Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy faces a potential crisis in carrier availability. Federal law mandates a minimum of 11 operational carriers,...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – U.S. supercarriers remain unmatched power projectors, yet maintenance cycles often sideline them. -The Navy’s “rule of thirds” keeps only...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The USS Gerald R. Ford was meant to revolutionize U.S. carrier aviation, but its path to sea was defined...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A leaked New York Times account of the Pentagon’s classified “Overmatch Brief” paints a grim picture of a U.S.–China...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Dr. Brent Eastwood tackles the growing argument that U.S. supercarriers are overpriced targets in an era of Chinese hypersonic...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – For decades, American supercarriers like the Nimitz- and Ford-class have been the Navy’s ultimate symbols of power projection. -But...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – Critics argue that in an era of cheap drones and long-range “carrier-killer” missiles, $13-billion Ford-class carriers are oversized targets. -But that’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – In 2005, Swedish AIP submarine HMS Gotland stunned the U.S. Navy by repeatedly “killing” carrier USS Ronald Reagan in exercises, exposing...
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Key Points and Summary – As tensions spike over Venezuela, President Donald Trump has pointedly refused to rule out sending U.S. ground troops, even...