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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Despite the legendary success of the Mach 3 SR-71 Blackbird, the Soviet Union never developed a direct equivalent, for...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
MiG-25 Defection Key Words and Summary – In 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko made a daring defection, landing his top-secret MiG-25 Foxbat fighter in...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points – The Convair B-58 Hustler was the world’s first supersonic bomber, a Cold War marvel designed to penetrate Soviet airspace at Mach...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary on MiG-23 – The MiG-23 “Flogger” was the Soviet Union’s ambitious attempt to counter Western air power with a versatile,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary on MiG-29 Fighter – The MiG-29 Fulcrum was the Soviet Union’s answer to a new generation of American fighters, designed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary and Key Points – The USS Parche (SSN-683), which began life as a typical Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was secretly transformed into America’s...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary on Kiev-Class – The Soviet Union’s Kiev-class “heavy aviation cruisers” were ambitious but ultimately flawed warships of the Cold War....
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary on Iowa-Class Battleship Comeback – In the 1980s, the U.S. Navy brought its four iconic Iowa-class battleships—Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri,...