Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born to counter the F-15, Russia’s Su-27 became the template for a family of agile, long-range fighters—and it still...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 1997, the U.S. executed a highly effective “covert acquisition” by purchasing Moldova’s entire fleet of 21 MiG-29 fighter...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov’s 2016–17 deployment to Syria marked Russia’s first carrier-based combat operations. Sailing with a heavy escort, the ship...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In May 1989, Soviet Air Force Capt. Alexander Zuyev drugged his squadron, shot a guard, and escaped from Gudauta...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet MiG-23 “Flogger” was a 1960s variable-sweep wing fighter designed to replace the MiG-21 by offering greater speed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Union built revolutionary titanium-hulled submarines—like the Alfa-class—that were faster and could dive deeper than any American sub....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The 1975 mutiny that inspired The Hunt for Red October had a radically different motive than the fiction it...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Victor III-class submarine was a strategic shock to the U.S. Navy in the late 1970s. -While previous...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – On a spring night in 1989, Soviet fighter pilot Aleksandr Zuyev staged one of the Cold War’s boldest defections—stealing...