Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy has officially suspended the DDG(X) program in favor of the BBG(X) Trump-class battleship, a move intended to...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – President Donald Trump has unveiled plans for a new “Trump-class” of large surface combatants, billed as modern battleships and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – President Trump wants a new class of Trump-class “guided missile battleships,” but the case for them is unclear, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Alaska-class battlecruisers were conceived as “cruiser killers” to hunt German and Japanese heavy cruisers, splitting the difference between...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In May 1956, a Navy PR cruise off the East Coast turned disastrous when heavy fog and a radar...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – As U.S. destroyers like USS Carney fend off missile and drone swarms in the Red Sea, critics argue modern...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Design A-150 “Super Yamato” was meant to be the ultimate battleship: up to 70,000–90,000 tons, six 510 mm...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser was conceived as a nuclear-powered, prestige flagship built to stalk U.S. carrier groups and survive...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS New Jersey (BB-62), the most decorated battleship in U.S. history, stepped back into the same Philadelphia dry dock...