Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: America’s Ford-class aircraft carriers are built to anchor sea power for decades, but the industrial base meant to sustain them...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: USS Boise has become the Navy’s cautionary tale: a fast-attack submarine sent to Norfolk for repairs in 2015, declared restricted...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Synopsis: The Collins-class diesel-electric submarine, once plagued by noise and mechanical failures, eventually became a symbol of Australian naval stealth. -Most famously, HMAS Waller...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The Trump-class battleship, the centerpiece of the “Golden Fleet,” represents a controversial return to large-scale surface combatants. -At 35,000 tons...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s ambitious railgun program has quietly faded, replaced by the pragmatic reality of hypersonic missiles and directed-energy systems....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The USS Texas (BB-35), the world’s last surviving dreadnought to serve in both World Wars, is entering the final stage...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The F-14 Super Tomcat 21 (ST21) stands as one of naval aviation’s greatest “what-if” scenarios. -Proposed in the early 1990s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The Seawolf-class submarine, a pinnacle of late Cold War engineering, remains the U.S. Navy’s most lethal and quietest fast-attack platform....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: As of February 2026, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) has officially cleared builder’s sea trials following a three-year “rebirth” at HII’s...