Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Since the late 1980s, “SR-91 Aurora” has signified a rumored SR-71 successor: a stealthy, manned, hypersonic reconnaissance jet said...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Point – Japan reworked two “helicopter destroyers” into F-35B–capable flattops, threading the needle between Article 9 constraints and rising Chinese pressure. Here’s how...
Ukraine War
Key Points and Summary – Kyiv’s drones reportedly reached the Antipinsky refinery near Tyumen—roughly 1,200 miles from Ukraine—in what may be the war’s deepest...
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...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – F-15 vs. No Pilot MiG-23? – In July 1989, a Soviet MiG-23 took off from Poland, lost power on...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Zumwalt-class flopped at its original mission: AGS guns needed million-dollar rounds, killing affordability and the shore-fire concept. -Rather...
The Treaty
Key Points and Summary – Recent Russian incursions—drones over Poland, MiG-31s into Estonia, suspected violations elsewhere—aren’t accidents; they’re deliberate gray-zone probes. -By using cheap...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS America, a conventionally powered Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier, served from Vietnam through Desert Storm before retiring in 1996. -In...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The SR-71 was retired in 1990 on cost and survivability grounds despite unmatched speed, altitude, and responsiveness. -Congress forced...