Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The “battlecarrier” was a late-Cold-War plan to turn Iowa-class battleships into hybrid assault/strike ships, what could have amounted to...
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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
Key Points and Summary – USS Illinois (BB-65) was planned as the fifth Iowa-class battleship, laid down in late 1942 at Philadelphia. -By 1945...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Between 1982 and 1992, the U.S. Navy resurrected its four Iowa-class battleships, turning WWII gun platforms into multi-role missile...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary: Battleships Won’t Return—Destroyers Already Took Their Throne -Calls to revive U.S. battleships resurface now and then—most recently via President Trump—but nostalgia collides...
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 – For decades, naval enthusiasts and a few planners floated “battlecarrier” schemes to graft flight decks and large missile batteries...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – At Quantico, President Trump mixed tough talk with a throwback idea: bring back battleships. He praised Iowa-class icons and...