Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Takeaways – In 2005, the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Francisco slammed at high speed into an unmapped seamount, turning a routine...
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Key Takeaways – In 2005, the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS San Francisco slammed at high speed into an unmapped seamount, turning a routine...
Key Takeaways – Japan’s new Taigei-class submarines mark a major leap from the Sōryū-class and signal how serious Tokyo is about undersea warfare in...
Key Points and Summary – In 1969, the brand-new nuclear attack submarine USS Guitarro famously “sank” pierside at Mare Island after a stunning series...
Key Points and Summary – In the 1970s, the U.S. Navy seriously considered building a class of 50,000–60,000-ton CVV medium carriers to bulk up...
Key Points and Summary – The Navy’s DDG(X) is being designed for a Pacific war defined by missiles, drones, and lasers. -Larger than today’s...
Key Points and Summary – Once mocked as an overpriced, late, and possibly obsolete mistake, the Ford-class is quietly becoming the centerpiece of America’s...
Key Points and Summary – The USS Gerald R. Ford took 12 years to build and became a symbol of cost overruns, schedule slips,...
Key Points and Summary – Admiral Kuznetsov was never a normal carrier. Born as a “heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser” to slip through the Montreux Convention,...
Key Points and Summary – The U.S. Navy’s South Dakota-class battleships never achieved the fame of the Iowa-class, but treaty-limited or not, they were...
Key Points and Summary – Australia’s Collins-class submarines may be few in number, but they’ve repeatedly punched far above their weight in high-end naval...