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...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s Iowa-class and Japan’s Yamato-class embodied different answers to the same problem: survive enemy gunfire long enough...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The underrated battleship USS Nevada (BB-36) had a remarkable and resilient career spanning two World Wars. -Its most famous...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 1946, the U.S. military conducted the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, detonating nuclear weapons against...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Iowa-class USS Kentucky (BB-66) was laid down in 1942 but never completed, a victim of World War II’s...
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 USS Texas (BB-35), a century-old dreadnought battleship, served with distinction in both World Wars. A technological pioneer for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The “battlecarrier” was a late-Cold-War plan to turn Iowa-class battleships into hybrid assault/strike ships, what could have amounted to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – This essay profiles five battleship classes—Iowa, Yamato, South Dakota, King George V, and North Carolina—as strategic answers to the...