Smart Bombs: Military, Defense and National Security
The U.S. Navy’s Seawolf class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines (SSNs) are extremely impressive warships, and back in the day, they seemed like The Next Big...
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The U.S. Navy’s Seawolf class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines (SSNs) are extremely impressive warships, and back in the day, they seemed like The Next Big...
“We built the best submarine ever, and now we can’t replace it. The U.S. Navy has no real solution for this.” That’s how a...
Earlier this year, Korea’s Ministry of National Defense issued a significant announcement and publicly revealed a legal push to provide the legal framework for...
The United States Navy called it an accomplishment when the USS Florida (SSGN-728) returned from a 727-day submarine patrol covering 70,000 miles — the...
Do you ever wonder why the U.S. Navy wants only nuclear-powered and not diesel-electric submarines? Diesel-electrics are much less expensive and easier to build....
Summary and Key Points: On November 2, 1985, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) struck Bishop Rock at Cortes Bank, approximately...
Summary and Key Points: The Soviet nuclear-powered submarine K-278 Komsomolets sank 5,500 feet deep off Norway’s Bear Island on April 7, 1989 after an...
The Soviet Union’s top admiral begged Stalin for aircraft carriers. Stalin gave him zero, and seven decades later, Russia still hasn’t built a single...
SEAL Team 6: Iran Time? The special operations raid that captured Maduro was one of the most spectacular missions in recent military history. Using...
With work on Admiral Kuznetsov discontinued, the future of Russia’s aircraft carrier ambitions is currently in question. In 2015, a new type of aircraft...