Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – After the Soviet collapse, advanced weapons were stranded across new states. In 1997 the United States quietly bought 21...
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – USS Parche began life as a Sturgeon-class fast attack sub, but an extensive late-’80s rebuild—adding a 100-foot section stuffed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Sierra class (Projects 945 and 945A) wrapped a modern attack submarine around a titanium pressure hull to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – India’s retirement of its last MiG-21 “Fishbed” squadrons on Sept. 26 ends the iconic Cold War fighter’s front-line era...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Su-27 Flanker was born to counter the F-15 and restore Soviet confidence in air superiority. -After a difficult...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Born in the late 1970s to counter F-15s and F-16s, the MiG-29 paired agile aerodynamics (LERX, twin tails) and...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in 1961, USS Long Beach (CGN-9) was the first nuclear-powered surface combatant—part fleet shield, part technology demonstrator. -Conceived...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov was the Soviet answer to U.S. carrier power: a heavy, missile-armed STOBAR carrier meant to project fixed-wing...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The MiG-25 Foxbat terrified the West—until reality set in. Built to sprint high and fast against bombers like the...