Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Northrop F-89 Scorpion, the US Air Force’s first jet-powered interceptor and the first combat aircraft armed with air-to-air nuclear weapons...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Meet the Sturgeon-Class: Today’s Virginia-class attack submarines certainly did not materialize in a vacuum. Neither did their Los Angeles-class and Seawolf-class predecessors. Some of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Lockheed S-3 Viking, nicknamed “The Hoover” for its distinctive engine sound, served the US Navy for 35 years (1974-2016) as...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Soviet Union’s four Kiev-class aircraft carriers, built in the 1970s, are largely regarded as a failed attempt to match Western...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Soviet Mikoyan MiG-23 “Flogger,” a variable-sweep wing fighter designed in the late 1960s to succeed the MiG-21, became the most...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
The 1950s were a golden age in the aerospace industry. With the development of the jet engine, engineers were constantly testing the boundaries of...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Those of us who were alive in the Vietnam era will remember the sight of Soviet-built tanks rolling into the presidential palace in Saigon,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary: The SR-71 Blackbird’s high-speed missions were fraught with challenges, including catastrophic engine failures at Mach 3. -Crews like Colonel Richard...
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Key Points: The Sturgeon-class submarines were Cold War heroes for the U.S. Navy, specializing in intelligence gathering, special operations, and anti-submarine warfare. This class...