Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The October 2, 2021, collision of the USS Connecticut submarine (SSN-22) with a dangerous undersea seamount in the South China Sea...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – Despite recurring claims of their obsolescence due to advancements in drones and surveillance, submarines, particularly nuclear-powered ones, remain more critical than...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – Japan’s Sōryū-class diesel-electric attack submarines, commissioned from 2009, form the current backbone of the JMSDF’s undersea fleet, succeeding the Oyashio-class. -These...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – Japan’s Taigei-class (“Big Whale”) diesel-electric attack submarines, with four completed by 2025 including the recently commissioned JS Raigei, represent a significant...
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Key Points – The 2005 accident involving the US Navy submarine USS San Francisco, which struck an undersea mountain south of Guam, resulting in...
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Key Points – The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets (Mike-class), the world’s first submarine with a full titanium hull allowing for exceptional depth and speed, tragically...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Meet the Sturgeon-Class: Today’s Virginia-class attack submarines certainly did not materialize in a vacuum. Neither did their Los Angeles-class and Seawolf-class predecessors. Some of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Lockheed S-3 Viking, nicknamed “The Hoover” for its distinctive engine sound, served the US Navy for 35 years (1974-2016) as...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Point and That Unfixable Problem – Had the US Navy built its originally planned fleet of 29 Seawolf-class submarines in the 1990s, instead...