Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Cut off from U.S. spares after 1979, Iran kept its 79 F-14 Tomcats flying via improvisation, cannibalization, and sourcing—then...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The F/A-18E/F Super Hornet remains the carrier wing’s backbone, but a war with China would pit it against the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – If aircraft carriers are becoming too vulnerable to long-range missiles, hypersonics, and swarms, replace the single “big deck” with...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Grumman’s “Super Tomcat 21” was the Navy’s road not taken after the A-12 collapse and the NATF sticker shock....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Anti-ship missiles and cheap drones have revived a once-unthinkable idea: stop building U.S. Navy aircraft carriers. -Citing Moskva’s loss,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The US Navy just contracted General Atomics, Boeing, Anduril, and Northrop Grumman to develop armed, carrier-capable drone Collaborative Combat...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Navy needed a carrier fighter that could stop Soviet bomber raids before they reached the fleet—and still win...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Navy veterans of the F-14 Tomcat recall why the jet still inspires: variable-sweep wings, big fuel and big missiles,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived to outclass late–Cold War Typhoon and Akula boats, the Seawolf class pushed attack-sub design to the edge: quieter,...