Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After the Soviet collapse, advanced weapons were stranded across new states. In 1997 the United States quietly bought 21...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s hyped MiG-41 “sixth-generation” interceptor—pitched as a Mach 4.3, ultra-stealth, nuclear-capable answer to America’s F-47 NGAD and the Navy’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 2015, HMS Talent—a Trafalgar-class attack sub—struck floating ice while tracking Russian submarines, ripping a six-foot hole in her...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov was conceived as a “heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser” to slip through the Bosporus, fielding Su-33/MiG-29K jets from a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 1992, USS Baton Rouge collided with Russia’s B-276 Kostroma in the Barents Sea during a covert patrol, a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A viral photo allegedly taken at Russia’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur plant shows the Su-75 “Checkmate” prototype beside a Su-57 “Felon,” hinting...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – New photos (see image at the top) from Russia appear to show a flyable Sukhoi Su-75 “Checkmate” prototype on...
The Treaty
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s drone and airspace provocations—from the Baltics to Scandinavia—are less proof of strength than of insecurity. -While threatening Bornholm...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Parche began life as a Sturgeon-class fast attack sub, but an extensive late-’80s rebuild—adding a 100-foot section stuffed...