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Summary and Key Points: Congress and the Pentagon are reviewing the Ford-class aircraft carrier program — including whether the CVN-80 and CVN-81 block buy...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In 2004, India struck what appeared to be the deal of the century — Russia handed over the Admiral Gorshkov aircraft carrier at virtually...
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
Fire remains the most dangerous threat to a U.S. aircraft carrier — and the U.S. Navy’s newest, the USS Gerald R. Ford, just proved...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
During NATO Exercise JTFEX/TMDI 99 in 1999, the Dutch diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus (S802) penetrated the layered defensive escort screen around the U.S. Navy’s...
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Australia’s HMAS Waller, a Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, ‘notionally’ sank a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in a wargame simulation and several escorts at the...
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
In 1995-96, the U.S. Navy sailed two aircraft carriers through the Taiwan Strait after Beijing tried to blockade Taipei. China stood down and was...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
China’s J-15 Flying Shark, the backbone of the PLAN’s carrier air wing, traces its origin to a single T-10K-3 Su-33 prototype that Beijing bought...