Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 1966, an SR-71 Blackbird broke apart at 79,000 feet after a right-engine inlet unstart triggered uncontrollable forces. -Test...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F-111B set out to solve the Navy’s hardest problem: kill missile-armed bombers far from the carrier. -It brought...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Sierra class (Projects 945 and 945A) wrapped a modern attack submarine around a titanium pressure hull to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – During the 1970s, the U.S. Navy studied a 50–60,000-ton CVV medium aircraft carrier to bolster aviation during Vietnam and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived during WWII but commissioned after, the three Midway-class carriers—Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Coral Sea—bridged piston aircraft and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
What You Need to Know on Eurocopter Tiger – Article Summary -Europe’s Tiger attack helicopter was imagined for a different war: sprinting ahead of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Lockheed S-3 Viking was the U.S. Navy’s carrier-based submarine hunter for three decades, evolving into a multirole jet...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived in the 1950s to swat Soviet bombers before they reached U.S. airspace, the North American XF-108 Rapier promised...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Decades before the Space Shuttle, the U.S. backed the X-20 Dyna-Soar: a reusable, skip-glide spaceplane born from WWII German...