Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – In May 1956, a Navy PR cruise off the East Coast turned disastrous when heavy fog and a radar...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – Iowa-class battleships were monsters of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm—floating fortresses that hurled 16-inch shells deep inland and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – This essay profiles five battleship classes—Iowa, Yamato, South Dakota, King George V, and North Carolina—as strategic answers to the...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Korean War pulled all four Iowa-class battleships—Missouri, New Jersey, Iowa, and Wisconsin—back into combat, where their 16-inch guns...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The Battleship Comeback: Article Summary and Key Points -President Trump’s Quantico riff about bringing battleships back lit up the “Big Gun” crowd—but sentiment runs...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After a day aboard USS Iowa, it’s easy to feel the pull of nostalgia—and the argument that a modernized...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Wisconsin (BB-64) served across three eras: screening carriers and bombarding shores in WWII, smashing rail hubs and batteries...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri, and Wisconsin—were built as fast battleships to escort carrier task forces and overmatch...