The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been the mainstay of the U.S. Army’s armor branch for more than thirty years. Heavily armored, powered by a gas turbine engine and equipped with a powerful 120-millimeter gun, the M1 has proven an adaptable tank capable of fighting from the rolling hills of southern Germany to the deserts … [Read more...]
USAF – Inexpensive, Capable, Ground Attack Aircraft?
May 6, 2017: The U.S. Air Force, faced with tight budgets and overwhelming evidence that smart bombs and UAVs get the job done more effectively and cheaper than manned aircraft are looking at obtaining new version of Vietnam War era ground attack aircraft like the OV-10 and the A-1 Skyraider (nicknamed "Spad", after a … [Read more...]
Naval Air: Medium vs. Large Carriers
Although the U.S. Navy carrier fleet has shrunk to ten CVN type 100,000 ton carriers, this is being made up somewhat by the construction of ten 41,000 ton LHD/LHA helicopter carriers that are capable of carrying up to twenty F-35B vertical take-off fighters. The design of these mini-carriers began with the eight Wasp class … [Read more...]
The Next Generation F-15 Is Packed With Missiles
A proposed upgrade for the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter now has a slick promotional video to show it off. The so-called Advanced Eagle, or F-15 2040C, would team up with fighters like the F-22 Raptor and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to take on numerically superior fleets of enemy aircraft. The U.S. Air Force has … [Read more...]
Japan Commissions Largest Warship Since World War II – 20,000 Tons
JS Izumo (DDH-183) As John McClane once said "Welcome to the Party Pal!" Very important that Japan leaves it’s reluctance to project military power behind. And the Japanese are unhappy and very aware of the recent lack of support from the Obama Administration, and it's appeasement of Chinese interests. All the while … [Read more...]
Soft Diplomacy Didn’t Stop North Korea’s Nuclear Quest – Iran?
John McCain was right this time around . . . More than five decades ago, the wry British humor magazine, Punch, observed that "Idealists maintain that all nations should share the atomic bomb. Pessimists maintain that they will." Nuclear weapons in the hands of North Korea's hereditary Communist dictatorship vindicate … [Read more...]