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Article Summary – In 1984, a Soviet Victor-class submarine, K-314, unexpectedly surfaced at night directly in front of USS Kitty Hawk during exercises in...
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Article Summary – In 1984, a Soviet Victor-class submarine, K-314, unexpectedly surfaced at night directly in front of USS Kitty Hawk during exercises in...
Key Points and Summary – The MBT-70 was a bold U.S.–West German effort in the 1960s to build a revolutionary main battle tank with...
Article Summary – The Soviet Alfa-class was a radical answer to a Cold War problem: sprint through NATO’s GIUK chokepoint, hunt U.S. carriers, and...
Article Summary – The Lockheed XF-104 Starfighter emerged directly from Korean War combat lessons, after U.S. pilots found their F-86 Sabres outclassed by MiG-15s....
Article Summary – The Seawolf-class was conceived at the height of the Cold War to outclass new, ultra-quiet Soviet Akula and Sierra boats with...
Key Points and Summary – The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was the RCAF’s bold bid for a homegrown supersonic interceptor, designed in the 1950s...
The SR-71 Blackbird is one of the most iconic aircraft of the Cold War. Despite being built in the 1960s, the plane still holds...
The A-10 Was Built to Punch Soviet Armored Formations — but Found a Second Life in Iraq and Afghanistan
The M60 is one of the most successful American Main Battle tanks produced by the West during the Cold War. With over 15,000 units...
Key Points: This analysis argues the US failed in Vietnam primarily because it misunderstood the conflict’s political nature, treating it as a military problem...