Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers, the heart of American power, are being neutralized by China’s “carrier-killer” missiles. These weapons...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After years of missing goals, the U.S. military’s recruiting slump has flipped. In FY2025 the Army hit its 61,000...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In 2005, Sweden’s AIP-equipped HSwMS Gotland penetrated a U.S. carrier strike group and logged simulated torpedo “kills” on USS...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov was supposed to be Russia’s blue-water calling card; instead, she became a case study in what happens...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Iowa-class battleships cost roughly $100 million apiece to build in the 1940s—an eye-popping sum then, a bargain in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Iowa-class battleships did something no other big-gun warships managed: they stayed relevant, repeatedly, for half a century. -Built...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Navy retired the F-14 Tomcat for five intertwined reasons: crippling upkeep (tens of maintenance hours per flight hour...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet—born in the 1990s to replace aging F-14s and legacy Hornets—heads for its final production run...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – China now fields three carriers and the advanced, EMALS-equipped Fujian, signaling real blue-water ambitions. -But gaps remain: no nuclear...