Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy’s obsession with $13 billion nuclear-powered supercarriers has become a slow-motion strategic disaster that the aircraft carrier lobby refuses to admit. Modern...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
During World War II, the United States Navy fielded more than 100 aircraft carriers and built 24 Essex-class flat-tops in just three years between...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier may be following the historical path of the battleship—once dominant, eventually outflanked by new weapons and technologies. China’s investment...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The prolonged overhaul of the USS John C. Stennis is not the result of a single failure or miscalculation. Instead, it reflects a convergence...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is required by law to maintain 11 aircraft carriers—more than the combined fleets of China, the UK, France, India, Spain, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
“I hate talking about combat drills when the U.S. Navy lost, and many times, lost aircraft carriers in simulations. But, hey, you only learn...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2005, the United States Navy conducted a series of naval war games to test how well its carrier strike groups could defend against...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The nearly six-year-long overhaul of the USS George Washington is a story (and a lesson) the U.S. Navy won’t soon forget. That Refueling and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Ever since they replaced battleships as naval capital ships during World War II, aircraft carriers have kept that place as the ultimate power projectors...