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Key Points and Summary: Despite being the premier 5th-generation fighter, the F-22 Raptor was never designed for—and is physically incapable of—carrier operations. The Weight:...
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Key Points and Summary: Despite being the premier 5th-generation fighter, the F-22 Raptor was never designed for—and is physically incapable of—carrier operations. The Weight:...
Key Points and Summary: During the early days of the war in Afghanistan, the F-14 Tomcat proved its versatility not just as a fighter,...
Key Points and Summary: In a stunning 1999 exercise, the Dutch diesel-electric submarine HNLMS Walrus penetrated a U.S. carrier strike group’s defenses and simulated...
Key Points and Summary – Commissioned in 1965, the conventionally powered supercarrier USS America (CVA-66) served in Vietnam, the Mediterranean, over Libya, and during...
Key Takeaways – In a 2013 NATO exercise in the Arabian Sea, the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Dallas proved why American undersea...
Key Takeaways – Britain’s Vanguard-class submarines are the silent backbone of the UK’s nuclear deterrent, built in the 1980s and 1990s to carry Trident...
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...