Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS Gerald R. Ford has returned home. The carrier saw action off both Venezuela and Iran in an epic deployment, one of the...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
In March 1996, Bill Clinton sent two U.S. aircraft carriers — the USS Nimitz and USS Independence — into the Taiwan Strait to intimidate...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS Gerald R. Ford returned to Naval Station Norfolk on May 16, 2026, after a 326-day deployment — the longest American carrier deployment...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) was a unique class of supercarrier. Derived from the Kitty Hawk-class, she received several design modifications that made...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end—which you can never afford to lose—with the discipline to confront the most...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Pentagon is dramatically expanding its missile procurement strategy as planners increasingly warn that future wars against countries like China could rapidly exhaust America’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy’s lead Ford-class aircraft carrier, is heading into a major repair period after a 300-plus-day combat deployment...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The F-14D Tomcat was the most capable fleet defense fighter the U.S. Navy ever flew off a carrier deck. Grumman’s proposal to make it...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is informally calling it the Nimitz Gap. The USS Nimitz, the oldest carrier in the fleet and originally scheduled for decommissioning,...