Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: After years of delays turned its next frigate into an expensive disaster, the Navy made a hard call — and...
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Summary and Key Points: Most people picture China’s South China Sea islands as little more than runways carved out of the sea. The reality...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Islamic Republic of Iran has continued to demand that any ship passing through the narrow Strait of Hormuz must pay the Iranian government...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: When fire broke out aboard the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford last March, the Navy described it as a...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Navy spent years proving you can't truly hide a warship — and that's exactly why the Sea Shadow keeps getting resurrected and killed.
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: It looks almost comical — a squat white dome sailors nicknamed “R2-D2.” But the Phalanx is one of the deadliest...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: It sounds invented, but it actually flew. In the 1930s, the U.S. Navy built two enormous airships — the Akron...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: It was so small they nicknamed it the “Tinker Toy.” But the A-4 Skyhawk (see our original photos below) would...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: On paper, it shouldn’t have stood a chance. France’s Rubis-class is among the smallest nuclear attack submarines ever built —...