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...
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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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – The Kirov-class was born to hunt NATO carriers and shield Soviet submarines, using nuclear power, long-range missiles, and deep air-defense magazines...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The USS Illinois (BB-65) was conceived as a tougher follow-on to the Iowa class and first of the planned...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s refit Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov entering sea trials signals that big, heavily armed surface combatants still matter. -The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Brigadier General Billy Mitchell, the “Father of the U.S. Air Force,” was a visionary who argued that air power...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key points and Summary – The Montana-class represents the U.S. Navy battleships that never sailed. Authorized in 1940 as America’s answer to Japan’s Yamato-class...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – We offer a ‘tour’ of the eight U.S. battleships preserved as floating museums, many of which are being rebuilt...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Montana class was the U.S. Navy’s unbuilt “super battleship”: larger than Iowas, with twelve 16-inch guns, thicker armor,...