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Destroyers are specialists, frigates are generalists, and the US Navy currently has none of the latter. Sean Spoonts, a Navy veteran, traces how that...
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Destroyers are specialists, frigates are generalists, and the US Navy currently has none of the latter. Sean Spoonts, a Navy veteran, traces how that...
US Navy aircraft carrier USS Doris Miller has already slipped by two years and is now due to reach the Navy in 2034. Trump's...
Sweden built the JAS 39 Gripen to fight after its airfields were gone. It is not a stealth jet. In 2026 it is still...
General Atomics holds a $1.2 billion contract to build the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System and Advanced Arresting Gear for Ford-Class aircraft carrier USS Doris...
SSN(X) is the Navy’s planned successor to the Virginia-class attack submarine. The service wants Seawolf speed and payload, Virginia quieting, and Columbia-class availability. First...
The Akula-class attack submarine was the Soviet Union’s steel answer to the Los Angeles class. About 15 boats were finished before the money ran...
The US Navy Cut Seawolf From 29 Boats to Three. The Attack-Submarine Gap Never Closed: The Seawolf-class attack submarine was designed to replace the...
USS Gerald R. Ford spent 326 days deployed, fought in two major operations, suffered a serious fire and now faces months or even a...
The US Air Force began the F-22 program planning 750 fighters to replace the F-15. Production ended at 187 aircraft. The smaller buy loaded...
USS Nimitz is still commissioned, but its combat career is over. A new refit would cost billions and consume years of scarce shipyard capacity.
In 1997, Iran inspected a Moldovan fleet of MiG-29 fighters, including 14 Fulcrum-Cs American officials described as nuclear-capable. Washington used Nunn-Lugar funds to buy...