Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Su-27 Flanker was born to counter the F-15 and restore Soviet confidence in air superiority. -After a difficult...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born in the late 1970s to counter F-15s and F-16s, the MiG-29 paired agile aerodynamics (LERX, twin tails) and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in 1961, USS Long Beach (CGN-9) was the first nuclear-powered surface combatant—part fleet shield, part technology demonstrator. -Conceived...
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...
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...