Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A B-52 Stratofortress Bomber Did the Unthinkable: Lost A Load of Nuclear Weapons Unsurprisingly, the premise of lost, missing, or stolen weapons of mass...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy’s F/A-18 Super Hornet Is No Stealth Fighter, and Iran Could Take It Down Aerial combat is always risky. Over the skies...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Supercarrier Paradox: Why the Iran War Doesn’t Prove if the Aircraft Carrier Is the New ‘Battleship’
The survival of a U.S. Carrier Strike Group (CSG) is not determined by a single weapon, but by the adversary's ability to maintain a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Defense analyst Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, evaluates reports that researchers at the China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center have identified...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Defense expert Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, evaluates the persistent threat of Iranian mobile missile launchers and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is caught between the physical limits of 1980s-era nuclear reactors and the 2026 requirement for overwhelming conventional fire. If the USS...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-35 TR-3 crisis highlights a shift in 2026 military readiness: software is now the primary "failure point" rather than mechanical hardware.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The MBT-70 (Kampfpanzer 70) program remains the ultimate "cautionary tale" of military joint ventures. While intended to produce a singular "super tank" to dominate...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Defense expert Brent M. Eastwood, PhD, evaluates the retirement of the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers, the “quarterbacks” of the Carrier Strike...