Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – While the US Navy abandoned its railgun program in 2021 after decades of research and over $500 million invested, primarily due...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – Russia’s Yasen-Class and modernized Yasen-M class nuclear-powered submarines, including the newest Arkhangelsk (entered service Dec 2024), represent a significant shift in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The US Navy cannot afford to retire its aging Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) on schedule due to significant delays and...
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Key Points – The Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were the US Navy’s largest and last battleships, designed in the late 1930s with...
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Key Points – The F-14 Tomcat, an iconic US Navy fighter popularized by Top Gun, could have evolved into an even deadlier “Super Tomcat”...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – China’s advancing hypersonic missile program, notably the operationally deployed DF-17 road-mobile system which launches the DF-ZF hypersonic glide vehicle (Mach 5-10...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the lead ship of its class and a symbol of US naval power for 50 years, is...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – On January 8, 2005, the US Navy fast attack submarine USS San Francisco struck an uncharted undersea mountain at high speed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The US Navy’s SSN(X) next-generation attack submarine program faces severe scrutiny due to its extremely high projected cost (between $6.7 to...