The USS Gerald R. Ford supercarrier just wrapped up a near-record deployment from Venezuela to the Middle East—and now needs major modifications before it...
Russia’s nuclear-powered Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov finally put to sea for trials in 2025—after spending more than 25 years laid up in port at...
In 1997, the U.S. military quietly purchased 21 Soviet MiG-29 fighters from the tiny Eastern European country of Moldova—not from Russia, but from a...
Japan’s Taigei-class submarine—the “Big Whale”—is the first submarine class designed entirely around lithium-ion batteries, abandoning traditional Air-Independent Propulsion altogether. At just $700 million per...
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is now the world’s largest by hull count—and Beijing’s shipbuilding capacity is reportedly 230 times that of the United...
China’s J-36 and J-50 stealth aircraft prototypes have sparked speculation that Beijing is winning the sixth-generation airpower race. The truth is the U.S. Air...