Roosevelt by a “silent” Dutch diesel-electric submarine, HNLMS Walrus, proved that...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China has built a layered “aircraft carrier killing” network—DF-21D/DF-26B anti-ship ballistic missiles, YJ-12/YJ-18 cruise missiles, expanding submarine forces, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy faces a “glaring” aircraft carrier shortage, a “tragedy” of American manufacturing, as it builds less than...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary –The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), a $13.3 billion supercarrier, is labeled a “defense acquisition horror show” due to “critical...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The USS United States (CVA-58) was conceived as an 82,000-ton, island-less supercarrier to launch nuclear-capable heavy bombers—four hulls planned,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Why sell billion-dollar carriers for a penny? Because scrapping them costs a fortune. -Decommissioned supercarriers like USS Kitty Hawk...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Since October 2023, U.S. carrier strike groups have surged to the Middle East, straining a fleet where even icons...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In a 2005 SINKEX, the U.S. Navy subjected the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS America (CV-66) to four weeks of...