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Key Points and Summary – This piece argues that five U.S. Navy aircraft carrier classes are one evolving idea. -Essex delivered mass, repairability, and...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Enterprise (CVN-80), the third Gerald R. Ford-class carrier, has slipped to a 2030 delivery after successive delays. -Causes...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – France’s next-generation carrier, PANG (Porte-avions de nouvelle génération), will replace Charles de Gaulle around 2038, with construction slated to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Ford-class carriers replace Nimitz-class with major upgrades: twin A1B reactors delivering triple the electrical power; EMALS catapults and Advanced...
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Key Points and Summary – In the Navy’s 1970s hunt for a new fighter, Vought and General Dynamics proposed the Vought Model 1600—an F-16...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived to replace the A-6, the stealthy, flying-wing A-12 Avenger II promised a carrier-borne, precision night striker with radar-killing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – During the 1970s, the U.S. Navy studied a 50–60,000-ton CVV medium aircraft carrier to bolster aviation during Vietnam and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Conceived during WWII but commissioned after, the three Midway-class carriers—Midway, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Coral Sea—bridged piston aircraft and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – France’s nuclear-powered flagship, Charles de Gaulle (R91), is a 42,000-ton CATOBAR carrier commissioned in 2001. -Powered by twin K15...