Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy will deactivate the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Boise after spending $800,000,000 on an overhaul. The USS Boise has been pier-side...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Soviet Union built 6 Typhoon-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines during the Cold War. The Typhoon-class was the largest nuclear submarine ever built. Each...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy just scrapped a Biden-era $3,000,000,000 submarine repair contract. The deal was for the USS Boise, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine. $800,000,000...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In May or June 2024, commercial satellite imagery showed unusual heavy crane barges and pollution-containment booms at the Wuchang Shipyard in Wuhan, China —...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On May 15, 1969, the USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarine still under final construction at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, sank...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
On July 4, 1974, the CIA dropped a giant mechanical claw nicknamed “Clementine” three miles to the floor of the Pacific Ocean to lift...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2005, a Swedish Saab-built Gotland-class diesel-electric submarine slipped past an entire U.S. Navy aircraft carrier strike group during joint naval drills — undetected....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is currently experiencing a submarine crisis. It needs more submarines than it has at its disposal. America’s naval shipyards are backlogged,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2012, a Russian Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range missiles patrolled the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks—and the United States didn’t...