Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy’s obsession with $13 billion nuclear-powered supercarriers has become a slow-motion strategic disaster that the aircraft carrier lobby refuses to admit. Modern...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Essex-class aircraft carrier was undoubtedly the most important warship class the United States has ever built. No, the Essex-class was neither the biggest...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy just gave the troubled Zumwalt-class destroyer a stunning second life by ripping out its failed Advanced Gun System and replacing it...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The YF-23, known as the Black Widow II, remains one of the most intriguing “what ifs” in US aviation history and continues to fascinate...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
“Project Freedom” lasted 48 hours. The U.S. military launched escort operations through the Strait of Hormuz on May 5, sank six Iranian small boats,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
During World War II, the United States Navy fielded more than 100 aircraft carriers and built 24 Essex-class flat-tops in just three years between...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Ford-class represents a top-to-bottom redesign of the modern aircraft carrier. The A1B nuclear reactor delivers vastly more power than the A4W, electromagnetic catapults...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
According to recent news reports, the USS Gerald R. Ford is finally making its way back to the U.S. after a staggering 316-day-long deployment. ...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy is dangerously over-reliant on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers—massive engineering marvels that are too expensive to build, too costly to maintain, and too...