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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A $14 billion U.S. arms sale to Taiwan — one of the largest in the island’s history — remains in limbo for a fifth...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy decommissioned all four Avenger-class mine countermeasures ships from Bahrain in September 2025 — USS Devastator, USS Dextrous, USS Gladiator, and USS...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Three months into the Iran War, Gulf states are pushing the United States and Israel toward a lasting peace settlement with Tehran. The talks...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Marine Corps Lieutenant General Stephen Sklenka, the Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics, told the Modern Day Marine Expo in late April that China...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Israel’s F-16I Sufa — Storm in Hebrew — is a heavily modified two-seat F-16D Block 50/52 built by Lockheed Martin and customized by Israeli...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Iran never aimed to close the Strait of Hormuz, Dr. Andrew Latham argues. Tehran built something far more useful — permanent uncertainty. Mines, shore-based...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Pentagon plans to procure 10,000 low-cost cruise missiles and 12,000 hypersonic missiles between 2027 and 2029 — a wartime-style scaling effort driven by...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy commissioned three Midway-class aircraft carriers in 1945 — the USS Midway, USS Franklin D. Roosevelt, and USS Coral Sea — designed...