Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – Sweden’s Saab-built Gotland-class diesel-electric submarine, the world’s first to be equipped with an Air-Independent Propulsion (AIP) system, famously demonstrated its profound...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The official retirement of the SR-71 Blackbird in 1990 was driven more by internal US Air Force politics and budget priorities...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The M103, America’s last heavy tank, was developed in the 1950s as a direct response to formidable Soviet heavy tanks like...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Soviet Foxtrot-class (Project 641) was one of the most successful and prolific diesel-electric attack submarine designs of the Cold War,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Northrop F-89 Scorpion, the US Air Force’s first jet-powered interceptor and the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Meet the Sturgeon-Class: Today’s Virginia-class attack submarines certainly did not materialize in a vacuum. Neither did their Los Angeles-class and Seawolf-class predecessors. Some of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Lockheed S-3 Viking, nicknamed “The Hoover” for its distinctive engine sound, served the US Navy for 35 years (1974-2016) as...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Soviet Union’s four Kiev-class aircraft carriers, built in the 1970s, are largely regarded as a failed attempt to match Western...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Soviet Mikoyan MiG-23 “Flogger,” a variable-sweep wing fighter designed in the late 1960s to succeed the MiG-21, became the most...