Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points: In the early 1930s, the U.S. Navy explored the concept of flying aircraft carriers with the rigid airships USS Akron and USS...
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Key Points: The Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program, initially envisioned as a game-changer for modern naval warfare, has become a cautionary tale of mismanagement...
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The Iowa-class battleships were the pinnacle of American naval engineering and firepower. Conceived in the late 1930s and built during World War II, these...
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Key Points and Summary: The US Navy’s perfect record defending against the Houthis missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea highlights its superior...
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Article Summary and Key Points: China keeps building more and more aircraft carriers. And now, those carriers are backed up by swarms of anti-ship...
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President Donald Trump is set to raise the Pentagon’s budget despite promises to slash government spending during his presidential campaign drastically. Can the US...
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The U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship program was developed in the early 2000s to tackle threats in coastal or littoral environments. To that end,...
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Key Points: The USS America, a Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier, was deliberately sunk in 2005 during a “SinkEx” live-fire exercise to study its survivability...
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Key Points: The Sturgeon-class submarines were Cold War heroes for the U.S. Navy, specializing in intelligence gathering, special operations, and anti-submarine warfare. This class...