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NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. (Aug. 31, 2026) - The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) as she returns to Naval Station Mayport following a four-month deployment in support of the U.S. Northern Command mission to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland, Aug. 31, 2026. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Keenan Daniels)

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The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Summed Up In Just 2 Words

The US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship were built in large numbers during the War on Terror. The Navy looks like it regrets that decision...

Caleb LarsonSeptember 17, 2026

U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh Gunderson, F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team commander and pilot, flies a practice demo at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va., Dec. 6, 2019. Representing Air Combat Command, the F-22 Demo Team travels to air shows all across the world showcase the performance and capabilities of the world's premier 5th-generation fighter. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Sam Eckholm)

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The F-22 was designed for short fights over Europe and the United States built 183 of them; the J-20 was designed for the Pacific, already numbers about 500, and China is adding roughly 120 a year — more than 800 F-35s are in service, and they still cannot reopen a Raptor line

The Germans had advanced aircraft too. They still lost. Mass production is the part of this comparison that actually matters.

Brandon WeichertSeptember 17, 2026

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The Royal Navy’s New Nuclear Dreadnought-Class Missile Submarines Summed Up In 4 Words

The Dreadnought-class: Four boats, one for one against the Vanguards, built by BAE Systems at Barrow-in-Furness. The class carries the most storied name in...

Christian D. OrrSeptember 17, 2026

Queen Elizabeth-Class Aircraft Carrier Royal Navy

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Britain budgeted £3.9 billion for two aircraft carriers, spent about £7.6 billion, then watched HMS Prince of Wales break down days after leaving Portsmouth, wreck a 22-ton propeller, and sit in the yard for nine months — at times the Royal Navy has had neither ship available

Two aircraft carriers were meant to guarantee one always at sea. Breakdowns have left the Royal Navy with stretches of none instead.

Caleb LarsonSeptember 17, 2026

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The Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyer Problems Summed Up in 4 Words

A world-class air-defense destroyer is useless if the generators cannot keep the radar alive. That is the repair now reaching the last hull.

Jack BuckbySeptember 17, 2026

U.S. Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 aircraft fly in formation over the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during Carrier Air Wing 8’s aerial change of command ceremony while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Jan. 19, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the Caribbean in support of the U.S. Southern Command mission, Department of War-directed operations, and the president’s priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking and protect the homeland. (U.S. Navy photo)

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The Biggest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Fleet on Planet Earth Is About to Get the Most Advanced Supercarrier Ever Designed

The USS Gerald R. Ford US Navy nuclear aircraft carrier surely hasn't been problem free. The USS John F. Kennedy, the second supercarrier of...

Jack BuckbySeptember 17, 2026

Collins-Class Submarine Australian Government

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Australia’s Collins-Class Submarine Have No Choice But To Keep Going – No Matter What

Australia set four requirements in 1978: suited to Australasian waters, advanced combat systems, supported by Australian industry, usable in peace and war. It wanted...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 16, 2026

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) returns to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to participate in the final events of Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2026, July 28, 2026. Thirty nations, 30 ships, five submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 190 aircraft and more than 30,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2026 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Mark Bergado)

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A French Rubis-Class Nuclear Attack Submarine Built in the 1970’s ‘Sunk’ a 100,000-Ton Nimitz-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier

In early 2015, during a Composite Training Unit Exercise off the coast of Florida, the French Navy's Saphir, a Rubis-class nuclear attack submarine commissioned...

Brandon WeichertSeptember 16, 2026

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Israeli Pilots With 24 Air-to-Air Kills Between Them Evaluated the F-14 Tomcat and the F-15 Eagle in 1974 and Reported That the Tomcat Could Barely Outperform an A-4 Skyhawk in a Dogfight. Israel Bought the Eagle. Iran Bought the Tomcat.

France embargoed Israel in 1967 and took its main aircraft supplier away overnight. By 1974 the Israeli Ministry of Defence was asking Washington for...

Isaac SeitzSeptember 16, 2026

F-14 Tomcat Fighter on USS Intrepid Deck

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Iran Ordered 80 Made in the USA F-14 Tomcat Fighters Under the Shah and Took Delivery of 79 Before the 1979 Revolution. By 1986 Only 25 Were Still Operational. Israeli Strikes on Isfahan in March Destroyed at Least 2 More, and Nobody Outside Iran Knows Whether Any Are Still Flying.

The Shah bought the F-14 Tomcat because he wanted something that could reach Soviet reconnaissance aircraft at long range, and paid roughly $2 billion...

Jack BuckbySeptember 16, 2026

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The US Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship Summed Up In Just 2 Words

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The F-22 was designed for short fights over Europe and the United States built 183 of them; the J-20 was designed for the Pacific, already numbers about 500, and China is adding roughly 120 a year — more than 800 F-35s are in service, and they still cannot reopen a Raptor line

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The Royal Navy’s New Nuclear Dreadnought-Class Missile Submarines Summed Up In 4 Words

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Britain budgeted £3.9 billion for two aircraft carriers, spent about £7.6 billion, then watched HMS Prince of Wales break down days after leaving Portsmouth, wreck a 22-ton propeller, and sit in the yard for nine months — at times the Royal Navy has had neither ship available

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The Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyer Problems Summed Up in 4 Words

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The Biggest Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Fleet on Planet Earth Is About to Get the Most Advanced Supercarrier Ever Designed

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Australia’s Collins-Class Submarine Have No Choice But To Keep Going – No Matter What

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A French Rubis-Class Nuclear Attack Submarine Built in the 1970’s ‘Sunk’ a 100,000-Ton Nimitz-Class Nuclear Aircraft Carrier

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Israeli Pilots With 24 Air-to-Air Kills Between Them Evaluated the F-14 Tomcat and the F-15 Eagle in 1974 and Reported That the Tomcat Could Barely Outperform an A-4 Skyhawk in a Dogfight. Israel Bought the Eagle. Iran Bought the Tomcat.

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Iran Ordered 80 Made in the USA F-14 Tomcat Fighters Under the Shah and Took Delivery of 79 Before the 1979 Revolution. By 1986 Only 25 Were Still Operational. Israeli Strikes on Isfahan in March Destroyed at Least 2 More, and Nobody Outside Iran Knows Whether Any Are Still Flying.

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