Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov was the Soviet answer to U.S. carrier power: a heavy, missile-armed STOBAR carrier meant to project fixed-wing...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The MiG-25 Foxbat terrified the West—until reality set in. Built to sprint high and fast against bombers like the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – A July walk around the B-36J at the U.S. Air Force Museum in Dayton drives home why America built...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Su-47 Berkut was a radical, forward-swept-wing fighter built as a technology demonstrator in the 1990s. The mission was...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Union built the Oscar-class (Project 949/949A) for one purpose: kill aircraft carriers at range with 24 P-700...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Navy’s Kiev-class was a unique and remarkable warship, a hybrid that was part aircraft carrier and part...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Union’s Project 705 Lira, or Alfa-class, was a technologically brilliant but deeply flawed submarine. -Thanks to its...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China acquired the advanced Su-27 fighter from a collapsing Soviet Union in a pivotal 1990 deal that reshaped its...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
PUBLISHED on August 12, 2025, 08:33 AM EDT – Key Points and Summary – The Royal Navy’s Trafalgar-class was a highly capable class of...