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,...
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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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China and other rivals have spent two decades building the perfect trap for big ships: dense salvos of ballistic,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov’s 2016–17 deployment to Syria marked Russia’s first carrier-based combat operations. Sailing with a heavy escort, the ship...
The Treaty
Key Points and Summary – A U.S. aircraft carrier strike group, likely to be soon near Venezuela, is neither a token counternarcotics gesture nor...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth–class carriers launched with sky-high promise—and early stumbles. -Cost overruns, mechanical faults, and a thin F-35B fleet...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 2005, Sweden’s AIP-equipped HSwMS Gotland penetrated a U.S. carrier strike group and logged simulated torpedo “kills” on USS...