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“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why,” the line credited...
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“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why,” the line credited...
Designed to intercept fast capital ships yet still capable of serving in a traditional battle alongside other U.S. Navy warships, the Iowa-class battleship successfully...
During the Second World War, the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) battleships Yamato and Musashi spent much of their short carriers in naval bases due...
Ask any armchair historian to name the largest naval battle in history and a typical response is the “Battle of Leyte Gulf,” fought in...
Throughout the Cold War, the Scandinavian nation of Sweden maintained a strict policy of neutrality yet still prepared for a possible war with the...
There are countless examples of military systems that shouldn’t have gone forward – but too often designers “chased” the problems, and in the end...
Between 1972 and 1996, the United States Navy took delivery of 62 of its Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN). Also known as...
More than a dozen nations operate or have operated aircraft carriers, yet no nation has operated as many carriers like the United States. Currently,...
Combining stealth, supercruise, maneuverability, and integrated avionics, coupled with improved supportability, the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor represented an exponential leap in warfighting capabilities when...
There is no shortage of dangerous jobs in the US military, and one of the more dangerous is that of an explosive ordnance disposal...
For decades the US special-operations community has had a set of “truths” to guide how it selects and train commandos and how it fights....