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Australia HMS Melbourne Aircraft Carrier

Australia HMS Melbourne Aircraft Carrier

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Australia Sold Its Last Aircraft Carrier to China — Now China Has 3 Carriers and Australia Wishes It Had Kept Its Own

Aircraft Carrier HMAS Melbourne Served 27 Years in the Australian Navy — It Deployed to Vietnam and the Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation As a former U.S....

Brent M. EastwoodApril 6, 2026

Aircraft Carrier in the Sunset

Aircraft Carrier in the Sunset

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

$5,500,000,000 Nuclear Navy Aircraft Carrier ‘Sunk’ By $850,000,000 Australian Diesel Submarine

Synopsis: The Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, once plagued by noise and mechanical failures, eventually became a symbol of Australian naval stealth. -Most famously, HMAS Waller...

Caleb LarsonFebruary 13, 2026

Marines with Bravo Company, 4th Tanks Battalion, fire the M1A1 Abrams tank during a live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Arrow 18 in Pohjankangas Training Area near Kankaanpaa, Finland, May 15, 2018. Exercise Arrow is an annual Finnish multi-national exercise with the purpose of training with mechanized infantry, artillery, and mortar field training skills in a live-fire exercise. This is the first year the Marine Corps is participating in this exercise and the first time the M1A1 Abrams tanks have been in Finland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Marcin Platek/Released)

Marines with Bravo Company, 4th Tanks Battalion, fire the M1A1 Abrams tank during a live-fire exercise as part of Exercise Arrow 18 in Pohjankangas Training Area near Kankaanpaa, Finland, May 15, 2018. Exercise Arrow is an annual Finnish multi-national exercise with the purpose of training with mechanized infantry, artillery, and mortar field training skills in a live-fire exercise. This is the first year the Marine Corps is participating in this exercise and the first time the M1A1 Abrams tanks have been in Finland. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Marcin Platek/Released)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine Has 80 ‘New’ M1A1 Abrams Tanks and America Isn’t Happy At All

Summary and Key Points: Ukraine has officially received the final batch of 80 promised M1A1 Abrams tanks, with Australia delivering the last 49 vehicles...

Jack BuckbyFebruary 12, 2026

A U.S. Sailor inspects an aircraft catapult launch track on the flight deck of the world's largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 25, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR, Department of War-directed operations, and the president's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

A U.S. Sailor inspects an aircraft catapult launch track on the flight deck of the world's largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Nov. 25, 2025. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR, Department of War-directed operations, and the president's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Australia ‘Sank’ a U.S. Navy Aircraft Carrier from ‘Stand-Off Range’

Key Points and Summary – In early-2000s war games, Australia’s upgraded Collins-class submarines shocked observers by silently detecting and “sinking” U.S. Navy warships, including...

Kris OsbornDecember 10, 2025

Two Canadian Forces, 410 Squadron CF-188B Multi-Role Fighters, one painted in special anniversary colors, flying over the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) for planned engagements during the Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely mirrors the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization.

Two Canadian Forces, 410 Squadron CF-188B Multi-Role Fighters, one painted in special anniversary colors, flying over the Utah Test and Training Range (UTTR) for planned engagements during the Tiger Meet of the Americas. The Inaugural Tiger Meet of the Americas brought together flying units from throughout North America that have a Tiger or large cat as their unit symbol. The Tiger Meet of the Americas closely mirrors the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)/Europe Tiger Meet in its goal of fostering camaraderie, teamwork and tactics familiarization.

Dollars and Sense

Canada’s Foolish F-35 Stealth Fighter Delay Already Has Consequences

Key Points and Summary – Canada’s refusal to make a timely decision on a CF-18 replacement and the F-35 left the RCAF in a...

Steve BalestrieriDecember 4, 2025

F-111

F-111

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

How the F-111 “Pig” Gave Australia Its Most Fearsome Strike Jet

Key Points and Summary – The American-built F-111 Aardvark became an unlikely Australian icon. -Adopted by the RAAF in the 1970s and nicknamed the...

Christian OrrDecember 3, 2025

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fire at a target while conducting the defensive position live fire portion of the Strong Europe Tank Challenge at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, on June 5.The Strong Europe Tank Challenge is an annual training event designed to give participating nations a dynamic, productive and fun environment in which to foster military partnerships, form Soldier-level relationships, and share tactics, techniques and procedures. The participating nations this year are Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States.

Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 70th Armor Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, fire at a target while conducting the defensive position live fire portion of the Strong Europe Tank Challenge at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, on June 5.The Strong Europe Tank Challenge is an annual training event designed to give participating nations a dynamic, productive and fun environment in which to foster military partnerships, form Soldier-level relationships, and share tactics, techniques and procedures. The participating nations this year are Austria, France, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States.

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine Has 49 ‘New’ M1A1 Abrams Tanks and America Doesn’t Like It

Key Points and Summary – Australia has delivered most of the 49 M1A1 Abrams tanks it pledged to Ukraine, a symbolic boost that may...

Andrew LathamOctober 30, 2025

M1 Abrams Tank

M1 Abrams Tank

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine Has 49 ‘New’ M1A1 Abrams Tanks and America Isn’t Happy One Bit

Key Points and Summary – Australia has delivered the majority of 49 pledged M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, fulfilling a promise made in October...

Isaac SeitzOctober 24, 2025

SSN(X)

SSN(X)

Dollars and Sense

Why the AUKUS Submarine Deal Is Still in ‘Purgatory’

Key Points and Summary – Four years after its launch, the AUKUS pact has cleared a major political hurdle with President Trump’s endorsement of...

Robert FarleyOctober 24, 2025

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