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Synopsis: The Battleship Missouri (BB-63) entered service in 1944 as a fast Iowa-class battleship built for carrier-era warfare—high speed, heavy armor, and nine 16-inch...
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Synopsis: The Battleship Missouri (BB-63) entered service in 1944 as a fast Iowa-class battleship built for carrier-era warfare—high speed, heavy armor, and nine 16-inch...
Summary and Key Points: In May 2005, the US Navy conducted a controversial “SINKEX” operation, intentionally sinking the decommissioned USS America (CV-66) off the...
Synopsis: Greece is reshaping its fighter mix around F-35A stealth jets, upgraded F-16 Block 70/72 “Viper” aircraft, and Rafale F3R fighters from Dassault Aviation,...
Synopsis: Australia says it has delivered the final tranche of 49 retired M1A1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine as part of a broader $1.5 billion...
BBG(X) Trump-Class Battleship: The “One-Or-Two-Ship” Trap The U.S. Navy Can’t Afford In a press conference on December 22, 2025, President Trump announced that a...
Summary and Key Points: AUKUS plans to deliver Virginia-class submarines to Australia are portrayed as increasingly strained by U.S. production limits and the Navy’s...
Military Quote Of The Day: Admiral Nimitz On The Real Secret Of Leadership “Leadership Consists Of Picking Good Men And Helping Them Do Their...
Summary and Key Points: Julius Caesar’s line about patience under pain argues that enduring hardship is a rarer kind of courage than a dramatic...
Sun Tzu’s line about fighting on one’s own terms captures the central logic of The Art of War: shape the battlefield before conflict begins,...
The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79), the Navy’s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, has departed Newport News for its first builder’s sea trials—testing core ship...