Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
Key Points and Summary – The USS Gerald R. Ford took 12 years to build and became a symbol of cost overruns, schedule slips,...
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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 – In a little-known 1981 NATO exercise, a quietly upgraded Canadian Oberon-class diesel submarine slipped through the defenses of a...
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...
Article Summary – The Midway-class aircraft carriers were conceived during World War II but entered service too late to see combat, emerging instead as...
Article Summary – Born from Cold War fears of Soviet bombers, submarines, and missiles, USS Nimitz (CVN-68) became the template for the modern nuclear...
Article Summary – USS Saratoga (CV-60) was the second Forrestal-class “supercarrier,” built to bring the Navy into the jet age with angled decks, steam...
As for the Nimitz, some may wonder how they will compare to the Ford-class once it is more fully operational, yet upgrades to the...
Key Points – Russia’s lone aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has been pier-bound in Murmansk for over eight years, its “return to sea” repeatedly derailed...
Most China watchers assume that leaders in Beijing always want to go on the offensive militarily, whether it is attacking Taiwan, taking more island...