Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was the world’s first nuclear-powered submarine and the clearest pivot in undersea warfare since the torpedo....
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Forrestal-class—Forrestal, Saratoga, Ranger, and Independence—were America’s first true jet-era supercarriers, conceived to launch heavy strike aircraft and high-performance...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – On June 14, 2000, decommissioned destroyer USS Buchanan was used as a RIMPAC target off Kauai—and refused to die....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived at the end of World War II and commissioned just after it, the Midway-class—Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – America-class LHAs are the Navy’s largest amphibs and “lightning carriers” for USMC F-35B STOVL jets. -Flight 0 ships—USS America...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Boeing will end F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production in 2027, citing no new export wins, Navy priorities for the sixth-gen...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary (Published on 9/20/2025 at 8:00 AM) – Born from the failure of the F-111B, the F-14 Tomcat gave U.S. carriers...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Ohio-class SSGNs were a post–Cold War judo move: convert four surplus ballistic-missile submarines into covert cruise-missile and special-operations...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary (Published On 9/19/2025 10:59 AM) – The eight-ship Wasp-class landing helicopter dock (LHD) succeeded Tarawa as the Navy–Marine Corps sea...