Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – U.S. military planners will surely soon begin to debate whether to export its next-generation F-47 fighter, a choice between...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Australia’s August deal to buy 11 advanced Mogami-class frigates from Japan serves as a stark wake-up call for the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Point – Japan reworked two “helicopter destroyers” into F-35B–capable flattops, threading the needle between Article 9 constraints and rising Chinese pressure. Here’s how...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Navy railgun advanced fast—and then vanished. The reasons were practical: barrels cracked from brutal heat and electromagnetic stress...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Yamato, pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the heaviest battleship ever built, met a brutal end during Operation...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s unrealized “Super Yamato” (Design A-150) was Tokyo’s bid to dominate WWII at sea before U.S. industry fully mobilized....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s scripted coast-guard incursions around the Senkaku Islands aim to normalize control through mass and proximity. -But Japan has...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – America’s Casablanca-class escort aircraft carriers were WWII’s most numerous flattops: 55 “Jeep” carriers mass-produced by Henry Kaiser’s yards to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Japan’s Taigei-class submarines are purpose-built for the Indo-Pacific’s decisive geography. -They replace air-independent propulsion with high-capacity lithium-ion batteries, enabling...