Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – On November 2, 1985, the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise slammed into Bishop Rock at Cortes Bank during a...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: During 1986’s Operation El Dorado Canyon, an SR-71 Blackbird flew a daring post-strike reconnaissance mission over Libya, crossing Gaddafi’s “Line...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: The USS United States (CVA-58) was a radical, flush-deck supercarrier designed in the late 1940s to launch heavy nuclear bombers,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The S-3 Viking was the U.S. Navy’s go-to carrier-based sub-hunter for a generation, pairing long range, high endurance, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – France’s Dassault Mirage III was the first of the Mirage family to move beyond prototype status—and it became a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Sierra I-class was the Soviet Navy’s bold attempt to build an ultra-high-performance nuclear attack submarine using a titanium...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – More than two decades after retirement, the SR-71 Blackbird is still the benchmark for speed, and its final operational...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In the 1950s, Sweden flirted with its own nuclear deterrent and a dedicated delivery system: the Saab 36, a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Halibut began life as a Regulus cruise-missile submarine, but its real legacy came after a radical refit turned...