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The USS Illinois (BB-65) was poised to be a naval juggernaut—a 45,000-ton Iowa-class battleship armed with nine punishing 16-inch guns. Originally conceived during the...
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The USS Illinois (BB-65) was poised to be a naval juggernaut—a 45,000-ton Iowa-class battleship armed with nine punishing 16-inch guns. Originally conceived during the...
After 50 years of service, the USS Nimitz has returned to Bremerton, Washington, for the last time, marking the end of its legendary career....
Often overshadowed by the F-15 and F-16, the Northrop F-5E Tiger II remains one of history’s most successful fighters. Designed as an affordable, lightweight...
China’s late-2024 tailless stealth test flights fueled claims that Beijing had unveiled two sixth-generation fighters and surged ahead of the United States. By late...
The Pennsylvania-class—USS Pennsylvania and USS Arizona—marked a U.S. Navy shift toward “standard-type” battleships built to operate together with shared handling and performance. The ships...
Northrop and McDonnell Douglas’ YF-23 Black Widow II paired extreme low-observability with long-range speed, built around diamond-shaped wings, blended shaping, and S-duct intakes to...
A U.S. Army M1E3 Abrams tech demonstrator shown in Detroit hints at major departures from earlier Abrams variants: an unmanned turret, a hybrid diesel-electric...
Nevada-Class Battleships Changed U.S. Warship Design With “All-Or-Nothing” Armor The Nevada-class battleships were a small, two-ship class, but had an outsized influence on subsequent...
Saab is pushing Canada to consider a Gripen E purchase paired with six GlobalEye AEW&C aircraft, framing the offer around industrial workshare and job...
F/A-XX, the Navy’s carrier-based sixth-generation fighter, is stuck in limbo despite years of analysis and at least $2.5 billion in RDT&E. With China expanding...