Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in August 1943, the Essex-class carrier USS Intrepid fought across the Pacific, surviving a torpedo at Truk and...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Four converted Ohio-class SSGNs—Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia—retire between 2026–2028, removing up to 616 undersea Tomahawk cells and unmatched...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were built as fast battleships to escort carrier task forces and overmatch...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The A-4 Skyhawk was the Navy’s answer to a 1950s problem: deliver nuclear or conventional punch from a carrier...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Sturgeon-class (SSN-637) submarines were the U.S. Navy’s Cold War backbone: more than three dozen nuclear attack boats that...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine and the clearest pivot in undersea warfare since the torpedo....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Forrestal-class—Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence—were America’s first true jet-era supercarriers, conceived to launch heavy strike aircraft and high-performance...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – On June 14, 2000, decommissioned destroyer USS Buchanan was used as a RIMPAC target off Kauai—and refused to die....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived at the end of World War II and commissioned just after it, the Midway-class—Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and...