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Key Points and Summary – With U.S. shipbuilding lagging badly behind China, some enthusiasts argue it is time to revive the Iowa-class battleships as...
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Key Points and Summary – With U.S. shipbuilding lagging badly behind China, some enthusiasts argue it is time to revive the Iowa-class battleships as...
Key Points and Summary – The USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) has been delayed again, now to March 2027, just as the Navy plans...
Key Points and Summary – Washington has parked serious naval and air power off Venezuela, seized ships, and signaled that Nicolás Maduro’s “days are...
Key Points and Summary – The Gerald R. Ford-class was billed as a revolution in carrier design, but it has become a case study...
Key Points and Summary – In a little-known 1981 NATO exercise, a Canadian Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine slipped through the screen of the U.S. aircraft...
Key Points and Summary – USS Nimitz, the Navy’s oldest active carrier, is slated for retirement in 2026 after more than 50 years of...
Key Points and Summary – Long derided as under-armed and fragile, the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) has been slated for early retirement and...
Key Points and Summary – For more than a century, U.S. aircraft carriers have been the backbone of American sea power, but a handful...
Key Points and Summary – The Montana-class battleships were meant to be the apex of US naval gunpower: 60,000-ton giants with twelve 16-inch guns,...
Key Points and Summary – China is racing to expand its aircraft carrier fleet, but its real bet is on land-, air-, and sea-launched...