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How a U.S. Navy Submarine Was Lost and Nearly Broken in Half
In May 1968, the USS Scorpion (SSN-589), a nuclear-powered Skipjack-class attack submarine, mysteriously sank in the Atlantic ...
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The Russian Military Isn't Bluffing
The Russian forces have a great deal of experience in practice: Crimea, Syria, and the war in eastern Ukraine. The move away ...
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Alaska-Class: Battlecruisers the Navy Should Never Have Built
Straddling the line between cruiser and battleship, the Alaska-class "battlecruisers" were designed to dominate enemy ...
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Taiwan: The Liberal China at Risk
What is at stake in the Taiwan Strait is a peaceful Indo-Pacific and the continued existence of an alternative China: one ...
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The F-15EX Eagle II Proves You Don't 'Need' To Be a Stealth Fighter
The U.S. Air Force's F-15EX Eagle II is set to replace the aging F-15C/D fleet, initially tasked with homeland defense, but ...
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$100 Million Mistake: U.S. Navy Attack Submarine Slammed Into a 'Transport Dock'
In March 2009, the USS Hartford, a nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, collided with the USS New Orleans, an amphibious ...
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LRASM: The Navy's New Anti-Ship Missile Is Aimed Right at China and Russia
The Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) is Lockheed Martin’s advanced anti-ship missile, designed to replace the decades-old ...
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Columbia-Class: The Navy's New Missile Submarine Could Destroy Entire Cities
The U.S. Navy’s Columbia-class submarine is set to replace the aging Ohio-class as the backbone of America's nuclear ...
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F-35 Fighter Can Now Fire a 'Stealth Munition': Meet the LRASM
The U.S. Navy has unveiled the F-35C Lightning II stealth fighter jet carrying the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile ...
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A U.S. Navy Attack Submarine Ran Aground (And Nearly Started a Nuclear Crisis)
In October 2003, the U.S. nuclear-powered submarine USS Hartford ran aground off Sardinia's northern coast, severely damaging ...
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China Lost a Brand New Nuclear Attack Submarine: We Want to Know Why
China’s ambitions to challenge U.S. naval supremacy suffered a major setback when its newest nuclear-powered attack submarine ...
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A U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Was ‘Shattered Into 5 Pieces’
In April 1963, the USS Thresher, a state-of-the-art nuclear-powered submarine, tragically sank during dive trials off Cape ...