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The “Fat Leonard” scandal is the largest corruption scandal in US Navy history. Centered on Leonard Glenn Francis, a 350-pound Malaysian defense contractor who...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union began construction on the Project 1143.7 Ulyanovsk in late 1988. The Ulyanovsk was designed to be a nuclear-powered supercarrier matching the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy released its 30-year shipbuilding plan on Monday. The plan confirmed President Trump’s planned new battleships will be nuclear-powered. The Navy intends...
Dollars and Sense
The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Launched in 1958, it served the U.S. Navy for 51 years. The Big...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. has canceled three major weapons programs in the past 20 years. The F-22 Raptor was capped at 187 airframes — 194 fewer...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The forthcoming USS Doris Miller (CVN-81), a Ford-class supercarrier, has been delayed by an additional 2 years. The new delivery date is February 2034,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On April 10, 1963, the USS Thresher (SSN-593) — the lead ship of a new class of U.S. Navy nuclear-powered fast attack submarines —...
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
“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...