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Summary and Key Points: In 1983, the USS Enterprise — the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier — was returning from a Pacific deployment when it...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The USS America (CV-66), a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, served the Navy for 30 years — through Vietnam, the 1986...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Tomcat became one of the most successful fighters in U.S. Navy history — a Mach 2.3 jet that...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy may not build the fifth and sixth Ford-class aircraft carriers as planned. The service’s review of the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
France’s next-generation aircraft carrier — formerly designated PANG, now renamed France Libre — will displace 80,000 tons, making it nearly twice the displacement of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 1985, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered USS Enterprise aircraft carrier hit Bishop Rock at Cortes Bank — an underwater seamount roughly 100 miles west...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The world’s most expensive warship came home Saturday. And as one retired U.S. Navy commanding officer told me yesterday: “No one knows when she...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
France’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is steaming through the Red Sea right now, anchoring a French-led coalition trying to reopen the Strait...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
A Chinese Shenyang J-15 Flying Shark naval fighter pitched up 80 degrees and crashed on the Type 001 Liaoning aircraft carrier during a 2016...