Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Three Key Points: During Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. military demonstrated heavy reliance on its B-2 Spirit stealth bomber fleet — flying...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Three Key Points: On March 28, 2026, the 13th Fighter Squadron’s F-35A Lightning II aircraft arrived at Misawa Air Base in northern...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In the early 1980s, Lockheed’s Skunk Works proposed converting the SR-71 Blackbird — the Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft that flew above 80,000 feet and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On August 12, 2000, the Russian nuclear submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea after a 65-76A hydrogen-peroxide torpedo exploded in her starboard torpedo...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In a 2012 Red Flag exercise at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, two German Eurofighter Typhoons claimed notional “kills” against U.S. Air Force...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On July 29, 1968, Colonel Richard “Butch” Sheffield was the Reconnaissance Systems Officer aboard an SR-71 Blackbird piloted by Ben Bowles at Mach 2.88...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China plans to build six more aircraft carriers over the next ten years to bring its operational fleet to nine, according to U.S. Defense...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
“This is one truly beaten-up supercarrier. My gut tells me that the USS Gerald R. Ford is in worse shape than we know in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In May or June 2024, commercial satellite imagery showed unusual heavy crane barges and pollution-containment booms at the Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, China —...