The Treaty
Summary and Key Points: Behind the headlines about Iran’s war is what’s happening to ordinary Iranians: their money is becoming worthless. -Inflation has hit...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The Northrop P-61 Black Widow was the first U.S. aircraft designed around radar — a night fighter that could find...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: The Iowa-class battleships were the fastest and most powerful the U.S. Navy ever built. The four ships — Iowa, New...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary and Key Points: Congress is putting the brakes on the U.S. Navy’s proposed Trump-class BBG(X) battleship, demanding proof that the program’s key technologies...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Japan’s modified Izumo-class destroyers JS Kaga and JS Izumo are now operating as light aircraft carriers for the U.S.-built F-35B Lightning II — Tokyo’s...
Dollars and Sense
Summary and Key Points: The USS Massachusetts (BB-2) was America’s first modern battleship and arguably its worst. Designed for coastal defense rather than blue-water...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947 in the rocket-powered Bell X-1 Glamorous Glennis. Three years earlier, a British Supermarine Spitfire Mark XI...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy plans to spend $17 billion on the first Trump-class BBG(X) nuclear-powered guided-missile battleship, with the first three hulls estimated at $43...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis secretly delivered components of the atomic bomb “Little Boy” to the island of Tinian in July 1945...