Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: The USS United States (CVA-58) was a radical, flush-deck supercarrier designed in the late 1940s to launch heavy nuclear bombers,...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Takeaways: The USS George Washington (CVN-73) has returned to Yokosuka, Japan, reclaiming its title as the U.S. Navy’s sole forward-deployed aircraft carrier. -The...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Kirov-class battlecruiser was conceived as a nuclear-powered, prestige flagship built to stalk U.S. carrier groups and survive...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The S-3 Viking was the U.S. Navy’s go-to carrier-based sub-hunter for a generation, pairing long range, high endurance, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Ranger (CVA-61), a Forrestal-class carrier commissioned in 1957, became one of the U.S. Navy’s most important Cold War...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Navy’s decision to cancel most of the Constellation-class frigate program is more than a one-off embarrassment—it is an...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned too late for World War II, the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt quickly became a workhorse of the early...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Saratoga (CV-60) was one of the Forrestal-class “supercarriers” that carried American power into the Cold War’s hottest moments....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Grumman F-14 Tomcat may be a Hollywood icon, but its most impressive combat record belongs to Iran, not...