Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – USS Florida, one of the Navy’s converted Ohio-class SSGNs, just wrapped up an extraordinary 727-day deployment that quietly circled the globe....
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Summary – Russia’s redesigned Lada-class submarines, led by B-586 Kronstadt, were meant to be a next-generation conventional replacement for aging Kilo-type boats in enclosed...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – Titanium promised the Soviets deeper-diving, faster, low-magnetic submarines like Alfa and Sierra, but it came with brutal industrial, cost, and sustainment...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Soviet Papa-class submarine K-222—Project 661 “Anchar”—was a one-off nuclear cruise missile boat that pushed Cold War engineering to...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Article Summary – Washington has quietly approved South Korea’s long-sought push for nuclear-powered attack submarines, pledging U.S. help on design and reactor fuel while...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Oscar-class nuclear-powered cruise-missile submarines—Project 949 Granit and 949A Antey—were built to kill U.S. carriers with salvos of P-700...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Sweden’s A26 Blekinge-class is pitched as the world’s first “fifth-generation” conventional submarine, pairing ultra-low acoustic signatures with advanced ISR,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – The Lockheed S-3 Viking entered service in the 1970s as a carrier-based “Swiss Army Knife,” hunting subs, refueling jets,...
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More
Key Points and Summary – Russia’s Amur-class submarines were supposed to be export-ready successors to the Kilo line, with quieter hulls, optional AIP and...