Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – As the final Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is delivered, a review of the program’s mixed legacy shows it was...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In a shocking 1981 NATO exercise, a Canadian diesel-electric submarine successfully penetrated a U.S. aircraft carrier strike group and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The 1963 loss of the nuclear submarine USS Thresher with all 129 personnel aboard was a pivotal disaster that...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Refueling and Complex Overhaul (RCOH) is a massive, multi-year mid-life refit for U.S. nuclear aircraft carriers, designed to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy faces a massive loss of undersea firepower as its four Ohio-class guided-missile submarines (SSGNs) are set...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
‘Out Action’ for 5 Years: Nimitz-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier USS John C. Stennis Is Stuck at Port
Key Points and Summary – The midlife overhaul of the U.S. aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis is facing a 14-month delay, pushing its...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China’s J-35 is a carrier-borne stealth fighter that has moved from prototype to repeated deck trials on the Fujian,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 1946, the U.S. military conducted the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll, detonating nuclear weapons against...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – U.S. and Chinese aircraft carriers are evolving for fundamentally different roles, not as mirror images. -China’s carriers are “mobile...